Acrylic Coating with Internally Dismembered Particles for Single-Step Waterproofing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing thermal insulation and waterproof coatings face issues with adhesion, thickness, and protection against solar rays and water, requiring multiple application steps and additional protection measures.
Innovation Solution
A process combining acrylic flexible polymers with internally dismembered spherical particles, titanium dioxide, and other additives to create a flexible, low-specific-weight coating that can be applied in one step, providing high adhesion and protection without additional layers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional acrylic waterproof coatings are applied with reinforcement net and plastic cement, then adhesion and crack sealing are improved, but the application process complexity and number of steps increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions (adhesion, waterproofing, thermal insulation, and crack sealing) into a single coating composition. The coating includes acrylic polymer as binder, calcium carbonate for insulation, and forms a monolithic flexible film that eliminates the need for separate reinforcement net and plastic cement applications, resolving the contradiction by merging multiple protective functions into one application step
Solution Approach 2:
The coating composition serves multiple purposes simultaneously: it provides waterproofing, thermal insulation, adhesion, and crack sealing capabilities in a single product. This multi-functional coating eliminates the need for separate materials and application steps, directly addressing the contradiction between reliability and process complexity
2Temperature
If thermal insulation is applied with greater thickness or volume, then insulation performance is improved, but protection from solar rays and water deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a composite coating formulation combining acrylic polymer binder with calcium carbonate particles. This composite structure provides both thermal insulation properties and protective characteristics simultaneously, resolving the contradiction by integrating insulation and protection functions within the same material system rather than requiring separate thick insulation layers
3Length of stationary object
If coating thickness is increased to 1.2-1.5 mm in one step, then insulation performance is improved, but application feasibility deteriorates in traditional systems
Solution Approach 1:
The patent modifies the rheological and physical parameters of the coating formulation to enable application at thicknesses of 1.2-1.5 mm in a single step. The specific composition of acrylic polymer, calcium carbonate, and other additives creates a coating with appropriate viscosity, flexibility, and adhesion characteristics that make thick single-step application feasible, resolving the contradiction between desired thickness and application ease
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution achieves a dense, non-fluid coating with improved thermal insulation and waterproof properties, maintaining flexibility and adhesion across various substrates, resisting solar, water, and environmental factors, with enhanced durability and comfort performance compared to traditional systems.
Implementation Method 1
The internally dismembered particles, containing a percent of humidity, are appropriate for the connections and links required for the formation of a monolithic flexible film to apply the waterproof coating in one step
Implementation Method 2
a process for the preparation of thermal coating, as well as, its composition, where it observes the effect to stay in contact at temperature (from 10° to 40° C.)
Implementation Method 3
adding acrylic flexible polymers of branched chain, in the presence of highly hard water without previous treatment
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AI summary
The present invention refers to a procedure for preparation of a thermal insulation and waterproof coating, as well as its composition, obtained by combination of some components and the preparation of spherical particles internally dismembered highly flexible, attenuated in water, flexible branched chain polymer modified with acrylic, in a titanium dioxide presence. With these elements and its balance is obtained a product high grade of adhesion over several substrates not requiring previous sealing with high properties when used as waterproof coating. Likewise, it differ of traditional coatings, the internally dismembered particles, which contain a % of humidity, are appropriate for the formation of links and connections necessaries for the formation of a monolithic flexible film to make an waterproof coating application in one step, moreover getting a coating with thermal insulation properties, highly flexible and low specific weight (low density).