Additive

TEGO® Rad 2550

TEGO® Rad 2550 is a highly efficient cross-linkable slip additive and defoamer for radiation-curing inks and matte varnishes. Creates very low COF and hydrophobic surfaces with release effect.

Product information

Type

Additive

Sub type

Slip & flow & release

Sustainability

VOC reduction

Production efficiency

Life Cycle Assessment available

Markets

Technologies

Radiation curing systems

Manufacturer

TEGO Rad Logo
Launch TEGO® Rad 2550
Recent product launch

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Launch TEGO® Rad 2550

Siloxane-based additives are most frequently used to enhance substrate wetting, flow, levelling, slip and release.  Evonik Coating Additives has a comprehensive portfolio available to address these effects for RC inks and coatings.To minimize migration, and achieve very pronounced and long lasting effects, acrylated products are the industry’s first choice. Evonik’s unique range of TEGO® Rad silicone acrylates offer formulators a complete toolbox of solutions to ensure top ink and coating performance. Latest addition to this portfolio is being introduced.

Surface Control  Basics
eLearning

Coatino Campus

Surface Control Basics

In this comprehensive interactive eLearning you can learn the basics of surface control additives. You get an overview of the basics of leveling, haptic, slip and release effects and the basics of surface control additives. You learn easily how surface control additives work and how to test the coating effects to find the optimal dosage for your application. You can stop and return any time. 

Recording:  UV to LED and the performance of surface control additives
Course

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Recording: UV to LED and the performance of surface control additives

Recorded Webinar: Comparing LED-curing to cure via high pressure mercury lamps - will slip and release effects as well as scratch resistance and other properties differ? Model formulations for graphic arts and wood coatings have been prepared and cured via standard UV cure and LED cure. Comparison data for crosslinkable and non crosslinkable additives is shown. Additionally data on the impact of inertization is shown and discussed. And of course – there will be the chance to participate and ask questions.

Recording: Introduction into siloxane-based additives for radiation-curing coatings and inks
Course

Coatino Campus

Recording: Introduction into siloxane-based additives for radiation-curing coatings and inks

Recorded Webinar: In this webinar you can learn about the composition of siloxane-based additives and their distinct effects in radiation-curing formulations. You will find out what is important for the selection of a suitable additive, where the strengths and limits of this technology are. Examples are shown for the effects: substrate wetting, slip, release and defoaming.

Surface Control Quiz
Course

Coatino Campus

Surface Control Quiz

Quiz on surface control additves.

Boosting our Jetting  and Testing Capabilities
Course

Coatino Campus

Boosting our Jetting and Testing Capabilities

In less than 7 minutes we would like to tell you about our latest investment for Inkjet applications, what it can do for us and what we could do for you. 
Belief in the potential that inkjet represents for the printing industry is reflected in our continued efforts to provide our customers with specific recommendations, custom solutions and even specifically developed products. Find out more about the technical capabilities of our drop watcher and print station, and about modes of collaboration we offer that may assist you on your path of developing inkjet inks.

Conference Paper, jointly with Krüss, IJC 2019
Course

Coatino Campus

Conference Paper, jointly with Krüss, IJC 2019

What are the important physico chemical parameters when formulating inks and how to characterize and optimize them. Recording kindly provided by Krüss.

Conference Paper: IJC Düsseldorf 2019
Course

Coatino Campus

Conference Paper: IJC Düsseldorf 2019

This is a re-recording of the paper given at Inkjet Congress 2019. "Promoting Curing Speed: Ideal Surfactants for LED Curing Inkjet Inks"

How to prevent blocking in Printing Inks
Course

Coatino Campus

How to prevent blocking in Printing Inks

This webcast shows you various factors that lead to blocking defects in printing inks, and more importantly demonstrate 3 different formulating approaches. Lab videos and pictures are illustrated to show you how additives could help you achieve flawless finish.

Printing Inks Service Offerings - Interactive video
Course

Coatino Campus

Printing Inks Service Offerings - Interactive video

This is an interactive video that showcase different service offerings to support printing inks customers thru innovations and efficiency. Come explore to take advantage of our competencies in regulatory guidance, sustainability, technical expertise and trainings.

