Abstract: Described herein are aqueous electrocoating materials including a silane-containing crosslinking agent, a process to produce an electrocoated substrate, an at least partly coated substrate obtained from said process, as well as a component including said at least partly coated substrate.

Abstract: Described herein is an electrodepositable coating material including one or more cathodically electrodepositable resins (A); one or more crosslinking agents (B); and one or more compounds represented by formula (I) where R1?H or OH; R2=a divalent radical selected from the group consisting of *C(O)—O, (HO)*CH—CH2 and *CH2—CH2, with * denoting the carbon atom which is bound to the benzene ring; and R3=a monovalent radical. Also described herein is a method of coating a metallic substrate including the steps of dipping a metallic substrate into an electrodeposition bath containing the electrodepositable coating material; switching the substrate as a cathode; depositing the electrodepositable coating material onto the substrate to form a coating layer; and drying and curing the thus formed coating layer. Further described herein is a method of using the compounds of formula (I) as anticorrosion agents in electrodeposition paints and coated substrates.

Abstract: Described herein is an electrodepositable coating material including comprising one or more cathodically electrodepositable resins (A); one or more crosslinking agents (B); and one or more compounds represented by formula (I) where C(R1)(R2) is C?O or CH2; R3 is H or OH; R4 and R5 are H or OH, with the proviso that at least one of R4 and R5 is H; and R6-R7 is C?C or HC—CH. Also described herein is a method of coating a metallic substrate comprising including the steps of dipping a metallic substrate into an electrodeposition bath containing the electrodepositable coating material; switching the substrate as a cathode; depositing the electrodepositable coating material onto the substrate to form a coating layer; and drying and curing the thus formed coating layer. Further described herein is a method of using the compounds of formula (I) as anticorrosion agents in electrodeposition paints and coated substrates.

Abstract: Described herein is an aqueous coating composition (A) for at least partly coating an electrically conductive substrate with an electrocoat material, including (A1) at least one cathodically depositable resin binder, (A2) at least one crosslinking agent, (A3) at least 100 ppm of bismuth, based on the total weight of the coating composition (A), and (A4) lithium, in a form dissolved in (A), the lithium not exceeding a fraction of 300 ppm, based on the total weight of the coating composition (A). Also described herein are a method for producing (A), a coating method, and an at least partly coated substrate obtainable by the method.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a chromium-free coating composition including at least one binder and at least one iron(III)-tris(N,N-dithiocarbamate) complex, where the binder includes at least one synthetic resin and at least one crosslinker. The present disclosure also relates to the use of such a coating composition for the protection against corrosion of metallic substrates, a process for at least partially coating a metallic substrate with such a priming coat, a substrate at least partially coated therewith and an article or a component made of such a substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the coating of polycarbonate substrates, in particular of transparent polycarbonate substrates, by applying a transparent coating composition encompassing at least one radiation-curing binder resin (A) and/or reactive diluent (C), nanoparticles (B), optionally solvent and at least one light stabilizer (L), to a polycarbonate substrate, wherein the coating composition comprises at least one light stabilizer (L) which comprises, per molecule, an average of at least one ethylenically unsaturated group bonded by way of a urethane group. The present invention also relates to the coating compositions used in said process, and to the coated polycarbonate substrates obtainable via the process, and to their use.

Abstract: The disclosed method comprises applying a transparent coating composition to a plastics substrate, the composition comprising 30% to 60% by weight of a nanoparticles (B), 15% to 40% by weight, of urethane (meth)acrylates (A1) having 3 to 5 (meth)/acrylate groups per molecule, 0% to less than 10% by weight of urethane (meth)acrylates (A2) having more than 5 (meth)/acrylate groups per molecule, 0% to less than 10% by weight of urethane (meth)acrylates (A3) having less than 3 (meth)/acrylate groups per molecule, 55% to 80% by weight of compounds (C1) having 4 (meth)/acrylate groups per molecule, 0% to 15% by weight of compounds (C2) having 2 (meth)/acrylate groups per molecule, and 0% to 15% by weight of compounds (C3) having 3 (meth)/acrylate groups per molecule, the sum of the weight fractions of film-forming components (A1), (A2), (A3), (C1), (C2), and (C3) being in each case 100% by weight.

Abstract: The disclosed method comprises applying a transparent coating composition to a plastics substrate, the composition comprising 30% to 60% by weight of a nanoparticles (B), 15% to 40% by weight, of urethane (meth)acrylates (A1) having 3 to 5 (meth)/acrylate groups per molecule, 0% to less than 10% by weight of urethane (meth)acrylates (A2) having more than 5 (meth)/acrylate groups per molecule, 0% to less than 10% by weight of urethane (meth)acrylates (A3) having less than 3 (meth)/acrylate groups per molecule, 55% to 80% by weight of compounds (C1) having 4 (meth)/acrylate groups per molecule, 0% to 15% by weight of compounds (C2) having 2 (meth)/acrylate groups per molecule, and 0% to 15% by weight of compounds (C3) having 3 (meth)/acrylate groups per molecule, the sum of the weight fractions of film-forming components (A1), (A2), (A3), (C1), (C2), and (C3) being in each case 100% by weight.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the coating of polycarbonate substrates, in particular of transparent polycarbonate substrates, by applying a transparent coating composition encompassing at least one radiation-curing binder resin (A) and/or reactive diluent (C), nanoparticles (B), optionally solvent and at least one light stabilizer (L), to a polycarbonate substrate, wherein the coating composition comprises at least one light stabilizer (L) which comprises, per molecule, an average of at least one ethylenically unsaturated group bonded by way of a urethane group. The present invention also relates to the coating compositions used in said process, and to the coated polycarbonate substrates obtainable via is the process, and to their use.

