Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydroxy-functional copolymer P, which is present as a dispersion and/or solution in water, and is obtained by successively carrying out process steps A-D:

Abstract: The invention relates to a primer containing a solvent-containing two-component polyurethane binder comprising I) a curing component (A), comprising an addition product of at least one organic polyisocyanate (B) with an average NCO functionality of 2.5 to 5.0 and an isocyanate content of 8 to 27 wt.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new one-component stoving composition, which can be baked at low temperatures without the release of volatile compounds and which also has satisfactory stability when stored at room temperature. The invention also relates to the use of the one-component stoving composition.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new one-component stoving composition, which can be baked at low temperatures without the release of volatile compounds and which also has satisfactory stability when stored at room temperature. The invention also relates to the use of the one-component stoving composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydroxy-functional copolymer P, which is present as a dispersion and/or solution in water, and is obtained by successively carrying out process steps A-D: A) initially introducing a hydrophobic polymer containing hydroxyl groups into a reaction vessel, B) introducing an initiator component into that vessel, C) subsequently polymerizing a hydrophobic monomer mixture containing hydroxyl groups in that vessel and D) subsequently polymerizing a hydrophilic monomer mixture containing hydroxyl and acid groups in that vessel. The present invention also relates to a process for the preparation of copolymers P following the procedure previously set forth and to coating compositions containing these copolymers P and one or more crosslinking agents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous coating composition containing a) a urethane (meth)acrylate having (meth)acryloyl groups and optionally free isocyanate groups, b) optionally a further polyisocyanate, c) a UV initiator which initiates polymerization by a free radical mechanism, and d) one or more aqueous binders containing isocyanate-reactive groups. The present invention also relates to the use of the coating compositions for coating various substrates, especially metal substrates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous solutions or dispersions of copolymers A) containing a hydroxy-functional, hydrophobic copolymer I) containing 30 to 85% by weight of (meth)acrylic acid esters having C1 to C18 hydrocarbon radicals in the alcohol portion, aromatic vinyl compounds and/or vinyl esters and 5 to 45% by weight of hydroxy-functional monomers; a hydroxy- and carboxy-functional, hydrophilic-hydrophobic copolymer II) containing 4 to 20% by weight of (meth)-acrylic acid esters having C1 to C18 hydrocarbon radicals in the alcohol portion, aromatic vinyl compounds and/or vinyl esters, 4 to 15% by weight of hydroxy-functional monomers and 0.8 to 3.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of aliphatic oligocarbonate diols bya) transesterifying dimethyl carbonate with aliphatic diols in the presence of soluble transesterification catalysts in a gas-liquid countercurrent apparatus to form oligocarbonates until the degree of conversion of the initial dimethyl carbonate is more than 80% andb) removing methanol and traces of dimethyl carbonate in an apparatus which generates gas bubbles in the oligocarbonates until the degree of capping of the terminal OH groups with methoxycarbonyl groups is less than 5%.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solvent-free, low viscosity binder composition which contains, in amounts sufficient to provide an NCO:OH equivalent ratio of 0.5:1 to 2.0:1,A) a polyisocyanate component containing one or more organic polyisocyanates andB) a solvent-free polyhydroxy component having a hydroxyl group content of 3.0 to 18 wt. % and a viscosity at 23.degree. C. of 200 to 10,000 mPa.s, which containsB.sub.1) a hydroxy-functional polyacrylate component which is prepared by polymerizing a mixture of olefinically unsaturated monomers in which at least one monomer is hydroxy-functional in the presence ofB.sub.2) a compound containing ether groups and having one or more hydroxy groups.The invention also relates to the use of this binder composition in solvent-free two-component polyurethane coating compositions for coating metallic or mineral substrates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous polyurethane-urea dispersions having a resin solids content of at least 35 wt. % and a pH of at least 7.5 which are prepared bya) forming an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer by reacting a difunctional polyol having a molecular weight of 500 to 6000, a low molecular weight alcohol, a diisocyanate and/or triisocyanate and an isocyanate-reactive compound which has an acid group,b) neutralizing 65% to 95% of the acid groups prior to dispersing the prepolymer in water,c) dispersing the neutralized prepolymer in water,d) chain extending the isocyanate groups with water to form a polyurethane-urea, ande) after completion of the chain extending reaction adding additional neutralizing agent to provide a total amount of neutralizing agent that is sufficient to neutralize at least 115% of the acid groups of component D),wherein the polyurethane-urea contains 1.0 to 4.0%, based on resin solids, of the isolated urea groups.

Abstract: The present invention relates to binder mixtures for two-component polyurethane coating compositions which dry at room temperature and containa) a polyisocyanate component,b) a hydroxy-functional polyacrylate component based on a mixture of at least two hydroxyl group-containing poly(meth)acrylate resinsi) having a molecular weight (M.sub.n) of 1000 to 100,000,ii) having an at least bimodal molecular weight distribution,iii) prepared by radical copolymerization of olefinically unsaturated monomers in a solvent using monomer mixtures containing less than 50% by weight of monomers carrying hydroxyl groups andiv) wherein the hydroxyl group content of the component having the lowest molecular weight is at least 1.5 times the hydroxyl group content of the component having the highest molecular weight,c) optionally reactive diluents,wherein components a) and b) are present in an amount which corresponds to an NCO/OH equivalent ratio of 0.2:1 to 5:1.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of carbonates having a six-membered ring, of the formula ##STR1## by transesterification of 1,3-propanediol compounds with carbonic acid esters and subsequent distillative depolymerization of the oligo- or polycarbonate initially formed, one or more catalysts from the group consisting of compounds of Sn, Ti or Zr being employed both for the transesterification and for the depolymerization and, if appropriate, the distillation residue is at least partly recycled into the transesterification. Such carbonates having a six-membered ring can furthermore be stabilized against undesirable polymerization by addition of small amounts of acids of sulfur or phosphorus or esters or salts thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a binder composition containinga) 30 to 90 wt. % of an aqueous, hydroxy- and/or amino-functional resin dispersion andb) 10 to 70 wt. % of a curing agent containing alkoxysilyl groups and having a free isocyanate group content of 10 to 23 wt. % and a viscosity of 50 to 10000 mPa.multidot.s at 23.degree. C.,wherein the molar ratio of the hydroxyl groups of component a) to the isocyanate groups of component b) is 0.5:1 to 2:1.The present invention also relates to the use of these binder compositions in coating and sealing compositions.

