The present disclosure relates to a primer composition and system for coating a substrate prior to application thereon of an intumescent fire protecting coating.
The statements in this section merely provide background information related to the present disclosure and may not constitute prior art.
GB 2 385 856 A discloses a water-based primer composition for coating a substrate prior to application thereon of a fire protecting coating composition, the primer composition including a water-soluble alkali metal silicate and a polymer binder.
In the event of fires in buildings with steel framework construction, the temperature of unprotected steel quickly increases to a point where the steel loses its rigidity and compromises the integrity of the structure. Insulating the steel can increase the time to reach the point at which the structure becomes unstable. Intumescent coatings form an insulative foam on the surface of the steel only when exposed to heat or flame. Usually, intumescent coatings require a primer coating. Liquid primer coatings are prone to damage. In off-site application of the coating, liquid systems have proven difficult and slow to apply as well as requiring significant repair once the structure is erected. In on-site application, the wet coating has to dry and is easily damaged.
This section provides a general summary of the disclosure and is not a comprehensive disclosure of its full scope or all of its features.
The present disclosure provides a primer composition for coating a substrate prior to application thereon of an intumescent fire protecting coating, which is less prone to damage.
In an aspect, the present disclosure provides a primer composition for coating a substrate prior to application thereon of an intumescent fire protecting coating composition, the primer composition being a powder coating composition consisting of an extruded and subsequently ground mixture of binding agents, hardening agents and optionally one or more of optional pigments, optional filler, and optional additives, and a porous material in a proportion of one to twelve percent by weight of the powder coating composition. The porous material is mesoporous or microporous.
In a further aspect of the present disclosure, a coating system includes a primer composition according and an intumescent fire protecting coating composition configured to be applied onto the primer composition. The primer composition is a powder coating composition consisting of an extruded and subsequently ground mixture of binding agents, hardening agents and optionally one or more of optional pigments, optional filler, and optional additives, and a porous material in a proportion of one to twelve percent by weight of the powder coating composition. The porous material is mesoporous or microporous.
In a further aspect of the present disclosure, a method for production of a powder coating composition as a primer for coating a substrate prior to application thereon of an intumescent fire protecting coating composition includes processing binding agents and hardening agents in an extruder to form an extrudate, grinding the extrudate to form a ground extrudate, and blending the ground extrudate with a porous material with a proportion of one to twelve percent by weight of the powder coating composition. The porous material is mesoporous or microporous.
In yet a further aspect of the present disclosure, a method of coating a steel structural member with a coating system includes applying a primer composition to the steel structural member and then applying an intumescent fire protecting coating composition on the primer composition. The coating system includes a primer composition according and an intumescent fire protecting coating composition configured to be applied onto the primer composition. The primer composition is a powder coating composition consisting of an extruded and subsequently ground mixture of binding agents, hardening agents and optionally one or more of optional pigments, optional filler, and optional additives, and a porous material in a proportion of one to twelve percent by weight of the powder coating composition. The porous material is mesoporous or microporous.
In yet a further aspect of the present disclosure, a porous material is used in the production of a powder coating composition for coating a substrate prior to application thereon of an intumescent fire protecting coating composition. The powder coating composition consists of: an extruded and ground mixture of binding agents, hardening agents, and optionally one or more of optional pigments, optional filler, and optional additives; and a porous material in a proportion of one to twelve percent by weight of the powder coating composition. The porous material is blended or bonded into the ground mixture and the porous material is mesoporous or microporous.
In one form, the primer composition for coating a substrate prior to application thereon of an intumescent fire protecting coating composition is a powder coating composition consisting of: an extruded and subsequently ground mixture of binding agents, hardening agents and optionally one or more of pigments, filler and additives; and a porous material in a proportion of one to twelve percent by weight of the powder coating composition.
The powder coating primer is advantageously more durable than a fluid primer composition. The primer composition is a solvent-free and environment-friendly coating, which is generally applied electrostatically to the substrate, on which it may be cured by baking or by radiative energy. The powder coating composition containing a porous material in a proportion of one to twelve percent by weight advantageously provides a primed surface to which the intumescent fire protecting coating composition can adhere and particularly preserves the adherence under the impact of heat or fire. In the sense of the disclosure, the porous material is a material containing pores or voids. It may be characterized by its porosity and/or the medium diameter of the pores.
Regarding a further aspect of a coating system, in particular for steel structures, the coating system includes the primer and an intumescent fire protecting coating composition to be applied onto the primer. The intumescent fire protecting coating composition may be liquid, for example water-based or solvent-based.
