Technology:
Fujitsu developed an
aqueous paint that can be applied to the resin parts of information technology
equipment in alliance with its subsidiary Fujitsu Laboratories. Because moisture
needs to be dried at a high temperature, an aqueous paint is not suitable for application
to resin parts. The company improved the existing aqueous paint to make it
dried at a relatively low temperature. By mixing a fine particle with atwo-layer structure of hard resin and soft resin with pigment, it successfully developedan aqueous resin that can be dried at 65 degrees centigrade. Fujitsu applied
the new aqueous paint to the outer packaging of its servers for the first time,
and plans to increase the number of products in the future.
As an oil paint generally
needs to be diluted with such solvents as toluene and xylene, it generates volatile
organic compound (VOC) that causes a photochemical smog. If an oil paint is
replaced by the new aqueous paint, a large amount of solvent for dilution can
be reduced. According to the estimates of the Ministry of Environment, paint is
most responsible for VOC emission, accounting for about 40% of total VOC
emission, in 2010. In the auto industry, lots of efforts are being made to replace
oil paints with aqueous paints to reduce VOC emissions.
Comparison of components
in
solvent-based and water-based paints
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