Recording:  Siloxane-based additives for inks and varnishes, composition, performance and limitations
Course

Coatino Campus

Recording: Siloxane-based additives for inks and varnishes, composition, performance and limitations

Recorded Webinar: Siloxane-based additives show unique effects in waterborne, radiation-curing and also solventborne inks and varnishes. This webinar related structural motives to effects in inks and varnishes. It had displayed how to improve ink performance by the use of highly active siloxane-based additives, but also mentioned possible limitations. Can they potentially replace fluorosurfactants?

Recording: Controlling image quality of inkjet inks - the most important 1% of an ink formulation
Course

Coatino Campus

Recording: Controlling image quality of inkjet inks - the most important 1% of an ink formulation

Recorded Webinar: This webinar had introduced the know-how related the structure-property relationship of substrate wetting agents and their impact on the quality of the printed image as an integral part in enabling hight throughput digital printing.

Recording: Entering the World of Regulatory for Printing Inks / Advanced
Course

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Recording: Entering the World of Regulatory for Printing Inks / Advanced

Recorded Webinar: Staying compliant with regulations is becoming more crucial than ever when it comes to creating new printing inks. This webinar is designed to offer advanced knowledge and comprehensive insights on key compliance matters.

Recording: Entering the World of Regulatory for Printing Inks / Basic
Course

Coatino Campus

Recording: Entering the World of Regulatory for Printing Inks / Basic

Recorded Webinar: It is essential to have a basic understanding of regulations when creating a new printing ink. While the term "regulatory" may evoke negative connotations for some, this webinar aimed to provide fundamental knowledge on the topic in a relaxed manner.

Recording: High performance ink additives with broad regulatory compliance and food contact status.
Course

Coatino Campus

Recording: High performance ink additives with broad regulatory compliance and food contact status.

Recorded Webinar: Printing processes are getting faster and faster, substrates more and more diverse and global regulatory requirements more and more stringent. In this webinar, you will learn how Coating Additives copes with these requirements and proactively builds a portfolio of suitable high performance additives. Trends, star products and latest developments has been discussed along with practical examples and recommendations.

Recording: Our Solutions for UV Inkjet Inks
Course

Coatino Campus

Recording: Our Solutions for UV Inkjet Inks

Recorded Webinar: UV inkjet inks develop fast in recent years in the application of label, tobacco packaging and PCB etc. In this webinar we had shared our additive solutions for UV inkjet ink application, we had introduced our high performance dispersants for different type of pigments dispersing, surface control additives especially crosslinkable product series which can help to improve substrate wetting, slip property and scratch resistance etc, and our Co-binders which can help to boost the curing speed, improve adhesion and pigment wetting etc.

Recording: Outperformulate your waterborne inks - Part I
Course

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Recording: Outperformulate your waterborne inks - Part I

Recorded Webinar: Inks are often produced from semi-finished to address the application complexity and reduce the final production step to a blending operation. Semi-finished must not only be intermixable and compatible but also stable over the time. In this mini webinar series, challenges and solutions are presented. The first part presented solutions for pigment preparations and particle stabilization, so how to control the color and appearance of an ink. Part 2, will be related to foam, slip, release and substrate wetting - so control of the physical parameters of an ink.

Recording: Outperformulate your waterborne inks - Part II
Course

Coatino Campus

Recording: Outperformulate your waterborne inks - Part II

Recorded Webinar: Inks are often produced from semi-finished to address the application complexity and reduce the final production step to a blending operation. Semi-finished must not only be intermixable and compatible but also stable over the time. In this mini webinar series, challenges and solutions were presented. In the first part we have presented solutions for pigment preparations and particle stabilization, so how to control the color and appearance of an ink. Part 2, have been related to foam, slip, release and substrate wetting - so control of the physical parameters of an ink.

Star products for packaging inks - Cobinders
Course

Coatino Campus

Star products for packaging inks - Cobinders

In this module of our webcast series  you can learn how cobinders work and should be selected for their use in (packaging) inks. Our star products for this application are presented and compared to each other for best possible selection. More modules on other product groups available here on COATINO® Campus.

You can find supplementary content, such as links or documents ready for download, in the “Resources” tab or on the right-hand side of this course page, just below the Tags.

Star products for packaging inks - Slip additives
Course

Coatino Campus

Star products for packaging inks - Slip additives

In this module of our webcast series  you can learn how slip, anti-blocking and release additives work and should be selected for their use in (packaging) inks.  Our star products for this application are presented and compared to each other for best possible selection. More modules on other product groups available here on COATINO® Campus.

You can find supplementary content, such as links or documents ready for download, in the “Resources” tab or on the right-hand side of this course page, just below the Tags.