Abstract: The invention relates to dispersions which are obtainable from sheet silicates, a protective colloid and an aqueous dispersant and are suitable for the incorporation of sheet silicates into water-dilutable coating compositions. The dispersions according to the invention are obtainable using poly(propylene oxide) as the protective colloid, and the poly(propylene oxide) contains no hydrophobic terminal groups, has on average at least one hydroxyl group per molecule and may optionally contain up to 40% by weight of --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --O-- units.

Abstract: A heat-curable coating composition for cathodic electrocoating which becomes water-thinnable on protonation with an acid contains(A) 50-95% by weight of a polycondensation or polyaddition product having an average molecular weight of from 500 to 20,000 and containing primary and/or secondary hydroxyl groups and primary, secondary and/or tertiary amino groups, and(B) 5-50% by weight of a crosslinking agent obtainable by reactinga) an aliphatic polyhydroxy compound andb) an aromatic polyhydroxy compound withc) an aliphatic and/or cycloaliphatic polyisocyanate andd) a blocking agent.

Abstract: A water-dilutable coating comprising a binder obtained from an epoxide resin-modified polyester possessing free carboxyl groups prepared from the reaction of:A) a polyester polymerized from:a.sub.1) a polycarboxylic acid containing at least three carboxyl groups and/ora.sub.2) a polyol containing at least one carboxyl group anda.sub.3) a polycarboxylic acid containing two carboxyl groups anda.sub.4) a polyol; wherein the polyester contains (cyclo)aliphatic elements having at least six carbon atoms; andB) from 0.3-1.5 equivalents per polyester molecule of a bisphenol epoxide resin or a reaction product thereof containing at least one epoxide group per molecule with a carboxylic acid.

Abstract: A polycondensation and/or addition product containing carboxyl groups and tertiary amino groups, coating agents based on the latter, and the use thereof.The present invention relates to a polycondensation and/or addition product containing carboxyl groups and amino groups. This can be obtained by reactinga) polycarboxylic acids or anhydrides thereof, if appropriate together with monocarboxylic acids,b) polyols, if appropriate together with monools, and, if appropriatec) further modifying components, and, if appropriate,d) a component which is capable of reacting with the reaction product from a), b) and, if appropriate, c), with the proviso that the final product contains tertiary amino groups which originate from components a) and/or b) and/or d), and the reaction product from a), b), if appropriate c) and if appropriate d) and an acid number from 5 to 200, preferably 10 to 130, and an amine number from 3 to 150, preferably 10 to 300.

Abstract: A two-phase cathodic electrocoat is obtainable by coating an electrically conducting substrate with a mixture containingA) an aqueous cationic dispersion of a polycondensation or polyaddition product,B) an aqueous cationic dispersion of a polycondensation or polyaddition product having a glass transition temperature of from -80.degree. to 20.degree. C., the polymers of dispersions (A) and (B) being mutually incompatible, and C) optionally a crosslinking agent, a pigment paste, auxiliaries and/or additives, and then baking.

Abstract: The invention relates to coating compositions which are particularly suitable for the preparation of the basecoat for two-coat coatings of the basecoat/clearcoat type, and which comprise organic diluents, at least one resin containing urethane and urea groups, and, where appropriate, other resins, pigments and other conventional additives in common use.

Abstract: The invention relates to a dispersing process in which a mill base consisting of solids and of a liquid phase is conveyed through a stirred ball mill containing a grinding medium, energy is supplied in this stirred ball by rotating rotors, and the solids are dispersed, and wet with the liquid phase, wherein the rotors rotate at such a high speed that the grinding medium moved by them forms, as the result of the centrifugal force, a rotating grinding medium charge which is in contact with the inner wall of the stirred ball mill, a space which is essentially free of a grinding medium being formed in the center of this grinding medium charge, the mill base is fed radially into the stirred ball mill, flows radially through the grinding medium charge in such a way that a centrifugal fluidiesd bed is formed with respect to the grinding medium, and is removed from the space which is free of grinding medium through an apparatus for separating off grinding medium.

Abstract: Crosslinkable aqueous polyurethane dispersions having a long shelf life containA) polyurethane which have carbonyl groups, are dispersed in water in the presence of ammonia or of organic amines and are obtainable by reactinga) organic polyisocyanates withb) compounds which contain one or more active hydrogen atoms and one or more salt groups or one or more groups capable of salt formation andc) carbonyl-containing mono- and/or polyalcohols andd) if desired chain extenders ande) if desired polyhydroxy compounds having molecular weights of from 500 to 8,000, andB) polyhydrazides.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for coating metal strip in the coil coating process. The coating materials employed consist of:a) 3 to 50% by weight, preferably 20 to 40% by weight, of polyester imide resins, the 20 to 60% by weight solutions of which possess viscosities from 90 to 4,000 mPas at 23.degree. C. and the hydroxyl values of which are in the region from 50 to 300,b) 3 to 40% by weight, preferably 10 to 30% by weight, of pigments and/or fillers,c) up to 3% by weight of suitable auxiliary substances and additives andd) 10 to 90% by weight, preferably 20 to 60% by weight, of one or more organic solvents,the sum of a), b), c) and d) being 100% by weight. The invention further relates to the use of the metal strip produced by the process according to the invention for production of exhaust components.

Abstract: Cathodic electrocoating binders which are water-dilutable on protonation with an acid are obtainable by reactingA) an epoxy compound or a mixture of epoxy compounds having an epoxide equivalent weight of less than 2,000 withB) a compound which is monofunctional with respect to epoxides and contains aliphatic or phenolic OH groups andC) a secondary amine of 2 to 36 carbon atoms, with the proviso that the reaction product of A), B) and C) still contains free epoxy groups, andD) an amount of an amidoamine containing primary amino groups which is equivalent to or greater than the amount of these free epoxy groups, the said amidoamine being obtainable from a primary diamine and a mono- and/or dicarboxylic acid.

