Beads Market

LPA
Addition of soluble Altuglas^® acrylic-styrenic beads into Unsaturated Polyester Resins is able to minimise the shrinkage during curing. Atuglas^® offers a wide choice of solubility and performance: Altuglas^® BS 510- BS 520-BS 440-BS 215- BS 684-BS 645. View our Applications (PDF).

Matting agent for TP
Altuglas^® acrylic beads with various size can be mixed with most of thermoplastic polymer in extrusion or injection moulding to achieve relevant surface effect and pleasant visual appearance (anti-reflex, light diffusion, surface hardness...) Recommanded grades for this application: Altuglas^® BS 130- BS 100 (small size beads) and BS 572 (large size beads.) View our Applications (PDF).

Matting agent in coating
Small size insoluble Atuglas^® acrylic beads can be easily dispersed in most coating systems to provide a wide range of physical caracterisitics as well as impressive decorative effects (mat, textured, shining, soft-touch...).
Altuglas^® BS 130-BS 100- BS 150N- BS 110. View our Applications (PDF).

Porous moulds
The leading industrial technology for ceramic moulding is based on moulds in porous acrylic material obtained by polymerisation of special resin of methylmethacrylate monomer + acrylic beads.
Recommended grades for this application: Altuglas^® BS 510, BS 520 (soluble
beads) or Altuglas^® BS 150N (small size bead to optimise final porosity.) View our Applications (PDF).