Harnessing Specialty Anhydrides for Superior Epoxy Curing

Epoxies play a crucial role across all sorts of industries–composites, electrical insulation and coatings to name but a few. These composites and coatings are valued for their chemical and temperature resistance, as well as their high strength and durability, providing long-lasting protection for a variety of substrates. 

Broadview Technologies has decades of experience in formulating specialty anhydrides for use in the epoxy curing process. Our products optimize performance, curing speed and processing challenges.  Boadview’s expertise and product selection enable users to obtain the properties required in applications where high performance is essential. 

Excellent Stability on the Shelf and in the Epoxy

One of the benefits of the anhydrides and accelerators that we’ve developed for epoxy curing is their stability. Our anhydride systems have a long pot life, preserving the epoxy’s properties for a significant time on the work floor before they’re applied. They also impart high thermal stability to the cured, allowing the resin systems to maintain their toughness and strength in changing temperatures and environments over the long term. 

Superior Insulation and Electrical Resistance

Epoxies are often used in electrical components, protecting fragile electronics from environmental conditions that would otherwise impact their performance. They also protect the different components from interfering with each other, insulating them so that they can function properly. Broadview’s anhydrides for epoxy curing also offer vibration dampening, which could damage the electrical components, especially those used in machinery and engines. 

A Variety of Anhydrides to Choose From

Leveraging our expertise, Broadview produces specialty anhydrides for our customers that optimize epoxy curing speed, strength, stability and other properties that are absolutely essential to high-performance applications. We have the largest variety of products available on the market for epoxy resins.  These four are our some of most popular for extreme operating conditions:

• AC-39 is a liquid polyanhydride that imparts a high degree of flexibility to resins, making it excellent for formulating low viscosity systems that will absorb shock and vibration.

• PSPA enables the formulation of a single-component epoxy system with a long pot life and low vapor pressure and the best resistance to embrittling even after long periods of extreme temperature exposure. . 

• AC-M25 combines several properties like high Tg, moisture resistance, excellent thermal aging, and vibration dampening, all into one package. 

• AC-59 is a unique product designed for low exotherm and minimal shrinkage for resins that need to be cured in large quantities. 

Check out all of our epoxy curing anhydrides!

Broadview Technologies has a long history of pushing the boundaries in material science and product development in epoxy curing, fire retardants, and plasticizers. Head over to our website to view our full product directory or contact us to learn more about what we can do for you.