Tokyo Gate Bridge is painted with LUMIFLONTM.
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INNOVATIONS: PRESENT&FUTURE
SPECIAL ON PROTECTIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR BRIDGES, HIGHWAYS, INFRASTRUCTURES
LUMIFLON Resins for Bridge Coatings TM
Rene Spier AGC Chemicals Europe Ltd. - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
lumiflon@agcce.com
Introduction
long-term aesthetic and protective performance is required are bridge
Fluorourethane coatings based on FEVE (ȵuoroethylene vinyl ether),
coatings. Steel bridges need to be protected with the best possible anti
have been used globally for over 30 years. This technology has a proven
corrosive coating technology but are also often iconic structures where
record of outstanding performance with respect to outdoor exposure,
visual appearance is of importance. Furthermore, repainting bridges is a
oering the highest standard in gloss and colour retention. Besides
cumbersome and expensive job which emphasizes the beneȴts of
excellent aesthetic performance, long time corrosion protection is
long-lasting coating systems even more.
achievable as well and therefore FEVE resins ȴnd many applications as
This article will detail the use of LUMIFLONTM coatings for bridge
part of protective coating systems. One particular application where both
applications, showing an example of a bridge coated more than 30 years
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Figure 1 - Alternating structure of FEVE resins.
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