Development of a range of hydrophobizing aerosols and the process for their manufacture

Abstract

The development of formulated products is based on transform one or several needs detected in society into a commercial product for consumers. Many of the products we see in the market have been based primarily on events of nature. That’s why hydrophobic and self-cleaning property are inspired by nature, surfaces that show a non-wetting behaviour due to a “microrugous” morphology with hydrophobic character present in the lotus flower, wings of birds, in spider webs, etc. Water is essential for life on earth and for human life but it can become one of the main inconveniences for the proper functioning and useful life of certain material and tools necessary in at the present time. Due to these inconveniences that water presents us in certain situations, some products have been created and currently are in the market, each one with its own particular applications. The advantages that provide cover economic and environmental aspects due to the decrease in periodic maintenance of surface and / or reducing the use of cleaning products (self-cleaning) besides achieving anti-humidity, anti-corrosion, anti-freeze and anti-pollution on different surfaces. This kind of products can be applied in the electronics, marine, paint and construction industries, biomedical and biological sector and very commonly at home nowadays. The present work begins with the intention of developing a range of hydrophobizing aerosols with one or several applications each. An extensive market study focused on these was carried out that led to the final choice of super-hydrophobic sprays to differentiate ourselves from the competition, providing water repellency and dirt repellency (self-cleaning). The product was conceptualized, choosing the surfaces where they could be applied; and the quality factors were determined, some of them experimentally. In addition, certain ingredients that were used for the development of the products to be developed were observed in the present patents and the packaging related to them was chosen. At the end of this work, it describes the design of the manufacturing process and its method of operation for 12 tons of each of the aerosols per year, 4 tons of each per year. This describes the different operations and their conditions, the factors to be taken into account to obtain the desired product, and the required equipment