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Industrial Packaging
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Paraffin Inhibitors
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Tire
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ANOX™
ALBLEND™
ALKANOX™
AMINOX™
BIK™ OT
BLE™
CERIFLOW™
DURAZONE™
ELAZTOBOND™
ETHANOX™
ETHAPHOS™
FLEXAMINE™
FLEXZONE™
GENOX™
HEPTEEN BASE™
ISONOX™
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LOWINOX™
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NOVAZONE™
OCTAMINE™
OPEX™
POLYBOND™
RETARDER ESEN™
REZICURE™
REZIFLOW™
REZILITE™
RIBETAK™
ROYALAC™
ROYALTUF™
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WESTON™
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Industrial Resins
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PhAc & Derivatives
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Wide-ranging resin solutions for friction, abrasives, refractory, paper impregnation, insulation, and composites that comply with growing demands around safety, compliance, efficiency, and fire protection.
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Friction
Light Vehicle Disc Pads
Passenger Car OEM and Aftermarket Disc Pads
SI Group manufactures a range of unmodified, low- and high-free-phenol Phenol-Formaldehyde (PF) resins. Our portfolio also includes nitrile -, epoxy - and phosphorous-modified resins for use in disc pads for SUVs and 4x4 vehicles and provides attributes such as soft underfoot, short stopping distance, and heat resistance.
Friction
Light Vehicle Brake Linings
Flexible Roll and Rigid Brake Linings
SI Group's product range includes unmodified Phenol-Formaldehyde resins, phosphorous-modified, and cashew-modified resins to provide a stable friction coefficient and excellent fade behavior.
Friction
Commercial Vehicles
Truck and Bus Brake Linings and Bus Disc Pads
SI Group produces unmodified, high- or low-free-phenol Phenol-Formaldehyde resins as well as cashew-modified products for medium to large truck and bus brake linings and bus disc pads. Our product range also includes high friction products for use in drum linings for trucks and disc pads for buses utilized in mountainous areas.
Friction
Railway
Railway Brake Blocks and Pads
SI Group offers unmodified Phenol-Formaldehyde resins and cashew-modified resins with a range of free phenol levels. Through phosphorous- and oil-modification, we also supply resins that are used for manufacturing blocks and pads for high-speed and subway trains as well as for heavy freight trains.
Friction
Clutch Facings
Clutch Facings and Paper
SI Group provides unmodified, low-free-phenol PF or cashew-modified resins, PF resoles or novolacs in solvent, blends of cashew- and phosphorous-modified resins, as well as epoxy-modified resins to serve this diverse range of applications including manual clutch facings (dry and wet process), dry double clutch facings, dual-clutch transmission single cone, and paper impregnation for automatic transmissions.
Friction
Lamellae/Sheets/Papers
Clutch Elements
SI Group supplies a range of PF resoles in solvent ranging from low-solids, low-viscosity to high-solids, high-viscosity versions.
Friction
Winch/Crane Brake Linings
Impregnated Woven Textile Belting
SI Group offers a solvent-free water-based PF resole.
Friction
Backing Plate Adhesive
Brake Pad Backing Plate Adhesive
SI Group manufactures unmodified, epoxy-modified or vinyl-modified PF resins dissolved in solvent
Abrasives
Bonded Abrasives
Cutting/Grinding Discs
SI Group offers unmodified and epoxy-modified resins with a range of flow properties for straight and depressed-center cut-off discs of various diameters, low-speed precision cut-off discs, and rail cutting discs. Our newer technologies consist of dust-free powder and liquid resins comprising a bubble-free water-based resole, low FA-modified resole for improved G-ratio and high FA-modified resole for hot pressing.
Abrasives
Bonded Abrasives
Grinding Wheels
SI Group's product range includes a variety of resins ranging from unmodified, short, and medium flow resins with varying levels of hexamine. Also included are nitrile-modified long flow and epoxy-modified medium flow resins. New technologies comprise a bubble-free water-based resin and dust-free powders. Due to this wide range, SI Group's resins are utilized in grinding wheels ranging from heavy-duty centerless to small and precision tool room grinding wheels. SI Group's products are also used in double disk and large diameter roll grinding wheels.
Abrasives
Bonded Abrasives
Rubber Bonded Wheels
SI Group supplies both powder and liquid resins for rubber-bonded wheels. Powder resins have medium hexamine levels and consist of unmodified short flow resin or epoxy-modified medium flow resins. An FA-modified resole is available as a liquid resin.
Abrasives
Bonded Abrasives
Snagging Wheels and Knife Sharpening
Snagging wheel applications extend from heavy-duty, fixed or portable, to small precision tool room and fixed high-speed wheels. SI Group's range of resins for these and knife sharpening blocks include unmodified short flow resins with medium to high hexamine addition levels as well as a medium flow epoxy-modified resin with medium hexamine level and a nitrile-modified long flow, low hexamine content resin.
Abrasives
Bonded Abrasives
Thin Wheels
SI Group offers an unmodified short flow, high hexamine content powder resin, as well as an FA-modified liquid resole.
Abrasives
Bonded Abrasives
Diamond Wheels
SI Group provides powder resins consisting of Epoxy-modified medium flow or unmodified short flow resins with varying hexamine content for the production of diamond wheels. A liquid resin to wet out the aluminum hub is also available.
Abrasives
Bonded Abrasives
Polishing blocks and pads
SI Group supplies both epoxy-modified and unmodified medium flow powder PF resins and FA-modified liquid resoles for use in polishing blocks and pads
Abrasives
Bonded Abrasives
Glass Fiber Inserts and Discs
SI Group offers fast-drying liquid resins for the production of glass fiber inserts for bonded abrasives and glass fiber discs as backing pads for flap discs.