Abstract: A thermosetting coating material comprising (A) at least 50% by weight, based on the amount of nonvolatile substances in the coating material of (A1) from 0% to 50% by weight, based on the entirety of components (A1) and (A2), of a polymethacrylate copolymer containing more than 50% by weight, based on the entirety of comonomers in the copolymer (A1), of free-radically polymerizable, ethylenically unsaturated compounds (a1) containing at least one reactive group of the formula I —X—SiR?x(OR?)3-x??(I) and (A2) from 50% to 100% by weight, based on the entirety of components (A1) and (A2), of an adduct of polyisocyanate and alkoxysilane, (A2) containing at least one reactive group of the formula II: —NR—C(O)—N—(X—SiR?x(OR?)3-x)n(X?—SiR?y(OR?)3-y)m??(II) (B) a catalyst for the crosslinking of the —Si(OR?)3-x units, and (C) an aprotic solvent or a mixture of aprotic solvents.

Abstract: A thermosetting transparent coating material, its preparation and use. The coating includes (meth)acrylate (co)polymer having a number-average molecular weight of from 1,000 to 6,000 daltons, a glass transition temperature of ?15 to +70° C., and a hydroxyl number of from 80 to 200 mg KOH/g; polyester having a number-average molecular weight of from 800 to 6,000 daltons, a hydroxyl number of from 80 to 200 mg KOH/g and an acid number of from 1 to 50 mg KOH/g, comprising, based on the polyester, from 30 to 70% by weight of cycloaliphatic structural units; a blocked polyisocyanate in which the blocked polyisocyanate groups are attached to flexibilizing structural units which, as part of a three-dimensional network, lower its glass transition temperature; and blocked polyisocyanate in which the blocked polyisocyanate groups are attached to hardening structural units which, as part of a three-dimensional network, raise its glass transition temperature.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coating material comprising (A) at least 50% by weight, based on the amount of nonvolatile substances in the coating material, of at least one compound (A1) containing at least one reactive group of the formula(I) —NR—C(O)—N—(X—SiR?x(OR?)3-x)n(X?—SiR?y(OR?)3-y)m ??(I) where R=hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl, the carbon chain being uninterrupted or interrupted by nonadjacent oxygen, sulfur or NRa groups, with Ra=alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl, R?=hydrogen, alkyl or cycloalkyl, the carbon chain being uninterrupted or interrupted by nonadjacent oxygen, sulfur or NRa groups, X, X?=linear and/or branched alkylene or cycloalkylene radical of 2 to 20 carbon atoms, R?=alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl, the carbon chain being uninterrupted or interrupted by nonadjacent oxygen, sulfur or NRa groups, n=0 to 2, m=0 to 2, m+n=2, and x, y=0 to 2, (B) a catalyst for the crosslinking of the —Si(OR?)3-X(y) units, and (C) an aprotic solvent or a mixture of aprotic solvents.

Abstract: A thermosetting coating material comprising (A) at least 50% by weight, based on the amount of nonvolatile substances in the coating material of (A1) from 0% to 50% by weight, based on the entirety of components (A1) and (A2), of a polymethacrylate copolymer containing more than 50% by weight, based on the entirety of comonomers in the copolymer (A1), of free-radically polymerizable, ethylenically unsaturated compounds (a1) containing at least one reactive group of the formula I —X—SiR?x(OR?)3-x ??(I) and (A2) from 50% to 100% by weight, based on the entirety of components (A1) and (A2), of an adduct of polyisocyanate and alkoxysilane, (A2) containing at least one reactive group of the formula II: —NR—C(O)—N—(X—SiR?x(OR?)3-x)n(X?—SiR?y(OR?)3-y)m ??(II) (B) a catalyst for the crosslinking of the —Si(OR?)3-x units, and (C) an aprotic solvent or a mixture of aprotic solvents.

Abstract: A thermosetting transparent coating material, its preparation and use. The coating includes (meth)acrylate (co)polymer having a number-average molecular weight of from 1,000 to 6,000 daltons, a glass transition temperature of ?15 to +70° C., and a hydroxyl number of from 80 to 200 mg KOH/g; polyester having a number-average molecular weight of from 800 to 6,000 daltons, a hydroxyl number of from 80 to 200 mg KOH/g and an acid number of from 1 to 50 mg KOH/g, comprising, based on the polyester, from 30 to 70% by weight of cycloaliphatic structural units; a blocked polyisocyanate in which the blocked polyisocyanate groups are attached to flexibilizing structural units which, as part of a three-dimensional network, lower its glass transition temperature; and blocked polyisocyanate in which the blocked polyisocyanate groups are attached to hardening structural units which, as part of a three-dimensional network, raise its glass transition temperature.