EBECRYL 40

POLYETHER TETRAACRYLATE
  • Product Type: Monomer
  • Master Product Number: MITM00403
  • Product SKUs: ITM15396, ITM15088

Product Details

EBECRYL 40 is a tetrafunctional polyether acrylate characterized by low viscosity, mild odor and light color.  When formulated with acrylate oligomers, EBECRYL 40 provides fast cure response in ultraviolet light (UV) and electron beam (EB) curable coatings and inks.  Besides its high reactivity, EBECRYL 40 improves the hardness and solvent resistance of cured inks and coatings.  EBECRYL 40 is particularly recommended for lithographic offset inks, overprint varnishes and paper upgrading.

EBECRYL 40 is characterized by: 
  • Light color 
  • Low viscosity
  • Low odor
  • Good cure response

UV/EB cured products based on EBECRYL 40 are characterized by the following performance properties:
  • High surface hardness
  • Good solvent resistance
  • Low residual odor
  • Reduced shrinkage

The actual properties of UV/EB cured products also depend on the selection of the other formulation components, such as reactive diluents, additives, and photoinitiators.
 

Typical Applications

EBECRYL 40 is commonly used as a diluting reactive oligomer in UV/EB cured coatings and inks.  Effective levels of EBECRYL 40 typically range from 10% to 50% depending on the application.  In lithographic inks and varnishes it is quite effective in adjusting viscosity while maintaining or improving cure response and physical properties.  

EBECRYL 40 is recommended for:
  • Offset inks
  • Overprint varnishes
  • Coatings on paper, plastics
  • Paper upgrading
  • Reducing curl on flexible substrates 

About allnex Radcure

Ultraviolet (UV) and electron beam (EB) energy-cured coatings have excellent appearance, durability, and little or no VOC emissions, while enabling increased productivity and lower overall costs per cured part. allnex is the pioneer in UV resin/radcure technology and applications development. We are the world’s leading producer of energy-curable resins for industrial and plastic coatings as well as packaging coatings and inks applications, in addition to structural adhesives market, driving market growth and end-user acceptance of this unique technology.

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