Abstract: This invention relates to aqueous, crosslinkable binder dispersions which have a low solvent content and contain hydroxy-functional polyethers, hydroxy-functional acrylate copolymers and hydroxy- and carboxy-functional acrylate copolymers, to a process for the production of these binders, to one and two-component binder compositions containing these binders and to the use of the binder compositions in coating compositions.

Abstract: Described herein is a process for the preparation of 1,3-dioxan-2-one group-containing oligourethanes by reacting a) hydroxy-functional 1,3-dioxan-2-ones with b) compounds having an average of at least two isocyanate groups per molecule; the oligourethanes obtainable by this process; and their use, optionally in combination with compounds containing active hydrogen atoms, for the preparation of plastics or as a binder or binder component in coating compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of storage stable prepolymers containing free isocyanate groups by reactinga) an organic polyisocyanate component having (cyclo)aliphatically bound isocyanate groups and a maximum functionality of 4.5 withb) one or more hydroxy-functional polyacrylate resins having a content of alcoholic hydroxy groups of 0.05 to 7% by weight at an equivalent ratio of isocyanate groups of component a) to hydroxyl groups of component b) of 3:1 to 40:1, wherein components a) and b) are selected to provide a value B of at most 4 when calculated in accordance with the formula: ##EQU1## wherein F.sub.1 and F.sub.2 represent the NCO and OH functionalities of components a) and b), F.sub.1 representing the component with the lower functionality when the components differ in functionality andval.sub.A /val.sub.I represents the OH/NCO equivalent ratio of components a) and b).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-stage membrane filtration process for reconcentrating the overspray from a one-component, aqueous coating composition containing high molecular weight components having a weight average molecular weight of at least 2000 and at least 5% by weight, based on the total weight of the organic components of the coating composition, of a low molecular weight component having a weight average molecular weight of less than 2000, that has been diluted with spray booth water from spray booths having wet flushing to form a booth/water overspray mixture bya) preconcentrating the booth water/overspray mixture in an ultrafiltration unit to obtain a first retentate containing high molecular weight components and a first permeant containing water and at least a portion of the low molecular weight components,b) treating said first permeant and the third permeant obtained in step c) below in a reverse osmosis unit to obtain a second permeant containing essentially pure water for recycle a

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for reusing the overspray obtained when spraying water dilutable two-component polyurethane coating compositions containing a polyisocyanate and a compound containing isocyanate reactive groups by(i) collecting the overspray and optionally diluting it with water,(ii) simultaneously with or after step (i), reacting the overspray, optionally in the presence of emulsifiers, with compounds which are more reactive with isocyanate groups than both water and the compounds containing isocyanate reactive groups and(iii) reusing the resulting aqueous solution or dispersion of the chemically modified overspray in a one- or two-component, chemically and/or physically drying coating composition, optionally after adjusting the spray viscosity of the coating compositions to a suitable spray viscosity by either removing or adding water and optionally after the addition of additives.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of polyhydroxyl compounds having a hydroxyl group content of 2 to 10% by weight and a viscosity at 23.degree. C. of 250 to 80,000 mPa.s by the radically initiated polymerization at a reaction temperature of 80.degree. to 220.degree. C. ofa) 100 parts by weight of a mixture of olefinically unsaturated monomers containing at least 1% by weight of monomers containing alcoholic hydroxyl groups in the presence ofb) 5 to 500 total parts by weight, which may be present at the beginning of the reaction or added during the reaction, of one or more cyclic compounds which, in the presence of initiator compounds containing alcoholic hydroxyl groups, are capable of a ring-opening polymerization reaction andc) 2 to 300 parts by weight, which may be present at the beginning of the reaction or added during the reaction, of one or more polyhydric alcohols having a molecular weight of 62 to 1000.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for recovering and recycling the organic binder components accumulating as overspray during the spraying of a solvent-containing, two-component polyurethane lacquer or a solvent-containing, moisture-curing, one-component polyurethane lacquer byi) washing the overspray out of the exhaust air of a coating plant with the aid of an aqueous medium which a) contains in dissolved or dispersed form compounds that exhibit greater reactivity towards isocyanate groups than either water or the isocyanate-reactive groups present in two-component polyurethane lacquers, and b) may contain emulsifiers,ii) isolating the chemically modified overspray formed in step (i) in the form of lacquer sludge by treatment with coagulating agents, which may be present in the aqueous medium,iii) mixing the lacquer sludge, containing fully reacted lacquer constituents, coagulating agents and water, optionally after a portion of the water is removed, with an organic solvent andiv) separating the org