Waterborne Polymers in Architectural and Industrial Applications
In the first part of our course, Sam Morell will initially review the types of polymers commonly used in waterborne architectural paints and coatings – acrylics, vinyl acetates, styrene acrylics, ethylene vinyl acetates, and versatates. This will be followed by an understanding of the emulsion polymerization process and subsequently dive into film formation and the many factors that influence the glass transition and minimum film formation temperatures.
In the second part of the course, Todd Williams will focus on 1K and 2K waterborne technologies used in high-performance architectural and industrial coatings. This will build on the principles established in the first part of the course and explain structure-property relationships needed for specific coatings applications. Technologies covered will include the fundamentals of polyurethane dispersions (PUDs), acrylic latexes, hybrid-acrylic/PUDs and alkyd/PUDs, and 2-component waterborne polyurethanes.
Sam Morell
Sam Morell is a Chemical Engineering graduate of New York University. With over 50 years in the Chemicals industry, his experience includes both technical and marketing positions at Rohm and Haas, BASF, and Air Products and Chemicals. Mr. Morell has authored numerous technical articles on additives, pigments, and resins in various publications including PCI Magazine, Modern Paint and Coatings, The American Ink Maker, and Adhesives Age. He has been invited by various domestic and international industry symposiums, as well as Fortune 500 companies, to present both technical papers and educational courses. These include The American Coatings Show, The Waterborne Symposium, The European Coatings Show, and Coatings Trends and Technologies.
Todd Williams
Todd Williams has worked with Covestro’s Coatings and Adhesives business unit for 15 years and for the last six years has been responsible for regional technical support in the Western United States. Prior to his current role, Todd was lab manager for Protective and Marine coating applications. He joined Covestro developing UV-curable coating formulations in 2009 after leaving a startup company where he synthesized renewable polyols. Todd holds a Ph.D. from The University of Southern Mississippi where he wrote his thesis on auto-oxidatively curing acrylic latexes and teaches in coatings short courses around the country every year.