The world's largest shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries uses environmentally friendly solvent-free ship coatings for water testing

2020-07-23

On March 10, KCC Group, the largest paint and building materials manufacturer in South Korea, said that Polaris Shipping's ultra-large ore carrier (VLOC) customized by Hyundai Heavy Industries will use the environmental protection produced by KCC Group. Solvent-Free Coating. Among the new shipbuilding projects currently being carried out by Hyundai Heavy Industries, Polaris Shipping is the first ship owner to use solvent-free marine paint.

The solvent-free coating used this time is an environmentally friendly coating that prevents air and environmental pollution. Because it does not contain organic solvents, it can significantly reduce the emission of volatile organic compounds (VOC) in the atmosphere, and can greatly reduce the risk of suffocation, explosion, fire and other accidents that may occur during spraying operations in confined areas. Through the use of solvent-free paints, a clean and safe painting environment that is harmless to the human body can be established.

Previously, despite the many advantages of solvent-free coatings, it encountered a number of technical bottlenecks in practical applications and has not yet achieved commercialization, but with the close technical cooperation between Hyundai Heavy Industries and KCC Group to solve this problem In the future, it will ensure differentiated competitiveness in the field of marine coatings.

The KCC Group, jointly developed with Hyundai Heavy Industries and Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd., adopts a special technology that can meet the safety and high basic physical properties required by ships without the use of organic solvent components, while maintaining the proper viscosity of the coating itself, Significantly improved painting workability. In addition, the use of this solvent-free paint can form coatings of various thicknesses in only one coating, which plays an important role in standardizing the coating specifications of new shipbuilding, shortening the coating process time, and improving the efficiency of ship construction.

Kim Fan Seng, Director of the Coatings Division of the KCC Group, said: "Solvent-free coatings can reduce air pollution and replace existing marine coatings. Therefore, this is the first time they have been applied to VLOC customized by Polaris Shipping Company. We also hope to use this as an opportunity, Strengthen the foundation of environmentally friendly shipbuilding technology. With strong technical advantages, it is the mission and obligation of KCC Group to expand the application of environmentally friendly technology. In the future, we will continue to strive to develop more new products as an environmentally friendly coating manufacturer."

In the future, a new generation of standard marine coatings is expected to expand the scope of use in Korean shipbuilding companies. This is because the Ministry of Environment of Korea announced in December last year the "Amendment to the Implementation Rules of the Atmospheric Environmental Protection Law" that encourages the use of solvent-free paints. According to the amendment, shipyards must be equipped with air pollution prevention equipment, or not equipped with these equipment, but must use a certain proportion of environmentally friendly solvent-free paints with a small amount of volatile organic compounds. The proportion of solvent-free coatings will start from 2% in 2020 and gradually expand to more than 60% by 2024.

KCC Group was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It is the largest paint and building materials manufacturer in South Korea. Mainly engaged in the research and development, production and sales of coatings, construction materials and special materials; in addition, it is also engaged in the business of silicone resins for the development of special coatings and products in the field of precision chemical engineering. KCC is also engaged in the research and development and production of silicone products for special coatings and precision chemical engineering.

KCC coating products are widely used in industries such as automobiles, ships, containers, industry, color steel and construction, with an annual output of 150,000 tons of coatings and 400,000 tons of synthetic resins, and a total of more than 5,000 employees. KCC Group's operating income in 2018 was 37.82163 billion won, of which: construction materials business revenue was 14.83915 billion won, coatings business revenue was 16.34037 trillion won (about 1.456 billion US dollars), and other business revenues were 907.779 billion won.

Korea Hyundai Heavy Industries is the world's largest shipbuilding company, headquartered in Ulsan, South Korea. In 1972, Hyundai Heavy Industries started the shipbuilding business with a creative and pioneering spirit in a small fishing vessel, and has now developed into the world's largest shipbuilding volume and the world's largest shipyard. Hyundai Heavy Industries, through the technology accumulated in the shipbuilding industry, has entered the field of marine equipment, industrial complete equipment, engines, electrical and electronic equipment, construction machinery and new energy, and has grown into a world-leading comprehensive heavy industry enterprise.

