MINEX Functional Fillers - Industrial Grade

MINEX industrial grade functional fillers and extenders add performance and value across a broad spectrum of applications. In coatings formulations, these materials impart many of the benefits of micronized MINEX grades, such as tint retention, weatherability, and abrasion resistance, while adding texture, traction properties, and gloss control. MINEX coarse fillers are easily dispersed in all conventional vehicle systems, and low resin demand facilitates high loading levels. These mineral extenders also improve structural and mechanical properties in elastomeric, adhesive, sealant, cemented, and polymer modified cementitious systems. Consistently uniform grain shapes and size distributions produce compressive strength and thermal stability in a variety of self-leveling and troweled coating and overlay systems. MINEX fillers are produced from nepheline syenite; a naturally occurring, silica deficient, sodium-potassium alumina silicate. Automated scanning electron microscopy confirms that MINEX contains less than one-tenth of one percent crystalline silica. No free crystalline silica is detectable in the mineral complex. All MINEX grades are processed and sized with rigid adherence to Covia's QIPSM quality assurance programs. Consistently uniform chemistries, size distributions, and top size controls ensure improved structural and chemical performance with minimal resin demand.