Abstract:
COPOLYMER OF FROM 10 TO 70 BY WEIGHT OF AT LEAST ONE ESTER OF ACRYLIC AND/OR METHACRYLIC ACID, 25 TO 75% BY WEIGHT OF AN OPTIONALLY SUBSTITUTED STYRENE, VINYL ESTER OR (METH) ACRLONITRILE, 5 TO 50% BY WEIGHT OF AT LEAST ONE MONOMER FROM THE GROUP OF A,B-MONO-OLEFINICALLY UNSATURATED CARBOXYLIC ACID WITH 3 TO 5 CARBON ATOMS, HYDROXYALKYL ESTERS OF THE FOREGOING ACIDS AND AMIDES AND AMIDES DERIVATIVES OF ACRYLIC AND METHACRYLIC ACID WHICH IS PULVERSIBLE, HAS A SOFTENING RANGE OF FROM 75 TO 110*C. AND AN AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF FRROM ABOUT 500 TO 10,00 AND PROCESS OF PRODUCING THE SAME BY MIXING SAIE COMPONENTS, BULK POLYMERIZING IN A FIRST STAGE TO A CONVERSION OFF 70 TO 90% WITH AN INITIATOR DECOMPOSING INTO RADICALS BELOW 70*C. AND FINISHING BULK POLYMERIZATION IN A SECOND STAGE TO ACONVERSION OF AT LEAST 95% WITH AN INITIATOR DECOMPOSING AT FROM 120 TO 170*C.
Abstract:
Solvent-free spontaneously cross-linking highly reactive acrylic resins being crosslinkable through N-methylolether groups for powder coatings with a softening point of from 75* - 110* C are obtained from their solutions by continuous concentration through evaporation in a self-cleaning screw evaporator in which the residence times are from 2 to 6 minutes, the resin being heated both through external heating and through internal friction to a temperature not exceeding 120* C.