Abstract: The invention relates to a radiation-curable laminated sheet or film comprising at least one substrate layer and a top layer which comprises a radiation-curable material having a glass transition temperature below 50° C. and having a high double bond density and acid groups, processes for the production thereof and the use thereof.

Abstract: A corrosion inhibiting mixture comprising (A1) corrosion-inhibiting pigments, (A2) amorphous silica modified with metal ions, and (A3) at least one compound of the general formula I: Mn(X)m??(I) in which the variables and indices have the following meanings: M is at least one central atom selected from the group of Lewis acceptors, X stands for Lewis donor ligands having at least one bridging atom selected from elements of main groups 5 and 6 of the periodic table of the elements, n is from 1 to 500, and m is from 3 to 2000; coating materials comprising said mixture and their use as coil coating materials.

Abstract: Method of preparing single-layer or multilayer color and/or effect films comprising a color and/or effect layer, by (1) continuously applying a component amount of a basecoat material (A) by means of a directed application technique to a carrier, the applicator (1) and the carrier being in relative motion with respect to one another, to construct a portion of the color and/or effect layer, (2) at least once, continuously applying the remainder of the basecoat material (A) and/or a basecoat material (B), which is different than the basecoat (A), to the component layer (1) formed by an application technique (2) which in the resulting component layer (2) induces no arrangement of the pigments in a preferential direction, the applicator (2) and the carrier being in relative motion with respect to one another, to further or fully construct the color and/or effect layer, and (3) drying or partly or fully curing the color and/or effect layer.

Abstract: Coating materials comprising at least one electrically conductive pigment (A1) having an at least bimodal particle size distribution and at least one binder, the pigment/binder ratio being >1.5:1, can be used as coil coating materials.

Abstract: Powder clearcoat dispersions (powder slurry clearcoats) preparable by adding a secondary (meth)acrylate copolymer dispersion in liquid and/or powder form to a powder slurry during and/or after its preparation; and the use thereof for producing clearcoat finishes, especially as part of multicoat color and/or effect finishes.

Abstract: Coating materials comprising at least one electrically conductive pigment (A1) having an at least bimodal particle size distribution and at least one binder, the pigment/binder ratio being >1.5:1, can be used as coil coating materials.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sol-gel coating material containing (A) an acrylate copolymer solution containing at least one acrylate copolymer (A1); (B) a parent varnish which can be prepared by hydrolysis and condensation of at least one hydrolysable silane (B1) of the general formula (I) SiR4, in which the variable R=hydrolysable groups, hydroxy groups and non-hydrolysable groups, provided that there should be at least one, preferably two, hydrolysable groups; and (C) an additive solution containing c1) at least one ethylenically unsaturated compound containing at least one epoxide group; c2) at least one silane (B1) with at least one non-hydrolysable group R presenting at least one epoxide group; and c3) at least one adduct of at least one silane (B1) with at least one non-hydrolysable group R presenting at least one amino group and at least one cyclic ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid anhydride.

Abstract: A corrosion inhibiting mixture comprising (A1) corrosion-inhibiting pigments, (A2) amorphous silica modified with metal ions, and (A3) at least one compound of the general formula I: Mn(X)m ??(I) ?in which the variables and indices have the following meanings: M is at least one central atom selected from the group of Lewis acceptors, X stands for Lewis donor ligands having at least one bridging atom selected from elements of main groups 5 and 6 of the periodic table of the elements, n is from 1 to 500, and m is from 3 to 2000; coating materials comprising said mixture and their use as coil coating materials.

Abstract: A sol-gel coating material, containing (A) an acrylate copolymer solution, consisting of at least one acrylate copolymer; (B) a parent lacquer which can be produced by the hydrolysis and condensation of at least one hydrolysable silane of the formula (I): SiR4; wherein: R=hydrolysable groups, hydroxy groups and non-hydrolysable groups, with the proviso that there should be at least one hydrolysable group; and (C) a sol which can be produced by the hydrolysis, condensation and complexing of (C1) at least one hydrolysable metal compound of the (II): MRn; wherein: M=aluminium, titanium or zirconium, R=the aforementioned given groups and n=3 or 4; of (C2) at least one organic thio compound of the formula (III): S(R1X)2, wherein R1 represents a two-bond organic radical and X represents hydroxyl, thiol and/or primary and/or secondary amino groups; and of (C3) a hydrolysable silane of the general formula (I).

Abstract: Powder clearcoat dispersions (powder slurry clearcoats) preparable by dispersing a powder clearcoat in an aqueous medium and wet milling the resulting powder slurry, at least one adduct of ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide with at least one glycol being added to the powder slurry prior to wet milling; and the use of the powder slurry clearcoats for producing clearcoat finishes, especially as part of multicoat color and/or effect finishes.

