Resins & Adhesives

Urea Formaldehyde Powder Resin

• Urea-formaldehyde resin is a thermosetting resin made out with Urea and Formaldehyde produced by a condensation polymerisation reaction between urea and formaldehyde.
• UF Resin is the most popular resin used in Wood Panel product industry owing to its very high reactivity and economics of cost prooven over the period of time.
• Eximcorp offers UF Resin in spray dried powder format and liquid Concentrate (UFC)* with wide range in viscosity, solid contents and molar ratio.

Advantages of UF Powder Resin

• In powder form, UF Resin is easy to handle and ship from one country to another. The storage is simpler and does not involve usage of storage tanks etc,
• It has high degree of purity and one of its advantage is its long storage life.

Tecnical Data:

 

Application of UF Powder Resin

• UF Powder resin is chiefly used as binder in Wood Panel products like Plywood, Particle Board, MDF, OSB etc, besides its application in HPL industry as adhesive for impregnation of Papers.
• It is also used in Textile sizing, Paper industry, Laminated or Corrugated Box manufacturing as additive to traditional binders made of starch.

Handling & Storage: UF resin should be stored in the original bags in a cool and dry place protected from heat. Care should be taken that powder does not absorb any moisture or water during its storage. The bags which have been opened, should be used as soon as possible and where it is not possible to do so, the same should be closed and sealed properly in air tight condition.. When stored in original bags, shelf life would be more than one year.


Packaging: Available in multiply paper bags of 25 Kg with polythene liner


Recommended formulations


As binder in Wood Panel Product Industry: Following is the ideal and recommended formulation for usage of UF Powder resin in Panel product industry.