MCTRON has extensive experience in producing and applying coatings to textiles for a host of applications including, non-wovens, industrial fabrics, apparel, industrial tapes, upholstery, automotive fabrics, footwear and military.
More specific information about our broad product range can be found in the technical bulletins below:
Maxxacryl® Acrylics
Maxxacryl® acrylics and acrylic co-polymers are high performance emulsion polymers that are designed to satisfy a host of property requirements for automotive, upholstery, tape, apparel and numerous other textile applications. MCTRON specializes in customizing acrylic emulsion chemistry to meet specific customer needs. Our technical expertise, scale up capabilities and responsiveness offer our customers unique opportunities for product improvement and development.
Maxxacryl® AC-3035 is a stiff, heat-reactive carboxylated acrylic emulsion polymer that provides excellent water resistance and color stability. It is an ideal choice for pleatable textiles where firmness and hand-building is desired.
Maxxacryl® AC-3220 is a non-yellowing soft acrylic based emulsion. It is designed for use as a high self-cross linking polymer that provides excellent fastness properties while maintaining a soft but durable hand.
Maxxacryl® AC-3225 Is a soft acrylic-based crosslinkable emulsion. It is designed for use as a soft hand finish on a variety of substrates including cellulosic, synthetic and/or blended nonwovens. It can also be used as a print binder, dimensional stabilizer, or an anti-linting agent. Additionally, it may be compounded and foamed for back coating applications.
Maxxacryl® AC-3240 is a firm acrylic copolymer emulsion that is self cross-linking and can be used where durability to wash and dry cleaning is needed.
Maxxacryl® AC-3245 is a -45°C Tg non-yellowing, acrylic-based emulsion, designed for use as a pigment printing binder.
Maxxacryl® LP-45 is heat-reactive carboxylated general-purpose soft acrylic latex emulsion. It has use as a flock adhesive, print binder and in applications where solvent resistance, water resistance and durability are desired.
Maxxacryl® SA-202 is a very soft, non-tacky, self cross-linking styrene-acrylic copolymer emulsion with good water and solvent resistance. It is made with a co-polymerizable surfactant to eliminate re-wetting and can be formulated with a high level of filler.
Maxxacryl® SA-292 emulsion is a formaldehyde-free, carboxylated, styrene-acrylic copolymer emulsion. The emulsion films are very soft and exhibit excellent resistance to discoloration. These films are also characterized by their superior water resistance. Use this product where flexibility, water resistance, and superior aging characteristics are required.
Maxxacryl® SA-1073 is a formaldehyde-free, carboxylated, styrene-acrylic copolymer emulsion. Films of this product are very soft, exhibit excellent resistance to discoloration, and are also characterized by their superior water resistance. Use this product where flexibility, water resistance, and superior aging characteristics are required.
PermaPel® Technology
MCTRON’s patented PermaPel® technology is designed to provide superior water repellency, wash durability and excellent adhesion to low-energy surfaces over traditional acrylic emulsion products. PermaPel technology involves the use of a unique specialty monomer package and can be formulated into any acrylic containing polymer.
PermaPel SRN010 is a MCTRON patent-pending polymer that has been designed to incorporate provide wash durability to multiple washes, crock resistance, and superior adhesion to low energy substrates such as fabric, fiberglass, plastic film, foil and metals.
PermaPel® SA-4073 is a medium Tg styrene acrylic emulsion polymer designed to incorporate our wash-durable specialty monomer technology into a non-formaldehyde coating latex. It is a good film former and finds utility in sprayed exterior coatings where superior adhesion and water resistance is important. Applications include colored concrete sealants.
PermaPel® 6073 emulsion is a very firm, formaldehyde-free, carboxylated, styrene-acrylic copolymer emulsion. Films of this emulsion exhibit excellent resistance to discoloration and are characterized by their superior water repellency and adhesion to low energy surfaces. This polymer should be used where a firm film, water resistance, and superior aging characteristics are required.
MaxxThix® MT-1 is a high efficiency alkali-swellable emulsion thickener for use in emulsion polymer compounds. Applications include textile coatings, paints, mastics adhesives, back thickeners for print pastes, and viscosity modifiers for pad baths. The rheology of this product is “short” and “buttery”.
MaxxThix® MT-2 is an alkali-swellable emulsion thickener for use in emulsion polymer compounds. It imparts a “yield point” to coatings formulated with it. This “yield point” minimizes the settling of fillers and causes minimal penetration of coatings formulated with it. Applications include textile coatings, paints, mastics adhesives, back thickeners for print pastes, and viscosity modifiers for pad baths. The rheology of this product is “long” and “elastic”.
MaxxThix® AT 17 is an associative thickener, supplied as an easy-to-use alkali-swellable emulsion. It is designed for coatings with a “yield point” which flow readily under shear (such as brushing) yet which will not run (sag) when the shear is removed. Dyes thickened slightly with this product will not bleed through a paper towel. It keeps coatings on the surface of a substrate (minimal penetration).
MaxxThix® MT-107 is a highly effective methyl-based sodium polyacrylate gum thickener for use in a multitude of compounding arenas. This product is a versatile, effective and efficient aqueous polymer solution with unique rheological properties for a host of varying applications. Uses include primary and secondary thickening of coatings, adhesives, grouts, dispersions, suspensions; thickening of liquid solutions applied by spray methods; and as protective colloids and particle coatings in specialty products.
MaxxLink® AZC is a formaldehyde-free crosslinker or insolubilizer for coatings based on latex or protein binders. It reacts rapidly during the process as water is removed from the coating and curing is complete. The curing is fast under alkaline conditions with no need for elevated temperatures resulting in excellent wet rub and crock properties.
MaxxBreak® OB-4 NS Concentrate is a concentrated all-organic non-silicone defoamer concentrated non-silicone defoamer concentrate. It can be diluted with mineral oil with the resulting product being useful as a textile, latex or pulp type defoamer.
MaxxBreak® OB-123 NS is an all-organic silicone free defoamer. It is stable at high temperatures and is an effective defoamer under pressure dyeing conditions. MaxxBreak OB-123 NS has good salt tolerance and does not precipitate pre metallized dyes in the presence of electrolytes.
MaxxBreak® OB-142 NS Concentrate is an organic non-silicone defoamer concentrate. It can be diluted with mineral oil with the resulting product being useful as a defoamer useful in a variety of aqueous systems. It also exhibits good caustic stability.
MaxxBreak® OS-626 is an emulsion of unique defoaming and foam-preventing compounds. It is extremely stable under high shear and boiling conditions. It also is an effective wetting agent and surface tension depressant.
MaxxBreak® OS-578 is a nonionic emulsion of organo-silicone compounded antifoam ingredients. Applications include cutting oils, water-based inks, paints, detergent solutions, PVA solutions, starch solutions adhesives, antifreeze, insecticides, textiles and many other industrial water-based systems.
MaxxBreak® OS-319 Concentrate is an effective and economical organo-silicone concentrate for defoamer use in a wide variety of high and low temperature applications, especially textile dyeing and finishing.
Maxxbreak® SE-030 and SE-020 are aqueous organo-silicone defoaming/antifoam emulsions formulated for a variety of industrial processing applications.