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Reducing downtime significantly with site applied UV curing technology for flooring applications

Being a pioneer in research on UV-curing coating raw materials for industrial applications, we have now developed a technology that transfers the benefits of quality and speed of industrial UV-curing floor coatings to on-site applications. The coating is completely dry and sandable immediately after curing with a portable UV-lamp, which allows to apply up to three to four coating layers in just one day. After the last top coat is applied and cured the floor can be put back to service without any further downtime.

The most important benefits in a nutshell:

Coating and "Back-to-service" of the flooring in record time, immediately after onsite UV-curing
Solvent-free
Environmentally friendly and low-emission coating formulations
Conforms with the German regulation on indoor emissions of construction products: AgBB
Highest quality polyurethane chemistry, water-based or 100% solid systems
Easy and safe handling (1-component technology)
Time and cost advantages due to a fast renovation process and short downtimes
Versatile application options (e.g. wood, plastics, polyurethane, epoxy, concrete substrates)
Maximum freedom to formulate

See how the project time is reduced in comparison with conventional 1K and 2K coating technologies:
Project time UV-coating vs. conventional 1 K & 2 K coating

Project time UV-coating vs. conventional 1 K & 2 K coating

View our video demonstration:

An extended video version on application details can be viewed here.

Our experts can provide details on coatings manufacturers and equipment companies that are familiar with this technology. Examples: For mobile UV-lamps you may get in touch with Decorad or Sadechaf. For addresses of applicators we recommend to contact the coatings manufacturers.

A selection of suitable raw materials for UV-curing coatings:

	Solids content %	Viscosity mPa.s	Application
Urethane, polyester and polyether acrylates, solvent-free
Desmolux® U 200	100	8,000	Urethane acrylate, tough but flexible, very high abrasion resistance, especially for parquet and resilient flooring (wood / plastic)
Desmolux® XP 2732	100	2,500	Polyester acrylate, especially for clear and pigmented wood coatings, free of monomer
Desmolux® VP LS 2299	100	600	Medium-hard, amine modified polyether acrylate, high reactivity
waterbased Polyurethane Dispersions
Bayhydrol® UV 2792 XP	Emulsion 39% in water	< 100	Excellent grain wetting and tannin blocking, good adhesion, particularly suitable for wood primers
Bayhydrol® UV XP 2687	Emulsion 49% in water	50 - 500	Excellent grain wetting, high solids, good adhesion, particularly suitable as primer for wood
Bayhydrol® UV 2317	Dispersion 37% in water	15 - 80 sec.	High wet film transparency, physical drying, good resistance, easy to matt, particularly suitable for topcoats
Bayhydrol® UV 2280	Dispersion 39% in water	12 - 70 sec.	Outstanding physical drying, sandable before UV-curing, high reactivity with low photoinitiator content