Abstract: The invention relates to water-dilutable binders for cationic electrocoating finishes, the said binders containing latent primary amino groups. In order to prepare the binders, an epoxy resin is reacted with a polyamine, which in addition to a sterically hindered primary amino group also contains at least one primary amino group blocked by reaction with a ketone or aldehyde, and, if appropriate, further primary or secondary amines.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of polyester and alkyd resins from bifunctional and/or polyfunctional carboxylic acids and/or derivatives thereof and from bifunctional and/or polyfunctional alcohols. The reaction is carried out in stirred kettle reactors which are operated discontinuously and equipped with rectifying columns. During the entire reaction an entraining agent is introduced into the reaction mixture below surface level, with thorough distribution, by means of a delivery device in order to improve the transport of the products of the condensation reaction. In addition, the condensation reaction is carried out under an absolute pressure of 1.5 to 10 bar at least until the maximum reaction rate has been reached. The pressure is then reduced to atmospheric pressue at a gradient of -0.05 bar/hour to -5 bar/hour in a second reaction phase. The reaction is continued under normal pressure until the product exhibits the desired properties.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous coating agent, obtained from an epoxy resin, ethylenically unsaturated monomers, some of which contain carboxyl groups, a peroxide initiator in a proportion of at least 2% by weight, relative to the total weight of the monomers, a crosslinking agent, a neutralizing agent, organic solvents, and, if appropriate, further conventional additives, such as plasticizers, stabilizers, wetting agents, dispersion auxiliaries, catalysts and pigments.

Abstract: The invention relates to a soluble, crosslinkable acrylate copolymer which is obtainable by copolymerization of more than 3 to 30% by weight of monomers having at least two polymerizable, olefinically unsaturated double bonds, from 5 to 50% by weight of monomers having a cross-linkable group, with the exception of hydroxyl groups and carboxyl groups, and from 20 to 92% by weight of further monomers having a polymerizable, olefinically unsaturated double bond, the sum of the monomers being 100% by weight. The invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of acrylate copolymers and coating agents based on the acrylate copolymers according to the invention.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydroxylic acrylate copolymer which contains a proportion of copolymerized monomers having at least 2 double bonds, and to the process for the preparation of the acrylate copolymer. The invention also relates to coating agents which contain acid-curable binders, organic solvents and, if appropriate, pigments, fillers and conventional assistants and additives and which contain, as the essential binder, the hydroxylic acrylate copolymer and an alkylated melamine/formaldehyde resin. The invention also relates to coating agents which, as the essential binders, contain the hydroxylic acrylate copolymer in one or more different polyfunctional isocyanates.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of aqueous dispersions to be further processed to electrocoating paints with baking temperatures below 160.degree. C. and baking times.ltoreq.30 minutes, which dispersions contain modified epoxide-amine adducts as binders and polyisocyanates blocked by hydroxyl groups as cross-linking agents.In this process polyepoxides and compounds containing one or more, preferably 2, hydroxyl groups per molecule are reacted at elevated temperatures in the presence of catalysts to furnish epoxide-containing intermediates.A solvent or a mixture of solvents is then added with external cooling ahd the solution is boiled under reflux, if necessary in vacuo, until the temperature of the solution drops to 95.degree. C. to 20.degree. C.

Abstract: The invention relates to cathodic water-dilutable binders which contain primary amino groups neutralized with acids and introduced via ketimine groups. The binders have been prepared by reacting(A) a synthetic resin containing epoxy groups with(B) at least one compound which, in addition to a mercapto group which is reactive toward epoxy groups, also possesses at least one ketimine group, and, if required,(C) other modifying compounds, such as, for example, monocarboxylic acids and/or other primary and/or secondary amines,and have then been neutralized with an acid.

Abstract: Heat-curable aqueous coating agents for cathodic electrocoating contain(A) an amino-containing polymerization, polycondensation or polyaddition product as a binder which becomes water-dilutable on protonation with an acid,(B) a crosslinking agent and(C) from 0.05 to 10% by weight, based on components (A) and (B), of a monomeric organic complexing agent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for coating metal strip by the coil coating process using coating materials consisting of high temperature resistant systems (polyesterimides, polyamidocarboxylic acids, polyamidimides, polyhydantoins and polybismaleimides), pigments and/or fillers, suitable auxiliary substances and additives as well as solvents or solvent mixtures. The coating material is used in a one-coat or two-coat application, only polyesterimides and polyhydantoins being used for the primers as high temperatures resistant systems, while any of the high temperature resistant systems listed are used in the topcoat.

Abstract: The invention relates to dispersions of crosslinked polymer micro-particles in aqueous media, which have been prepared:(1) (a) by dispersing a mixture of the components (A) and (B) in an aqueous medium, the component (A) being composed of one or more polyester-polyols containing at least 2 hydroxyl groups, and the component (B) being composed of one or more polyisocyanate compounds in which the isocyanate groups are at least partially in the masked form, and the components (A) and/or (B) having available a number of ionic groups, preferably carboxylate groups, sufficient to form a stable dispersion, and at least one part of the components (A) and/or (B) containing more than 2 hydroxyl or optionally masked isocyanate, respectively, groups per molecule and(2) (b) by subsequently heating the dispersion thus obtained to a temperature sufficiently high for the components (A) and (B) to react to form crosslinked polymer micro-particles.