The hydrated polymer provides good rheology through colloidal stability and water retention. Pro-Cote products are amphoteric, having both positive and negative charges, which allow for interaction with coating pigments, improving coverage by inducing structure and void volume in the final coating. In addition, the net anionic charge gives good coating stability.

Pro-Cote soy polymers provide improvements in functionality compared to alternative co-binders and thickeners currently used in the industry. Our recommendations are designed to give superior performance in paper coatings formulated with any pigment system (clay, calcium carbonate, talc, Ti02), and can be used in size press, precoat and topcoat applications with any applicator type.

For Lightweight Coated Papers, Pro-Cote is used for:

excellent runnability, eliminates weeping and scratches

coated sheet stiffness, 10-20% increases in low-basis weights

heliotest printability equal to synthetic systems

Pro-Cote soy polymers provide:

improved coverage and opacity at low coat weights as a result of good pigment interaction

excellent high-speed rheology, minimizing surface defects and maintaining coating profile

excellent finishing properties for supercalendering at reduced conditions as a result of structuring and binder migration control, the mechanism to develop coating bulk

the compressibility and smoothness result in improved missing dot in rotogravure applications.

uniform porosity for offset applications and excellent print quality.

Coated Freesheet Papers and Specialty Papers, Pro-Cote soy polymers:

provide improved coverage and printability

provide excellent finishing properties through structuring and binder migration control, the mechanism to develop coating bulk

allows removal of expensive synthetic thickeners, through the thickening and water holding power, while maintaining running conditions and final sheet properties



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