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Ultra-matt surfaces with maximum resistance: This is what the excimer process enables for industrial furniture, kitchen, and door production. The Austrian paint manufacturer ADLER provides the ideal products for this, featuring excellent environmental properties and suitability for all common application methods, including spraying.
An extremely matt appearance, exceptionally high chemical and mechanical resistance, resistance to scratches, gloss, and fingerprints, and a pleasant feel: excimer technology meets all these requirements. This process uses special excimer radiation to impart a microscopic wrinkle structure to the freshly applied, gelled varnish, resulting in an extremely matt finish. The varnish is then hardened by UV radiation, achieving the desired surface quality in a very short time.
Years of experience
The leading Austrian paint manufacturer ADLER has been working intensively on this pioneering technology for many years. “The trend towards extremely matt surfaces will certainly continue in the future. For industrial processors, the excimer process is certainly the best option for achieving gloss levels in the range of G05 or even lower and avoiding problems with scratch sensitivity or glossiness,” explains Daniel Pesserer, ADLER division manager for the furniture industry. In addition to excimer paints for the rolling and pouring process, ADLER’s research department has now also developed a coating structure for spray application – water-based and therefore virtually emission-free!
Low emissions & water-based
“Paints have to be a little thinner for the spray process, which is why most manufacturers use solvents. As experts in environmentally friendly water-based paints, we wanted to prove that excimer spray paints of the highest quality can also be produced on a water-based basis – and our success proves us right!”, says Pesserer happily. For transparent coatings, the Bluefin Multilux water-UV system was adapted for the excimer process. Most opaque structures can also be created this way: the color is applied using the classic Bluefin Pigmolux UV paint, and the surface is then top-coated with Bluefin Multilux Top EXC. “For selected colors, our team has also developed the opaque Bluefin Pigmolux EXC excimer paint – this means that the optimal color depth and a perfect color tone can be achieved, for example, even with white or black tones,” says Pesserer. Both paint systems can be adapted to the specific requirements of each processor.
Versatile application
The advantages of spray application are clear: while only flat surfaces can be coated using the pouring or rolling process, the spraying method allows for seamless, all-round coating. Profiled parts, such as drawers, can also be coated. The excimer systems’ jets harden the paint on all sides and penetrate deeply under inert conditions, resulting in a uniformly perfect surface quality, even on the edges. The outcome is a deeply matt appearance with a velvety feel, resistant to gloss and fingerprints, and highly durable. All this is achieved through a sustainable, low-emission, water-based coating process.
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