Chemind Hi-Tec Polymers Division

Main Products

• Rigid polyurethane foam systems for refrigeration, pipe line insulation, block and sheet foam manufacture, spray and pour insulation, floatation, insulated panel and structural components.
• Flexible polyurethane foams for automotive or commercial seat cushion manufacture and Noise Vibration Harshness (NVH) insulation.
• Integral skin foams for self-skinning component manufacture.
• Semi-rigid energy absorbing and packaging foams.
• High performance, high strength, abrasion and wear resistant casting elastomer systems. 
• High performance “cold cure” moulding elastomers.
• Filled and unfilled elastomers suitable for casting and spray application.
• Single pack and two pack polyurethane coatings, binders and adhesives.
• Polyurethane and polyurea spray elastomers for hard coating, wear resistance and protective coating.

Milestones
Development and introduction of:

• Zero-ODP, Zero-GWP, Zero-VOC polyurethane foam systems having high performance with low environmental impact.
• “Next Generation” Zero-ODP, Zero-VOC, Low-GWP rigid polyurethane insulation foam systems.  
• Chemind Chemspray 690 - high performance, chemical resistant, fast cure, pure polyurea spray elastomer system with AWQC certification to AS/NZS 4020, for potable water contact as a protective coating for concrete and steel substrates.
• Low hazard, fast cure, low and medium modulus hybrid polyurea spray elastomers as high performance waterproof membranes and protective coatings.
• Single-pack, fast cure, penetrating primer for use with Chemspray polyurea spray elastomer systems on concrete and metallic substrates.
• Novel low density foam technology.
• High flow rigid insulated construction panel foam systems.
• Specialised PU reactors for in-house production of new age elastomers and prepolymers.
• Low toxicity, polystyrene safe, adhesive systems.
• Fast cure, low toxicity adhesive systems for metal-to-timber & timber-to-timber lamination.
• Rigid foam formulations with uniform, spherical, cell structure for maximum performance.
• Aus-Industry Research Grant for development of new generation wear resistant elastomers.
• Special low-modulus base polyurethane resins for Chemind moisture curing, liquid applied polyurethane waterproof membranes.
• High performance, hot & cold cure polyurethane elastomers.
• Effective, single component, hydrophilic polyurethane injection resins for water-stopping and crack injection in civil and commercial construction.
• Low viscosity, low hazard prepolymers for adhesives formulation.