Manufacturer of anti-glare coatings and abrasion resistant display coatings

Contrast Enhancement Coatings

Anti-Glare Hard Coating Performance Specifications
Scratch (Abrasion) Resistance
75 and 54 Gloss High Resolution Diffusion-Hard Coats (HRD-HC)
  Haze% (1)
  Uncoated Coated
Steel-Wool Scratch (2) 31.1 0.4
Taber Abrasion (3) 26.2 3-4 (4)
1) Haze: ASTM D-1003
2) Steel-Wool Scratch: Steel-wool rotary test representing severe scratching using a #0000 steel-wool pad at 24 psi for 100 rotations.
3)

Taber Abrasion: ASTM D-1044 (CS10F wheel with 500-gram load).

4) 100 Cycles
35 and 50 Gloss Ultra High Resolution Diffusion-Hard Coats (UHRD-HC)
  Haze % (1)
  Uncoated Coated
Steel-Wool Scratch (2) 31.1 No Scratches
Taber Abrasion (3) 26.2 .75 (4), 4 (5)
1) Haze: ASTM D-1003
2) Steel-Wool Scratch: Steel-wool rotary test representing severe scratching using a #0000 steel-wool pad at 24 psi for 100 rotations.
3)

Taber Abrasion: ASTM D-1044 (CS10F wheel with 500-gram load).

4) 100 Cycles
5) 500 Cycles
Chemical Resistance
  75 and 54 Gloss 50 and 35 Gloss
Gasoline
Toluene
Acetone
Ethanol
Trichloroethylene
5% Ammonia
10% Caustic Soda
50% Caustic Soda
10% Sulfuric Acid
M
S
S
L
S
S
S
S
L
M
M
M
L
S
M
M
S
L
L-Long Term Contact,24+ hours
S-Short-term contact, up to 1 hour
M-Medium-term contact, up to 8 hours
X-Immediate attack
Note: Testing done per ASTM D1308
Coating Composition
54 and 75 Gloss 50 and 35 Gloss
Organic Cross Linked Acrylic
Spray Coated
Radiation Cured (UV)
Inorganic Siloxane
Flow Coated
Thermally Cured
 
American Polarizers, Inc.
141 South Seventh Street Reading, Pennsylvania 19602 USA
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E-mail: sales@apioptics.com
 
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