Silver shades for autonomous driving: Ideal solutions for radar-transparent coatings

This technology places special demands on the coating of add-on parts and the pigments used for this. Conventional metal pigments absorb or reflect radar beams and attenuate them above certain pigment concentrations.

For a long time, it was assumed that the established silver solid tones would no longer be feasible for autonomous vehicles due to their high pigmentation with metal pigments.

ECKART presents an innovative product solution: SILVERSHINE Titanium and Platinumt Grey.

Functionality

• No EMI shielding or radar damping
• Excellent chemical stability
• Optimal incorporation into common coating systems (solvent, water-based, UV-curing)
• High shear stability
• Excellent weather and condensation resistance
• Excellent interlayer adhesion
• Very narrow grain band

Visual appearance

• Highly brilliant metallic look
• Outstanding flop index
• Brightest and most brilliant optics on the market
• Maximum flexibility in color design
• Strong coverage
• Long product shelf life of 10 years

Properties 

Unique pigments with a satin-finished metallic grey effect 

• Extremely fine particle size distribution 
• Smooth and structure-free metallic effect 
• High coverage 
• Platinum Grey: dark, structure-free satin-finished metallic grey effect with a bluish undertone 
• Titanium Grey: lighter, structure-free satin-finished metallic grey effect with a bluish undertone