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AGM Advances Applications for Water-Based Anti-Corrosion Coatings The development addresses customer regulatory pressures for
designed to facilitate the easy incorporation of graphene into coating
safer and more environmentally sustainable paints and coatings.
formulations and existing processes. Genable® dispersions are fully scalable industrial products and, based on initial findings, the addition
Applied Graphene Materials, the producer of specialty graphene
levels required to significantly enhance anti-corrosion performance in
materials, is pleased to announce it has achieved significant
water-based systems are low enough to ensure commercial viability,
technological progress (patent pending) on the deployment of
even in light industrial applications.
graphene into water-based coatings to enhance their barrier
Adrian Potts, CEO of Applied Graphene Materials, said: “A key driver
properties. The company will be sharing the findings of recent
for coatings developers to upgrade their product formulations is
development work with its existing customer base and the wider
increasing regulatory pressure to improve the environmental impact
industry.
and safety of their products. This is why AGM is working to replicate
Water-based coatings development remains a focus for industry
the success we have already achieved with the incorporation of our
formulators. This push is driven by the continuing tightening of
Genable® products into solvent-based products with its incorporation
regulations brought in to lessen the detrimental impact that
into water-based products. We are delighted to be able to present
solvent-based coatings have on both worker health and the
significant technological progress to our customers, reaffirming
environment. As the technology for water-based coatings continues
AGM as the leader in the development of cutting-edge graphene
to evolve, one of the key challenges that remains is to significantly
applications tailored to add significant value for paints and coatings
improve their anti-corrosion performance. In doing so, this will fully
manufacturers”.
extend their use away from decorative applications into broader
While the findings being shared publicly are in a commercial acrylic
industrial protective coatings.
DTM (Direct-to-Metal) coating, AGM believes that water-based
Over recent years AGM has proven the outstanding barrier and
Genable® technology could, with considered formulating, equally well
anti-corrosion performance gains possible by incorporating graphene
be adopted into water-based epoxy chemistries and likewise into more
into solvent-based coating systems using its Genable dispersion
complex formulated primer systems.
technology. This has been demonstrated with several commercial
AGM remains the industry leader for graphene exploitation into the
products reaching industrial end-user markets. However, effective
global paints and coatings industry, boasting a highly experienced
incorporation of graphene into water-based systems has previously
formulations and applications team, supported by a well-equipped
proven more problematic due to interrelated issues around materials
product development and characterisation laboratory and production
compatibility and film formation.
capability for consistent manufacturing.
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This water-based breakthrough is again based on AGM’s platform Genable® technology, a range of master dispersions that are
For further information: www.appliedgraphenematerials.com
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