Tech Info / HIREC®: Super Hydrophobic Water Repellent Coating Paint
HIREC®: Super Hydrophobic Coating for Antenna, Radome and Other Public Infrastructure
HIREC®, the hydrophobic coating material, changing the concept of water repellence
HIREC®, the super hydrophobic water-repellent coating material, provides hydrophobic coatings with a contact angle of 150° or more between an object and water droplets, resulting in higher performance and durability. Conventional water-repellent coatings, by contrast, can only provide a maximum contact angle of approximately 100°.
HIREC®
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Provides super water repellent performance and excellent durability. |
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Is developed with the optimum material design of water repellent base material, varnish, solvent and additives. |
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Has proven excellence over 20 years of example cases in public infrastructure and on field equipment. |
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Contributes to stable operation and operation cost reduction of public construction and field equipment such as antennas, radomes, towers, bridges, vessels. |
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Realizes a contact angle between an object and water droplets of 150° or more. |
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When water droplets fall on HIREC®-coated surfaces, they instantaneously disperse into smaller droplets, as they are repelled. The water droplets remaining on the coated surfaces are round and maintain a spherical shape as if they are standing-up(See the picture above). |
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Performs water-shedding surface without water film. |
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Is equipped with a self-cleaning function, resulting in maintaining excellent water repellent performance over the long-term. |
HIREC® Main Features
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Contact angle between an object and water droplets of 150° or more. |
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Remarkable hydrophobic water repellency in outdoor usage for 3 years. |
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Highly durable water resistance in 3 months water immersion test. |
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Beneficial counter measures against water, water film formation, condensation, snow and ice accretion. |
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Wide array of uses. |