Regarding a further aspect of a process for the production of a powder coating composition as a primer for coating a substrate prior to application thereon of an intumescent fire protecting coating composition, binding and hardening agents, and as optional components pigments, fillers and additives are processed in an extruder, wherein an extrudate obtained in this way is ground and wherein a porous material is subsequently blended in with a proportion of one to twelve percent by weight of the powder coating composition.
Regarding a further aspect of a process for coating a steel structural member with the coating system, the primer is applied to the steel structural member and then the intumescent fire protection coating is applied on the primer.
Regarding a further aspect of a use of a porous material in the production of a powder coating composition for coating a substrate prior to application thereon of an intumescent fire protecting coating composition, the powder coating composition consists of: an extruded and ground mixture of binding agents, hardening agents and optionally one or more of pigments, filler and additives; and a porous material in a proportion of one to twelve percent by weight of the powder coating composition. The porous material is blended into the ground mixture.
In one form of any one of the aspects, the proportion of the porous material can be three to ten percent by weight of the powder coating composition. In one form, the proportion of the porous material can be five to seven percent by weight of the powder coating composition.
In one form, the porous material is diatomaceous earth or another natural or synthetic microporous material, such as a zeolite or active alumina.
In another form of any one of the aspects, the porous material can be blended into the milled mixture. The adherence of the intumescent fire protecting coating composition to the substrate coated with the primer composition, may advantageously be enhanced by bonding the porous material to powder coating particles of the milled mixture. In particular, the application behavior is improved by bonding the porous material. When mixing in the porous material, the deposition efficiency is reduced. Starting at approximately 4% and more of admixture, the desired layer thickness may not be achieved any more. By bonding, this effect is reduced or shifted to higher additive quantities. Further, bonded powder compositions have better processability and stability than non-bonded powder compositions, especially in continuous systems with powder circulation. The porous material bonded to the powder matrix results in a significantly improved adhesion of the intumescent coating in case of fire.
For example, the porous material is bonded in a mixer to the powder coating particles of the ground mixture. The powder coating composition is generally prepared by mixing the constituents and homogenizing the melted mixture in the extruder. Subsequently, solid lumps of extruded powder coating composition ground to the desired particle size. The porous material, however, owing to the grinding process employed during the preparation of the powder coating composition, can be destroyed, at least to a significant portion. Advantageously, the destruction of the porous material can be inhibited by admixing it to the powder coating composition after grinding, which is also called dry-blending. Mainly due to different particle sizes and less important due to different densities and electrostatic charging behavior of the extruded powder coating particles and the porous material, the powder coating composition may segregate. The effect of segregation can advantageously be reduced by the bonding process, wherein a uniform adhesion of the porous material to surfaces of the extruded powder coating particles is achieved. By heating the extruded powder coating particles to almost glass transition temperature Tg, the porous material is bonded to the powder coating particles, thus reducing the segregation.
The porous material is mesoporous or microporous. The mesoporous material, for example, contains pores with diameters between 2 and 50 nanometers. In this context, mesoporosity refers to a classification of nanoscale porosity. Advantageously, the porous material can be microporous, containing pores with diameters less than 2 nanometers. Examples of microporous materials include zeolites and metal-organic frameworks. According to one variation, the porous material can be diatomaceous earth or another natural or synthetic microporous material.
In one form of the primer composition, the optional pigments are titanium dioxide, the optional filler is one or more of calcium carbonate, talc and barium sulfate, and the optional additives are a levelling agent, such as polyacrylate, and/or a degassing agent, such as benzoin.
In the following, the disclosure is illustrated with reference to implementation examples.
Without further elaboration, one skilled in the art can, using the preceding description, utilize the aspects of the disclosure to its full extent. The following exemplary specific forms are therefore to be construed as merely illustrative. In the foregoing and in the following examples, all temperatures are set forth uncorrected in degrees Celsius, and, unless otherwise indicated, all parts and percentages are by weight.
Primer composition for coating a substrate prior to application thereon of an intumescent fire protecting coating composition, the primer composition being a powder coating composition consisting of a first basic formulation for one of the group of epoxy-polyester, polyester/polyurethane and epoxy base, consisting of
Example 1 is a generic composition in regard to the binding and hardening agents. A coating system to be applied to a steel structure includes the primer composition of example 1 and an intumescent fire protecting coating composition to be applied onto the primer composition. The intumescent fire protecting coating composition may be liquid, for example water-based or solvent-based.
Primer composition for coating a substrate prior to application thereon of an intumescent fire protecting coating composition, the primer composition being a powder coating composition consisting of a second basic formulation for epoxy-polyester, consisting of
A coating system to be applied to a steel structure includes the primer composition of example 2 and an intumescent fire protecting coating composition to be applied onto the primer composition. The intumescent fire protecting coating composition may be liquid, for example water-based or solvent-based.
