Toll Production

Capabilities

• 19 acres (77,000 square meters) plant site
• Reactors from 1,000 to 19,000 liters
• Polymerization
  • Polyesters, Acrylics, Epoxies, Phenolics
  • Hardeners, Catalysts, Waxes
• Distillation
• Vacuum system
• Blending
  • Solid – Solid
  • Liquid – Solid
• Thin film Evaporation:
  • High viscosity resins, heat sensitive
  • 0.5 ft” Pilot Unit
  • 10 ft” Production Unit
• Cooled Flaking belt
  • Kibbler and Grinder Capability
• Milling and Grinding of Solids
  • Cryogenically Cooled
• Adsorption of Liquid Products on Silica
• Masterbatch by Extrusion

Custom Synthesis

Customer Specific Product Design

Laboratory, Pilot, Test batches

Research and Development

• Synthesis: Addition & Condensation polymerizations
• Laboratory Glassware from 500ml to 5L capacity
• Skilled Synthesis Chemists
• University Collaboration

Quality Control Laboratory Support

• Raw material approval
• In-process and final product analysis
• Pre-shipment inspection

Technical Service Laboratory Support

• Powder coatings

Chemical and Physical Analyses

• Non-volatile
• Viscosity: Gardner, Brookfield Spindle, Brookfield Cone & Plate
• Titrations: Acid Value, Epoxy Equivalent Weight, Amine Value, Hydroxyl Value
• Softening Point by Ring & Ball
• Color Determination: APHA, Gardner
• Chromatography: capillary GC, HPLC-GPC
• Spectrophotometry: inhibitor level

Analytical Instrumentation

• Differential Scanning Calorimetry (TA Q-100) (Tg, kinetics)
• Thermogravimetric Analysis (TA Q-50) (volatility, degradation)
• SEC/MALS – Multi Angle Laser Light Scattering (absolute molecular weight)
• Gas Chromatography w/ FID and TCD detection
• Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry with pyrolysis capability
• Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy – attenuated total reflectance
• Microscopy – transmitted and reflected light
• Ready access to
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • High Performance Liquid Chromatography

Powder Coating Technical Service

• Extruders
• Grinding mills
• Sieves
• Corona spray guns
• 2 Spray booths
• Electric ovens

Coating Evaluations

• Gloss
• Appearance
• WaveScan-DOI instrument
• Distinctness of image (DOI by reflection)
• PCI Orange peel Visual Standards (1-10)
• Impact
• Conical Mandrel
• Pencil Hardness
• Solvent and Stain resistance
• Adhesion
• Package Stability
• Q-UV weathering
• Colorimeter
• Scratch/Abrasion resistance