Industrial

ACTI-GEL® 208 IN INDUSTRIAL
APPLICATIONS

Acti-Gel® 208 mineral additive benefits a wide range of high-solids liquid applications by providing excellent suspension and rheological properties. Cost reductions and property improvements can be gained by raising solid contents to 50-80%, depending on the application, yet maintaining flow, spray-ability, pump-ability, workability, troweling and other rheological characteristics.

Examples of applications are:

  • Animal feeds
  • Ceramic bodies and glazes
  • Drilling cements
  • Drilling fluids
  • Paints & coatings
  • Pigment slurries and dispersions
  • Plasters
  • Stuccos
  • Suspension fertilizers
  • Water-reducible pesticides
Oil industry equipment.

Applications

Agriculture

Agriculture

Spray-able and pump-able liquids offer many efficiency advantages to the farmer and rancher in applying treatments to their crops and herds. The economics and efficiencies of these liquids depend on achieving a stable suspension of high-solids. Acti-Gel® 208 can suspend a higher solids content without a substantial increase in viscosity and yet provide a more easily spray-able and pump-able end product as demonstrated in the attached video. Let us show you how to reduce the water content of your product while improving its handling characteristics.

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CERAMICS (GLAZE)

CERAMICS (GLAZE)

In many different types of glazes Acti-Gel® 208 has demonstrated improvements in processing, raw material reduction and, most importantly, the finished quality of the glazed piece. Acti-Gel® 208 offers greater formulating latitude to replace other ingredients that are known to create certain quality problems, like pinholes. Some examples are:
Frit Tile Glaze – Acti-Gel® 208 allows a 50% reduction in kaolin and complete removal of Bentone EW & sodium hexametaphosphate.
Rotary Disc Tile Glaze – Acti-Gel® 208 can eliminate the use of Bentonite and STPP and reduce kaolin and CMC by half. Grinding times are lower as well due to less kaolin in the formula.
Let us show you how Acti-Gel® 208 can improve your production with these benefits in glazes:

  • Reduce dry times by up to 75%
  • Smoother, glossier surface finish
  • Reduce blistering or “pop-off’s” and pinholes.
  • Higher glaze-body adhesion
  • Better spray properties
  • Reduce or eliminate CMC, HMS, bentonite, and kaolin while achieving the same density and viscosity.
  • Excellent anti-settling, with reduced segregation and no hard packing
  • Reduce glaze dripping and sagging and eliminate glaze runoff
  • Lower costs
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Coatings

Coatings

Acti-Gel® 208 allows paint & coating formulators to increase PVC without sacrificing rheology. Improvements in flow & leveling, syneresis control and suspension properties can be achieved in most water-born coatings. Common applications for Acti-Gel® 208 mineral additive are decorative, corrosion resistant and consumer paints.

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Drilling

Drilling

Improving Pumping, Impermeability, Density and Strength of Drilling Cement & High Solids Fluids

Acti-Gel® 208 is well proven in a myriad of cement-based applications for improving pumpability and workability while increasing density and strength of the cured cement composite. These improvements are likewise valuable in drilling cement where pumping long distances without segregation and providing a stronger, more resistant barrier in the bore hole are needed.

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Pool Plaster

Pool Plaster

Make Better Plaster Every Time – Reduce Call Backs

Acti-Plex® multi-functional mineral additive overcomes the many challenges of making quality pool plasters and stuccos. It makes plastering easier resulting in a better finish every time. Acti-Plex® provides a benefit to virtually every step of the plaster job, from start to finish, with greater satisfaction by pool owners and applicators, and a reduction in costly call backs for contractors.
Acti-Plex® additive is very simple to use with no effect on cure or water demand. It provides multiple benefits proven consistently in thousands of pools under a wide range of temperature, wind and humidity conditions throughout the U.S. and Australia.
Let us show you how Acti-Plex® multi-functional additive can:

  • Reduce Check Cracking & Shrinkage
  • Improve & Extend Workability
  • Improve Vertical Surface Cling & Reduce Sag
  • Reduce Efflorescence, Mottling & Scaling
  • Provide Uniform Curing & Color Consistency
  • Improve Pebble Finish and Reduce Washouts
  • Improve Pumping & Reduces Lock Ups
  • And more….
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Ceramics (Body)

Ceramics (Body)

A small amount of Acti-Gel® 208 (0.5 percent by weight of solids) can replace 20 to 30 percent of the ball clay in sanitary ware, which is commonly associated with problems that occur in casting. The unique size and surface charge characteristics of Acti-Gel® 208 results in intriguing rheological enhancements and de-watering characteristics in suspensions during the drying or casting phase. See the attached data sheet for more details.

