Abstract:
A process for electrocoating a film-forming polymeric composition containing metallic flake particles on the anode of an electrocoating cell is the subject of this invention; the bath utilized in the electrocoating cell comprises a uniformly dispersed film-forming organic polymer which has pendent acid groups and has an acid number of 0.5-300 and is neutralized with a water-soluble compound which is either a metal hydroxide, a water-soluble amine, a water-soluble polyamine, or a watersoluble hydroxy amine, and the bath contains pigment particles of metallic flake which are coated with a thin layer of a crosslinked polymer and have a diameter to thickness ratio of about 40:1 to 1,000:1 and the bath has a pigment to binder ratio of about 1:100 to about 10:100; methods for making the aqueous dispersions for use in the electrocoating bath are also disclosed.
Abstract:
THE APPLICATION OF FLUORACARBON POLYMERS COATINGS ON METAL ARTICLES BY ELECTRODEPOSITION IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS INVENTION; AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS CONTAINING CARBOXYLIC ACID POLYMER HAVING AN ACID NUMBER OF ABOUT 6-25 NEUTRALIZED WITH A WATER SOLUBLE BASIC COMPOUND, SUCH AS AMMONIA, AN AMINE, METAL HYDROXIDE, CONTAIN UNIFORMLY DISPERSED FLUOROCARBON POLYMER PARTICLES WHICH CAN BE ELECTRODEPOSITED ON METAL ARTICLES. ELECTRODEPOSITION OF FLUOROCARBON POLYMERS IS PARTICULARLY USEFUL IN COATING IRREGULAR SHAPED OBJECTS, SUCH AS SCREWS, NUTS AND BOLTS, AND IS ALSO USEFUL IN COATING OBJECTS, SUCH AS COOKWARE, TOOLS AND THE LIKE.
Abstract:
An electrolysis cell for the removal of ionic contaminants from an electrocoating bath and the utilization of this electrolysis cell in an electrocoating process are the subjects of this invention; the electrolysis cell comprises an anode assembly of a frame having attached thereto a metal anode and an anion permeable membrane that is held by the frame in close relationship with the anode and forms a compartment between the membrane and the anode; a cathode is positioned in a close relationship to the anode assembly; the electrocoating bath is brought into contact with the membrane and anionic impurities that are present in the bath migrate toward the anode and are removed from the compartment in the anode assembly; the membrane is impermeable to the film-forming polymeric materials and pigments utilized in the electrocoating bath and is selectively permeable to the water-soluble anionic impurities in the bath; the electrolysis cell can be positioned directly in the electrocoating bath utilized in the electrocoating process or may be positioned outside of the bath and have the bath passed through the electrolysis cell and recycles into the bath. It is also possible to remove cationic contaminants from the bath by using a cation permeable membrane positioned in a cathode assembly similar to the above anode assembly in the electrolysis cell.