Powder coating composition consisting of
In order that the disclosure may be well understood, there will now be described various forms thereof, given by way of example, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which:
The drawings described herein are for illustration purposes only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure in any way.
The following description is merely exemplary in nature and is not intended to limit the present disclosure, application, or uses. It should be understood that throughout the drawings, corresponding reference numerals indicate like or corresponding parts and features.
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However, the decisive factor for failure is the slipping of the foaming intumescent layer in a fire test. Foaming of the intumescent layer occurs at temperatures of 250-300° C. Whether the adhesion between the primer and the intumescent layer is sufficient is thus tested in fire tests.
Relevant mechanisms for adhesion between coating layers are the chemical valence bond between functional groups and the physical adherence of rough surfaces, which is referred to with regard to
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The presence of unaltered, unbroken fragments of diatomaceous earth on the primer surface and the increased roughness provide enhanced adhesion properties of the primer to the intumescent layer. The capillary forces of the diatomaceous earth advantageously absorb solvents and binders of the foaming intumescent layer, thus maintaining the firm adhesion under the impact of heat and/or fire.
The desired amount of diatomaceous earth for safe adhesion may disturb the processing of the primer powder during electrostatic application. To enhance application behavior, even in automatic application systems, the diatomaceous earth can be blended into the powder coating composition subsequent to grinding by way of bonding the diatomaceous earth particles in a mixer to the powder coating particles of the ground mixture.
Experiment 1: X-cut test: To test the adhesion of intumescent layers to powder primers, three millimeter thick steel sheets were primed, once with the primer composition according to example 2 and as a reference with the primer composition according to the reference example. Subsequently, identical ˜500 μm thick intumescent layers of Sika® Pyroplast® ST-100 were applied onto the primer layers. According to DIN EN ISO 16276-2, Corrosion protection of steel structures by protective paint systems —Assessment of, and acceptance criteria for, the adhesion/cohesion (fracture strength) of a coating—Part 2: Cross-cut testing and X-cut testing”, the X-cut testing is applicable for coatings over 250 μm thickness. A cut in the form of an X (X-cut) is made into the coating, penetrating through to the substrate. X-cut test results are shown in Table 1 below.
Table 1: D002014 Trial 12-17 denominate the primer composition according to example 2 with the given thickness, applied on steel sheets (Tex. means an increased surface roughness attained through additive). About 500 μm thick layers of Sika® Pyroplast® ST-100 were applied onto the primer layers. Adhesion results of the X-cut test are given in the right column.
To test the adhesion of intumescent layers to powder primers, three millimeter thick steel sheets were primed, now with the primer composition according to the reference example and other primers according to the state of the art. Subsequently, again identical ˜500 μm thick intumescent layers of Sika® Pyroplast® ST-100 were applied onto the primer layers. The X-cut test could not be executed correctly as the adhesion of the intumescent layer to the primer was too weak, cf. Table 2 below.
Table 2: Four different thermoset primers, followed by the curing conditions temperature (180° C.) and time (5 or 10 minutes) and one thermoplastic primer are listed. The surface property of the steel plate is given (Tex. means an increased roughness attained through additive compared to a smooth surface), and the thermoset primer base (EP—epoxy-based primer, PP—polyester-based primer, matt or glossy).
Experiment 2: fire test: As noted before, one further factor for failure is tested in a fire test, wherein foaming of the intumescent layer occurs at temperatures of 250-300° C. During the fire test the foaming intumescent layer must not slip of the primer layer.
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Unless otherwise expressly indicated herein, all numerical values indicating mechanical/thermal properties, compositional percentages, dimensions and/or tolerances, or other characteristics are to be understood as modified by the word “about” or “approximately” in describing the scope of the present disclosure. This modification is desired for various reasons including industrial practice, material, manufacturing, and assembly tolerances, and testing capability.
As used herein, the phrase at least one of A, B, and C should be construed to mean a logical (A OR B OR C), using a non-exclusive logical OR, and should not be construed to mean “at least one of A, at least one of B, and at least one of C.”
The description of the disclosure is merely exemplary in nature and, thus, variations that do not depart from the substance of the disclosure are intended to be within the scope of the disclosure. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the disclosure.
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21162460.6 | Mar 2021 | EP | regional |
This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/EP2022/056274, filed on Mar. 10, 2022, which claims priority to and the benefit of EP 21162460.6 filed on Mar. 12, 2021. The disclosures of the above applications are incorporated herein by reference.
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Parent | PCT/EP2022/056274 | Mar 2022 | US |
Child | 18465546 | US |