{"id":8055,"date":"2023-06-19T09:49:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T07:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sistemapolipiemonte.it\/ecoat-varnish\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T12:52:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T10:52:32","slug":"ecoat-varnish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sistemapolipiemonte.it\/en\/ecoat-varnish\/","title":{"rendered":"ECOAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cChromium-free chrome plating\u201d process for metallising plastics.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2907 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sistemapolipiemonte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_1227-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sistemapolipiemonte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_1227-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sistemapolipiemonte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_1227-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sistemapolipiemonte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_1227-1030x773.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sistemapolipiemonte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_1227-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sistemapolipiemonte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_1227-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sistemapolipiemonte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_1227-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sistemapolipiemonte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_1227-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/sistemapolipiemonte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_1227-705x529.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Description<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Optimise the chemical solution, which activates and functionalises the polymer surface and creates a bridge between the chemical groups exposed on the surface and the metal surface of the silver layer, optimise the Ag formulation and test some industrial formulations (where however the glass activator is not suitable for use on plastics, so some of the industrial components cannot be used), optimise the entire deposition process in all its steps, from activating the surface to protecting the metal layer. The protection cannot be identical to the scheme used for concentrating glass mirrors, where in some configurations the mirror is on the outer side of the glass, as the process temperatures are lower for many of the polymer substrates than for glass.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Result to be enhanced<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The solutions proposed in the project are highly innovative, as there is currently no industrial solution to the problem of water-based metallisation on plastics. The process features a much simpler framework compared to the galvanic process. It utilises POSS (organically modified silsesquioxanes, which are organic-inorganic hybrid materials with unique properties different from conventional silanes) as one of the components in the formulation. The chemical composition is a hybrid, intermediate (RSiO1.5) between silica (SiO2) and silicone (R2SiO). Moreover, the alternative method proposed in the project is based on replacing chromium with silver, which is known for its non-toxic properties and even disinfectant and health-promoting effects.<\/p>\n<h3>Why is it important?<\/h3>\n<p>In a market that is highly competitive on aesthetic standards, the process adds value to coated plastic products. However, the truly distinctive aspect is not immediately perceptible to the end users, but to those who apply the silver plating: it is in fact a process that, thanks to the absence of chromium, guarantees environmental and health safety and prevents workers from being exposed to chromium, which on the contrary is harmful to the human organism<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div  class='flex_column av-3nc9cl-ec01a89956f19461af0d4e132089ed67 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><p><strong>Project and Acronym:<\/strong>\u00a0 ECOAT<br \/>\n<strong>TRL:<\/strong>\u00a0 ?<br \/>\n<strong>Reference call:<\/strong> ?<br \/>\n<strong>Innovation Cluster to contact:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sistemapolipiemonte.it\/en\/clusters\/mesap-energia-e-tecnologie-pulite\/\">Mesap<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Technologies used :<\/strong> Research and laboratory tests on silver plating deposition and adhesion technologies<br \/>\nAesthetic treatment of plastic surfaces<br \/>\nIndustrial coating technologies<\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-2ios5x-ce3779de57b5fc3f89091a037a06e730 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><p><strong>Lead company:<\/strong><br \/>\nVarnish S.r.l<\/p>\n<p><strong>Collaborating company<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><br \/>\nNovares S.r.l<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cChromium-free chrome plating\u201d process for metallising plastics. <\/p>\n<p>\n<b>Varnish S.r.l<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2305,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[],"ente":[140],"settore":[144],"traiettoria":[148,149],"bando":[162],"class_list":["post-8055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects","ente-odr-en","settore-green-technologies","traiettoria-digital-en","traiettoria-green-en","bando-regional"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ECOAT - Sistema Poli<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sistemapolipiemonte.it\/en\/ecoat-varnish\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ECOAT - Sistema Poli\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cChromium-free chrome plating\u201d process for metallising plastics.   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