Chemicals Manufacturing

Formaldehyde is a naturally occurring organic compound which has a characteristic strong and pungent odor. It is an important precursor to many other materials and chemical compounds.   One major use of formaldehyde solution is in the manufacturing of adhesives resins for plywood, fibreboard and particleboard for residential and commercial construction.

The formaldehyde-based adhesives used are the thermosetting types which cure and harden by the action of heat or catalyst. Most common types used in reconstituted wood adhesives (plywood, particleboard and fibreboard) are Phenol formaldehyde (PF), Urea formaldehyde (UF) and Melamine urea formaldehyde (MUF).

MAC being the world’s only producer, marketed this fully cured thermoset Phenoset® microspheres which are used for weight reduction and as a functional filler in aerospace, automobile, marine and other composites.

An alkyl phenol formaldehyde used as phenolic tackifier which particularly effective in chloroprene adhesives (solvent based) and as fortifying agent for coating.

A polyacrylamide (PAM) type to improve the dry strength properties of paper, improves drainage, increases the retention of fines and reduces the BOD & COD in recycle paper production.

This resol type phenol formaldehyde binder has low viscosity and high water dilutability for easy spraying through the injection nozzles onto inorganic fibres.

Highly alkaline phenolic resin used as a binder in no-bake foundry system which provides good mixing with sands for better casting quality.