The selection of correct ingredients is a critical point in formulator expertise. SNF products provide water release control and rheology (flow, texture, fluidity, anti-sagging). Our products help formulators meet customer specifications and challenges among numerous segments such as mortars, renders, flooring, concrete, sealants, and adhesives. Each project has its own needs for safety, environment, regulatory compliance, low maintenance, and expected life. Our performance additives are designed to fulfill the Owner’s requirements and expectations.
Even if used at a low dosage in compositions (sometimes less than 1%), ingredients such as rheology modifiers, thickeners, and dispersants can significantly improve application properties. Thanks to their benefits and effectiveness, they have become essential components of mortars, renders, flooring, screeds, underlayments, concrete, acrylic sealants, and aqueous adhesives.
Today, many compositional properties are directly correlated to rheology:
- Pot appearance for ready-to-use paste and premixes, once hydrated
- Anti-sagging when applied to vertical surfaces (tile adhesives, etc.)
- Optimization of the compromise fluidity/resistance to bleeding in flooring formulations
- Moisture management and water release control, for example, towards natural evaporation or suction of porous substrates
The FLOSET™ polymer range has been developed as a toolbox to optimize market formulations and achieve end users’ key goals.
SNF makes formulators’ selection of ingredients easier and addresses specific business goals. It solves technical challenges with chemical solutions, leading to business value.
Our portfolio of performance additives also includes:
- Antifoams to solve foam issues at the buffer tank overflow or during water circulation
- Dust control agents to prevent workers from dust exposure in a closed or open environment
- Mud conditioners to prevent water/mud release from belt conveyors or on roads from open-top trucks
- Soil stabilizers to improve soil mechanical properties and avoid collapsing while drilling
SNF Products for Formulators
Adhesion and Tack Promoters
| Product Category | Description |
|---|---|
| FLOSET™ BD / TSLV | High-quality polymer is used as an adhesion promoter in complement to re-dispersible powder (such as polyvinyl acetate-based resins) to boost the adhesion performance of the global composition. |
Anti-Sagging
| Product Category | Description |
|---|---|
| FLOSET™ 100 Series | A full range of fine powder polymers designed to deliver anti-sag properties to tile adhesive compositions once hydrated and when applied onto vertical surfaces. These unique polymers are combined with other pure derivatives of cellulose, guar, starch, etc., and are widely used with trends moving to larger tile use. |
Fluidizers and Superplasticizers
| Product Category | Description |
|---|---|
| FLOSET™ SH / AH / AD | Liquid and powder superplasticizers are highly efficient dispersing agents specially designed to reduce water, improve workability, and adjust the plasticity of hydraulic binder-based compositions such as concretes, mortars, and screeds requiring self-leveling, well-placed, and extended open-time properties. |
| FLOSPERSE™ CT | Polymeric ready-to-graft precursors are used as the backbone in the grafting manufacturing process of side-chain superplasticizers. |
Stabilizers and Anti-Bleeding
| Product Category | Description |
|---|---|
| FLOSET™ VM | Specialized high molecular weight powder polymers acting as viscosity modifying agents designed to prevent bleeding and segregation. Highly suitable for stabilization of very fluid cement and calcium sulfate-based mixtures. |
Thickeners and Texturizers
| Product Category | Description |
|---|---|
| FLOSET™ VLC | Efficient thickeners in powder form achieve desired texture in all coating and adhesive formulations in premix forms which require, once hydrated, viscosity increase, stability of insoluble components (such as pigments or fillers), and flow modification. |
| FLOSET™ TH | Ready-to-use concentrated liquid thickeners, supplied in a pre-neutralized form requiring no additional alkali to reach desired thickening. Provides for flexible use as it can be added at any stage of formulating/production (including post-thickening) of aqueous coatings and adhesive formulations, especially when requiring viscosity increase, stability of insoluble components (such as pigments or fillers), or flow modification. |
Water Retention and Porosity Control
| Product Category | Description |
|---|---|
| FLOSET™ 127 CS FLOSET™ 127 CC | Highly structured polymers able to absorb a large amount of aqueous liquid or brines, retain it for some time, and to release it in a controlled way. Special benefits such as extended open time to mortar compositions, and delivering internal curing to concrete formulations (enhanced cement hydration, increased mechanical strength, reduced shrinkage). At a higher dosage, it provides a network of voids resulting in controlled porosity, thermal insulation, or lightweight structures. |