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Hydrite provides a range of products and services tailored to the manufacturing process of paints, coatings, inks, and adhesives designed to help achieve desired performance properties, enhance product durability, improve application characteristics, and meet specific performance requirements for various applications. Hydrite's complete line of polymers, solvents, defoamers, antifoams and air release agents is designed to assist with PCIA applications. Our defoamer solutions are formulated for solvent-borne, water-reducible, water-based and 100% active systems.  

Hydrite offers a variety of solutions to improve your company’s operational efficiencies. Hydrite provides emulsions and resin solutions, toll manufacturing capabilities, foam control technology, solvent recycling and waste handling. Incorporating these components into the manufacturing process allows manufacturers to tailor the properties of paints, coatings, inks and adhesives to meet specific performance requirements, achieve desired functionality, and ensure compatibility with diverse substrates and application methods.

When you choose to work with Hydrite, you can be assured you will receive the technical service needed to maximize efficiency and profitability while maintaining or enhancing product quality. Foam control, water treatment, low equipment costs and unique application of chemistry are all areas of Hydrite’s expertise to help your company operate at its best.

Our application SOLUTIONS include:

  • Foam Control
  • Water Treatment
  • Equipment
  • Waste & Recycle
  • Application Leadership

 

Products Guide for Paints, Coatings, Inks, and Adhesives Manufacturing

Acrylic Resins:

Acrylic resins are commonly used as binders in paints, coatings, and inks due to their excellent adhesion, durability, and weather resistance.

Benefits:
  • Improved film formation
  • Enhanced durability
  • UV resistance
  • Flexibility

 

Additives:

Various additives such as anti-foaming agents, biocides, corrosion inhibitors, defoamers, and emulsifiers, are used to modify the properties of paints, coatings, and inks.

Benefits:
  • Control foam formation
  • Prevent Microbial growth
  • Inhibit corrosion
  • Improve flow and leveling
  • Stabilize emulsions

Binders/Resins:

Binders and resins act as the primary film-forming components in paints, coatings, and inks, providing adhesion and cohesion.

Benefits:
  • Bind pigment particles together
  • Enhance adhesion to substrates
  • Improve durability
  • Provide a smooth finish

 


 

Caustic Soda:

Caustic soda, or sodium hydroxide, is employed in the manufacturing process of paints, coatings, inks, and adhesives as a pH adjuster or neutralizing agent. 

Benefits:
  • Regulate pH levels
  • Promote proper curing or crosslinking reactions
  • Facilitate emulsion stability
  • Improve product performance

Corrosion Inhibitors:

Corrosion inhibitors help protect metal substrates from rust and corrosion in paints and coatings exposed to harsh environments.

Benefits:
  • Extend the service life of coatings
  • Prevent corrosion-related damage
  • Maintain substrate integrity

 

Emulsions:

Emulsion polymers are water-based binders used in the formulation of paints, coatings, and inks, offering advantages such as low VOC content and ease of application.

Benefits:
  • Reduce environmental impact
  • Improve workability
  • Enhance adhesion
  • Provide excellent film properties

 


 

Extender Pigments:

Extender pigments such as calcium carbonate or talc are used to increase the volume of the coating or ink without significantly affecting its properties.

Benefits:
  • Reduce cost
  • Improve opacity
  • Increase volume solids
  • Enhance rheological properties 

Fatty Acids:

Fatty acids, derived from natural oils or fats, are used as emulsifiers, dispersants, or corrosion inhibitors in the production of paints, coatings, inks, and adhesives.

Benefits:
  • Facilitate emulsion stability
  • Enhance pigment dispersion
  • Improve wetting properties
  • Provide corrosion protection

Flocculants:

Flocculants are often used in wastewater treatment processes associated with paint, coatings, ink, and adhesives manufacturing to facilitate the settling of suspended solids.

Benefits:
  • Improve clarity and quality of wastewater effluent
  • Enhance solid-liquid separation efficiency
  • Aid in the removal of contaminants

 


 

Glycols:

Glycols, such as ethylene glycol or propylene glycol, serve as solvents, humectants, or coalescing agents in the formulation of water-based paints, coatings, inks, and adhesives. 

Benefits:
  • Enhance viscosity control
  • Improve freeze-thaw stability
  • Promote film formation
  • Aid in the dispersion of pigments and additives

Phosphates:

Phosphates are utilized as dispersants, rust inhibitors, or pH adjusters in the formulation of paints, coatings, inks, and adhesives.

Benefits:
  • Enhance pigment dispersion
  • Prevent rust and corrosion
  • Improve adhesion
  • Control pH levels for optimal performance

Solvents:

Solvents play a crucial role in adjusting the viscosity of paints, coatings, and inks, as well as facilitating application and drying.

Benefits:
  • Control viscosity
  • Improve flow and leveling
  • Enable proper application
  • Promote rapid drying

 


 

Vinyl Resins:

Vinyl resins, such as polyvinyl acetate (PVA) or vinyl acetate ethylene (VAE), act as binders or film-forming agents in water-based paint, coatings, inks, and adhesives. 

Benefits:
  • Provide excellent adhesion to various substrates
  • Enhance film integrity
  • Offer flexibility 
  • Exhibit good water resistance

Styrene:

Styrene is commonly used as a component in latex paints and coatings, where it acts as a co-monomer in the production of styrene-acrylic or styrene-butadiene latex emulsions.

Benefits:
  • Enhance film formation
  • Provides excellent adhesion to various substrates
  • Improve ink gloss
  • Improves water resistance
  • Enhances durability

 

Surfactants:

Surfactants are used to stabilize emulsions and dispersions in water-based paints, coatings, and inks.

Benefits:
  • Improve wetting and dispersibility of pigments
  • Enhance stability of emulsions
  • Promote uniform application

 


 

Water and Wastewater Management

For manufacturers, managing water usage and wastewater discharge is crucial. Hydrite offers a complete selection of wastewater products and services from foam and odor control to sludge dewatering. Hydrite helps optimize wastewater treatment systems and ensure compliance with discharge permits and water quality standards. Protect the environment and your bottom line with a consultative, problem-solving approach to chemical optimization. 

Reclaimed Solvents/Solvent Blending

Through our solvent blending and reclamation services, we offer you the opportunity to minimize waste and lessen environmental impact. Solvent blending allows manufacturers to customize solvent blends according to specific formulation requirements, ensuring consistency and quality in the final products. Reclaimed solvents can be utilized as cost-effective alternatives to virgin solvents, helping manufacturers reduce their overall production.

 

Sustainable Supply Chain Management

At Hydrite, we are committed to exploring collaborative opportunities with our customer, working together to realize their operational and sustainability objectives by enhancing process efficiency and minimizing costs. Hydrite provides creative solutions that deliver cost, energy, and time savings to our customers while reducing environmental impact and increasing throughput. 

Waste Management and Recycling

Hydrite can assist manufacturers in managing waste generated during the production process. This includes identifying recyclable materials, implementing recycling programs, and properly disposing of hazardous waste according to regulatory standards.

 

 

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