Abrasives
Coated Abrasives
Backing Impregnation
SI Group's product range includes unmodified and cashew-modified liquid resins for the production of flexible cotton, heavy-duty cloth, polyester, or polyester-cotton backings. These are used for backfill and facefill coatings and in the production of rigid fiber discs as well. SI Group also offers a low-free monomer resole to reduce emissions during processing.
Abrasives
Coated Abrasives
Make / Size / Supersize Coats
SI Group offers unmodified as well as low monomer resins or general-purpose and heavy-duty make coats and size coats. Supersize resin is also available for improved material removal rate on mild steel, stainless steel, or soft metals.
Abrasives
Coated Abrasives
Abrasive Mesh
SI Group produces unmodified and cashew-modified liquid resoles for the manufacture of abrasive mesh.
Abrasives
Coated Abrasives
Sponges and Non-Woven Products
SI Group supplies unmodified and cashew-modified resoles for use with nylon and polyester fibers.
Refractory
Shaped Refractories
Refractory Bricks
SI Group's product range includes powder resins, water-based resoles as well as liquid resins in furfuryl alcohol. This range can be used in the production of bricks with the following mineralogies: Mag, Cr-Mag, Mag-C, Dolomite, Dolomite-C, Al-C, AL-Si-C.
Refractory
Shaped Refractories
Sliding Gates and Tundish Well Blocks, Flow Control Tubes and Crucibles, Submerged Nozzles and Shrouds
SI Group provides both resole and novolac solutions in a range of solvents, including Furfuryl Alcohol.
Refractory
Shaped Refractories
Sleeves
SI Group offers unmodified PF resin powder for this application.
Refractory
Shaped Refractories
Tundish Board Lining
SI Group manufactures medium flow PF resin powders with medium hexamine content. We also offer a low-viscosity low-free-phenol resole with low nitrogen content to wet out the fibers in tundish board linings.
Refractory
Shaped Refractories
Refractory Impregnation
SI Group manufactures resole and novolac solutions in FA for the cold process, as well as solid novolacs with a low melting point for use in the hot process.
Refractory
Unshaped Refractories
Taphole Clay
SI Group manufactures resoles and novolacs or combinations of these in glycols, as well as cashew-modified resins, for use in taphole clays.
Refractory
Unshaped Refractories
Dry Vibratable / Ramming Mixes
SI Group's product range includes powder resins with hexamine for vibratable and dry ramming mixes, and without hexamine for dry ramming mixes. We supply powder resins to use with furfuryl alcohol, or novolac resins dissolved in FA, for wet ramming mixes.
Insulation
Felt Insulation
General Purpose and Self-Extinguishing Felts
SI Group offers unmodified resin powders for general-purpose felts, as well as fire-retardant grades for the production of self-extinguishing felts. A special free-flowing powder with fire-retardant is also available for use on LaRoche equipment.
Insulation
Glass/Rock Wool
Glass/Rock Wool
SI Group supplies various water-based low-viscosity resols for the impregnation of glass and rock wool, as well as low-monomer versions.
Insulation
Composite Foam
Phenolic-polystyrene Composite Foams
SI Group produces a water-based resol of high reactivity for use in composite foam manufacturing.
Impregnation
Paper Impregnation and High-Pressure Laminates
Paper Impregnation and High-Pressure Laminates
SI Group supplies water-based resoles for the production of high-pressure laminates and evaporative cooling pads, as well as solvent-based resoles for automotive filters.
Impregnation
Glass Fibre Composites
Glass Fiber Composites
SI Group supplies water-based resoles of higher viscosity for use in hand lay-up applications, and of lower viscosity for spray lay-up and transfer moulding. We also supply the acid catalysts to be used with these.
Timber
Plywood
Spray and Roller Applications
SI Group supplies liquid phenol-formaldehyde resoles and the accompanying hardeners for the production of plywood in highly automated and manual lay-up settings.
Timber
Structural Timber
Finger Jointing and Laminating
SI Group offers SATAS approved MUF resin and hardeners which comply with SANS 10183 for use in both premixed and honeymoon applications in finger jointing. Our SATAS approved MUF adhesives are also used in laminating timber in both close-contact and gap-filling applications. SI Group also supplies SANS-compliant resorcinol phenol-formaldehyde resins and curing agents for use in laminating and boat-building applications.
Timber
Non-Structural Timber
Furniture and Non-Structural Interior Applications
SI Group manufactures a polyvinyl acetate emulsion adhesive with good gap-fill properties and dries to an opaque film.
Foundry
Cold Box
Automotive Industry, Pumps and Valves, Bearings and Railway Components
SI Group produces a two-part phenolic and isocyanate resin system that is cured with amine gas. It is suitable for the production of cast and ductile iron components, as well as steel and non-ferrous metal castings.
Foundry
No-Bake Furanes
Mining Components, Valve Bodies, and Discs Bearing Housings
SI Group offers a number of furane-based resins with low formaldehyde and low to zero nitrogen content and their accompanying acid catalysts, for the production of higher quality steel castings.
Foundry
Alkaline Phenolics
Components for Mining, Power Generation, Construction, and Dredging
SI Group's product range includes a number of ester-cured alkaline phenolic resins for the production of both ferrous and non-ferrous castings. SI Group's offering also includes a range of ester activators to match the curing time and bench life requirement of each application.
Foundry
Coatings
Cast Iron, Non-Ferrous Heavy Metal, Steel and Manganese Steel Casting
SI Group offers a range of coatings that are magnesite, silicate, or zircon silicate-based with either aqueous or solvent-based carriers.