Abstract: Single-layer or multilayer color and/or effect films comprising a color and/or effect layer, preparable by

Abstract: The invention relates to a sol-gel coating material, containing (A) an acrylate copolymer solution, consisting of at least one acrylate copolymer (A1), (B) a sol which can be produced by the hydrolysis, condensation and complexing of at least one hydrolysable metal compound (B1) of the dormula (1): MRn; wherein the variable and the index have the following meanings: M=aluminium, titanium or zirconium; R=hydrolysable group, hydroxy groups and non-hydrolysable groups, with the proviso that there should be at least one, preferable two hydrolysable groups; and n=3 or 4; by the hydrolysis, condensation and complexing of at least one hydrolysable silane (B2) of the formula (II): Si(R1)2(R2)2; wherein the varible R1 and R2 have the following meanings: R1=alkyl and/or cycloalkyl radicals and R2=alkoxy and/or cycloakoxy radicals; and by the hydrolysis, condensation and complexing of at least one hydrollysable silane (B3) of the formula (III): SiR4; wherein the variable R has the afor

Abstract: The use of a copolymer (A) preparable by free-radical polymerization of a) at least one olefinically unsaturated monomer, and b) at least one olefinically unsaturated monomer different than the olefinically unsaturated monomer (a), of the general formula I R1R2C═CR3R4  (I)  in which the radicals R1, R2, R3 and R4 each independently of one another are hydrogen atoms or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkylcycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, cycloalkylaryl, arylalkyl or arylcycloalkyl radicals, with the proviso that at least two of the variables R1, R2, R3 and R4 are substituted or unsubstituted aryl, arylalkyl or arylcycloalkyl radicals, especially substituted or unsubstituted aryl radicals; in an aqueous medium; to produce deformable color and/or effect laminates and dry-paint films.

Abstract: The use of a copolymer (A) preparable by free-radical polymerization of

Abstract: Powder clearcoat dispersions (powder slurry clearcoats) preparable by adding a secondary (meth)acrylate copolymer dispersion in liquid and/or powder form to a powder slurry during and/or after its preparation; and the use thereof for producing clearcoat finishes, especially as part of multicoat color and/or effect finishes.

Abstract: Powder clearcoat dispersions (powder slurry clearcoats) preparable by dispersing a powder clearcoat in an aqueous medium and wet milling the resulting powder slurry, at least one adduct of ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide with at least one glycol being added to the powder slurry prior to wet milling; and the use of the powder slurry clearcoats for producing clearcoat finishes, especially as part of multicoat color and/or effect finishes.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polyurethane resin obtainable by (A) in a first reaction stage (A) reacting (a) one or more di- and/or polyisocyanates, (b) one or more compounds (b) which have at least one group which ensures dispersibility in water and more than one group which is reactive toward isocyanate groups, and (c) if desired, one or more compounds having at least 2 and not more than 3 OH groups to give an intermediate (A) having free isocyanate groups and having urethane groups, (B) in a second reaction stage (B) adding (d) one or more monoisocyanates to the intermediate (A) obtained in stage (A), and (C) subsequently reacting the resulting mixture (B) with one or more hydroxyl-containing polymers (D) to give the polyurethane resin (P), using less than 20% by weight, based on the weight of the polyurethane resin (solids content), of polyalkylene oxide diols and/or polyalkylene oxide polyols to prepare the polyurethane resin.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coating agent containing a) one or more polyester resins (A); b) one or more polyacrylate resins (B); c) one or more di- and/or polyisocyanates (C) with free or blocked isocyanate groups; d) one or more light stabilizers (L1) based on a UV absorber; e) one or more light stabilizers (L2) based on sterically hindered amines; and f) one or more organic solvents (D). The coating agent is characterized in that 1) the polyester (A) has a hydroxyl number of 80-200 mg KOH/g and an acid number <10mg KOH/g; 2) the polyacrylate resin (B) has a hydroxyl number of 80-200 mg KOH/g and an acid number <20 mg KOH/g; and 3) the light stabilizer (L2) based on sterically hindered amines is functionalized by aminoether.

Abstract: The invention relates to water-dilutable binders which can be prepared by subjecting (A) from 20 to 90% by weight of a mixture of (a1) from 3 to 50% by weight of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid or of a mixture of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, and (a2) from 50 to 97% by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer or of a mixture of ethylenically unsaturated monomers to free-radical polymerization in the presence of (B) from 9.9 to 79.9% by weight of a halogen-free copolymer composed of (b1) from 1 to 99, preferably from 50 to 90% by weight, of propylene, (b2) from 1 to 99, preferably from 10 to 50% by weight, of at least one olefin which is copolymerizable with (b1) and contains per molecule from five to twenty, preferably from six to eight, carbon atoms, with the exception of isoprene, and (b3) from 0 to 50, preferably from 0 to 25% by weight, of ethylene and/or butylene, or of a mixture of such copolymers, and (C) from 0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to addition products ofA) oligomers having at least two acrylic ester and/or methacrylic ester groups per molecule andB) diamines having a primary and a tertiary amino group,the ratio of primary amino groups of B) to the (meth)acrylic double bonds of A) being 0.01:1 to 0.2:1, preferably 0.03:1 to 0.1:1.The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of the addition products, to radiation-curable surface coating compositions based on the addition products and to the use of the surface coating compositions for woodcoating and papercoating.