TEGOPREN® / TEGOMER® / TEGO® Antifoam D

Additives for unsaturated polyester resins

and vinyl ester resins

Deaerator

TEGO® Antifoam D 2340

• Excellent compatibility with low haziness
• Especially recommended for transparent application and top layers

TEGO® Antifoam D 2345

Transportation
• Exellent deaeration performance
• Meets FDA Regulation 21 CFR 175.300

Dispersing and Antiscratch

TEGOMER® A-Si 2322

• High affinity for inorganic fillers and glass fiber filled systems
Wind Energy

TEGOMER® M-Si 2650

• High antiscratch performance and good demolding properties

TEGOPREN® 6875
• Universal antiscratch and dispersing performance

Building and electrical applications

Marine

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Deaerator
Evonik offers an efficient deaerator package to prevent the formation of foams, air
inclusions, pinholes and surface defects like fish eyes and craters. The products are
intended to be used during manufacturing and/or in the application process of
unsaturated polyester and vinyl ester resins. Due to there outstanding compatibility
TEGO® Antifoam grades can combine high deaeration performance without negative
side effects.

Air bubbles on top without deaerator Fish eyes due to incompatible deaerator 0.2% TEGO® Antifoam D 2345

TEGO® Antifoam D 2340

TEGO® Antifoam D 2345

Benefits:
• High deaeration/defoaming efficiency to prevent foam and bubble
formation in production and application processes
• High compatibility
• No negative side effects like surface defects as created by other additives
• Transparent application can be achieved which are important for clear
formulations or top layers
• Efficient for resins of different viscosity and styrene content

Applications:
• Casting resins, all types of polyester resins and vinyl esters
• Thixotropic top layers
• Unfilled and filled systems, e. g. CaCO3, hydroxide based flame
retardents, glass fibers

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Dispersing and Antiscratch
Dispersing of a variety of fillers or glass fibers is a demanding requirement in filled
UPES and vinylester resins to balance mechanical properties, cost and special proper-
ties such as flame retardance is included by that as well. TEGOMER®/TEGOPREN®
dispersing agents allow to increase significantly the loading level of inorganic fillers
or prevent lower viscous systems against settlement of high densitiy materials to
achieve homogenous layers, e. g. artifical marble surfaces for kitchen or labs. To
prevent such surfaces or also top layers in other application against undesired loss of
quality by scratches those dispersing agents deliver a unique two in one performance
to guarantee that. Additionally they deliver internal release characteristics for better
demolding of huge parts.

TEGOMER® A-Si 2322

TEGOMER® M-Si 2650
TEGOPREN® 6875

Benefits of products used as dispersants:

• Better distribution of fillers or flame retardants
• Higher filler loading for a better cost-efficiency combined with enhanced
mechanical properties
• Prevention of settlement of high density materials in lower viscose resins
• Good demolding/ release properties without appearance of oily surfaces
• Prevention of warpage of large parts
• Better handling due to reduced viscosity of filled systems

Filler increase with TEGOPREN® 6875 Without additive

high filling of 65% ATH is not possible

76
74
72
70
68
Filler [%]

66
64
62
60
58
Vinylester UPES 1 UPES 2 UPES 3
based resin 1000 mPas 1200 mPas thixotropic With TEGOPREN® 6875
500 mPas high loading levels of 74% ATH could be
achieved
ATH without TEGOPREN 6875 [%]
ATH with TEGOPREN 6875 [%]

Dosage of dispersing additive: 0.5% calculated on filler content

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Good and permanent scratch resistance results in a better look of manufac-
tured goods. High demanding surfaces in the surrounding of kitchens, baths
and laboratories require mar and scratch resistance against heavy or spiky
goods moved over the surface or against human nails scratching. TEGOMER®/
TEGOPREN® products implement the desired effect in the formulation and
avoid the need for additional top layers.

Benefits of products used as antiscratch additive:

• Durable and long-term stable scratch resistance
• Good demolding/ release properties
• Prevention of warpage
• Better chemical resistance and easy to clean surfaces Erichsen equipment for defined scratch
evaluation with 10N force applied

Applications:
• Grained or plain surfaces
• High filled systems
• Unfilled top layers

Additive recommendation ‒ Dispersing and Antiscratch

First Second
Resin Hardener Recommendation Recommendation

Orthophtahalic TEGOPREN 6875 UPES/ ATH surface without additive

Resin MEKP TEGOMER M-Si 2650 TEGOMER A-Si 2322 Delta L = 4.5

Orthophthalic
Resin BPO TEGOMER A-Si 2322 TEGOPREN 6875

UPES/ ATH surface with 0.4%

Tegomer M-Si 2650
Delta L = 0.3

Trademark notice and legal notice

This information and all further technical advice are based on our present knowledge and experience. However, it implies no liability or
other legal responsibility on our part, including with regard to existing third party intellectual property rights, especially patent rights.
In particular, no warranty, whether express or implied, or guarantee of product properties in the legal sense is intended or implied.
We reserve the right to make any changes according to technological progress or further developments. The customer is not released
from the obligation to conduct careful inspection and testing of incoming goods. Performance of the product described herein should
be verified by testing, which should be carried out only by qualified experts in the sole responsibility of a customer. Reference to trade
names used by other companies is neither a recommendation, nor does it imply that similar products could not be used.
(Status: June 2015)

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phone +49 201 173-2786, fax +49 201 173-1990, plastic-additives@evonik.com
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