On March 10, KCC Group, the largest paint and building materials manufacturer in South Korea, said that Polaris Shipping's ultra-large ore carrier (VLOC) customized by Hyundai Heavy Industries will use the environmental protection produced by KCC Group. Solvent-Free Coating. Among the new shipbuilding projects currently being carried out by Hyundai Heavy Industries, Polaris Shipping is the first ship owner to use solvent-free marine paint.

The solvent-free coating used this time is an environmentally friendly coating that prevents air and environmental pollution. Because it does not contain organic solvents, it can significantly reduce the emission of volatile organic compounds (VOC) in the atmosphere, and can greatly reduce the risk of suffocation, explosion, fire and other accidents that may occur during spraying operations in confined areas. Through the use of solvent-free paints, a clean and safe painting environment that is harmless to the human body can be established.

Previously, despite the many advantages of solvent-free coatings, it encountered a number of technical bottlenecks in practical applications and has not yet achieved commercialization, but with the close technical cooperation between Hyundai Heavy Industries and KCC Group to solve this problem In the future, it will ensure differentiated competitiveness in the field of marine coatings.

The KCC Group, jointly developed with Hyundai Heavy Industries and Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd., adopts a special technology that can meet the safety and high basic physical properties required by ships without the use of organic solvent components, while maintaining the proper viscosity of the coating itself, Significantly improved painting workability. In addition, the use of this solvent-free paint can form coatings of various thicknesses in only one coating, which plays an important role in standardizing the coating specifications of new shipbuilding, shortening the coating process time, and improving the efficiency of ship construction.

Kim Fan Seng, Director of the Coatings Division of the KCC Group, said: "Solvent-free coatings can reduce air pollution and replace existing marine coatings. Therefore, this is the first time they have been applied to VLOC customized by Polaris Shipping Company. We also hope to use this as an opportunity, Strengthen the foundation of environmentally friendly shipbuilding technology. With strong technical advantages, it is the mission and obligation of KCC Group to expand the application of environmentally friendly technology. In the future, we will continue to strive to develop more new products as an environmentally friendly coating manufacturer."

In the future, a new generation of standard marine coatings is expected to expand the scope of use in Korean shipbuilding companies. This is because the Ministry of Environment of Korea announced in December last year the "Amendment to the Implementation Rules of the Atmospheric Environmental Protection Law" that encourages the use of solvent-free paints. According to the amendment, shipyards must be equipped with air pollution prevention equipment, or not equipped with these equipment, but must use a certain proportion of environmentally friendly solvent-free paints with a small amount of volatile organic compounds. The proportion of solvent-free coatings will start from 2% in 2020 and gradually expand to more than 60% by 2024.

KCC Group was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It is the largest paint and building materials manufacturer in South Korea. Mainly engaged in the research and development, production and sales of coatings, construction materials and special materials; in addition, it is also engaged in the business of silicone resins for the development of special coatings and products in the field of precision chemical engineering. KCC is also engaged in the research and development and production of silicone products for special coatings and precision chemical engineering.

KCC coating products are widely used in industries such as automobiles, ships, containers, industry, color steel and construction, with an annual output of 150,000 tons of coatings and 400,000 tons of synthetic resins, and a total of more than 5,000 employees. KCC Group's operating income in 2018 was 37.82163 billion won, of which: construction materials business revenue was 14.83915 billion won, coatings business revenue was 16.34037 trillion won (about 1.456 billion US dollars), and other business revenues were 907.779 billion won.

 Korea Hyundai Heavy Industries is the world's largest shipbuilding company, headquartered in Ulsan, South Korea. In 1972, Hyundai Heavy Industries started the shipbuilding business with a creative and pioneering spirit in a small fishing vessel, and has now developed into the world's largest shipbuilding volume and the world's largest shipyard. Hyundai Heavy Industries, through the technology accumulated in the shipbuilding industry, has entered the field of marine equipment, industrial complete equipment, engines, electrical and electronic equipment, construction machinery and new energy, and has grown into a world-leading comprehensive heavy industry enterprise.


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