April 2017 ~ La Rivista del Colore

Friday, 28 April 2017

Saturday, 22 April 2017

Transportation of polymerising substances

With the entering into force of the new regulations on the movement of dangerous goods (ADR, RID, IMDG), a new type of dangerous substances has been included in class 4.1, i.e. polymerising substances.

With this new type of dangerous goods, the concept of self-accelerating polymerisation temperature (SAPT) has been introduced, meaning the lowest temperature at which the polymerisation of a substance may occur in the packaging, IBC or tank as delivered for transport.

Without stabilisation, polymerising substances are liable to undergo an intense exothermic reaction resulting in the formation of larger molecules or polymers under normal conditions of transportation.

Further details on the goods’ properties are included in the issue 208 of Vdl and in the new IMDG Regulations, amendment 38-16.

Tuesday, 18 April 2017

High performance waterborne coatings for resistant and good looking wooden floors

Milesi is a brand of IVM multinational group, one of the largest and most important in Europe and in the world specialised in wood coatings. XILO1934 chooses, for its floors, Milesi products since the early 2000s, when decided to produce prefinished wooden floors with low environmental impact waterborne coatings. For Milesi company this long collaboration is an important merit of its researchers and engineers’ ability to interpret and meet the changing needs of XILO1934, always interested to achieve aesthetic, chemical and physical surface resistances at high quality levels, respecting environmental sustainability, by proposing to the market new and always more innovative solutions. Thus it was born the new UV waterborne finish DGC4A017, with extraordinary clearness and resistance to yellowing. This finish allows to maximize the aesthetic quality both of decoration and of the wood essences used by XILO1934, giving the wooden floor a very high resistance to scratches and cleaning products. Furthermore, it guarantees very low residual emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC), a few grams per m2, very popular to XILO1934: over large surfaces, such as floors, any improvement on reducing emissions has a significant impact on the quality of the housing environment.