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  • Agriculture
  • CERAMICS (GLAZE)
  • Coatings
  • Drilling
  • Pool Plaster
  • Ceramics (Body)

Agriculture

Spray-able and pump-able liquids offer many efficiency advantages to the farmer and rancher in applying treatments to their crops and herds. The economics and efficiencies of these liquids depend on achieving a stable suspension of high-solids. Acti-Gel® 208 can suspend a higher solids content without a substantial increase in viscosity and yet provide a more easily spray-able and pump-able end product as demonstrated in the attached video. Let us show you how to reduce the water content of your product while improving its handling characteristics.

Contact Us

CERAMICS (GLAZE)

In many different types of glazes Acti-Gel® 208 has demonstrated improvements in processing, raw material reduction and, most importantly, the finished quality of the glazed piece. Acti-Gel® 208 offers greater formulating latitude to replace other ingredients that are known to create certain quality problems, like pinholes. Some examples are:
Frit Tile Glaze – Acti-Gel® 208 allows a 50% reduction in kaolin and complete removal of Bentone EW & sodium hexametaphosphate.
Rotary Disc Tile Glaze – Acti-Gel® 208 can eliminate the use of Bentonite and STPP and reduce kaolin and CMC by half. Grinding times are lower as well due to less kaolin in the formula.
Let us show you how Acti-Gel® 208 can improve your production with these benefits in glazes:

  • Reduce dry times by up to 75%
  • Smoother, glossier surface finish
  • Reduce blistering or “pop-off’s” and pinholes.
  • Higher glaze-body adhesion
  • Better spray properties
  • Reduce or eliminate CMC, HMS, bentonite, and kaolin while achieving the same density and viscosity.
  • Excellent anti-settling, with reduced segregation and no hard packing
  • Reduce glaze dripping and sagging and eliminate glaze runoff
  • Lower costs
Contact Us

Coatings

Acti-Gel® 208 allows paint & coating formulators to increase PVC without sacrificing rheology. Improvements in flow & leveling, syneresis control and suspension properties can be achieved in most water-born coatings. Common applications for Acti-Gel® 208 mineral additive are decorative, corrosion resistant and consumer paints.

Learn More about our coatings

Drilling

Improving Pumping, Impermeability, Density and Strength of Drilling Cement & High Solids Fluids

Acti-Gel® 208 is well proven in a myriad of cement-based applications for improving pumpability and workability while increasing density and strength of the cured cement composite. These improvements are likewise valuable in drilling cement where pumping long distances without segregation and providing a stronger, more resistant barrier in the bore hole are needed.

Contact Us to learn more

Pool Plaster

Make Better Plaster Every Time – Reduce Call Backs

Acti-Plex® multi-functional mineral additive overcomes the many challenges of making quality pool plasters and stuccos. It makes plastering easier resulting in a better finish every time. Acti-Plex® provides a benefit to virtually every step of the plaster job, from start to finish, with greater satisfaction by pool owners and applicators, and a reduction in costly call backs for contractors.
Acti-Plex® additive is very simple to use with no effect on cure or water demand. It provides multiple benefits proven consistently in thousands of pools under a wide range of temperature, wind and humidity conditions throughout the U.S. and Australia.
Let us show you how Acti-Plex® multi-functional additive can:

  • Reduce Check Cracking & Shrinkage
  • Improve & Extend Workability
  • Improve Vertical Surface Cling & Reduce Sag
  • Reduce Efflorescence, Mottling & Scaling
  • Provide Uniform Curing & Color Consistency
  • Improve Pebble Finish and Reduce Washouts
  • Improve Pumping & Reduces Lock Ups
  • And more….
Learn More

Ceramics (Body)

A small amount of Acti-Gel® 208 (0.5 percent by weight of solids) can replace 20 to 30 percent of the ball clay in sanitary ware, which is commonly associated with problems that occur in casting. The unique size and surface charge characteristics of Acti-Gel® 208 results in intriguing rheological enhancements and de-watering characteristics in suspensions during the drying or casting phase. See the attached data sheet for more details.

Learn More

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