Sustainable Adhesive Production with Lanxess Bio-based Urethane Prepolymers
By using bio-based raw materials LANXESS extends its LF urethane prepolymer range for adhesives. The prepolymers provide excellent performance, processing, and productivity and enable companies to reduce CO2 emissions while helping to advance climate-neutral goals.
The Head of Research and Development at LANXESS Urethane Systems will give a deeper insight into novel bio-based, low-free isocyanate urethane prepolymers in hot melt applications. His presentation “Advancements in Development of High Performance, Bio-Based, Low Free Isocyanate Monomer Prepolymers for Reactive Hot Melt Adhesive Systems” will be held on Friday, September 16 at 10 a.m., at the FEICA Conference and Expo in Hamburg, Germany.
Under the brand name Adiprene LF unique low-free isocyanate urethane prepolymers have been developed for use in adhesives, sealants, and one component foams. The LF technology creates prepolymers with < 0.1% free MDI (methylene diphenyl diisocyanate) and other isocyanates such as TDI (toluene diisocyanate), HDI (hexamethylene diisocyanate), or pPDI (p-phenylene diisocyanate), providing unsurpassed industrial hygiene standards, excellent performance, and improved processing. These prepolymers are particularly suited to address increasingly strict regulatory requirements and provide for final products with lower hazard classifications.