Sunglass & Sports Eyewear
Premium Product Durability and Visual Clarity
Consumers choose sunglasses for style and sports eyewear for performance. They expect quality and durability to be givens.
Deliver quality and durability that will enhance your brand over time.
- SDC’s CrystalCoat® protective coatings provide uncompromising visual clarity and premium durability for sun and sports eyewear.
- CrystalCoat enhances product durability with resistance to abrasion, chemical, fog, impact, scratch, and UV radiation, and will not discolor with UV exposure.
- CrystalCoat can be used on tinted or clear substrates such as polycarbonate, polyamide, cast resins, and acrylic.
- Our subsidiary FSI Coating Technologies also offers a wide range of complementary anti-fog coating and film solutions for the eyewear industry.
APPLICATIONS FOR POPULAR PRODUCTS
Protective eyewear such as face shields, masks, goggles, visors
Sunglass and sports eyewear
Solutions for all substrates
Polycarbonate and Acrylic
CR-39® & RAV 7®
High-Index substrates such as MR™Series MR-8™, MR-7™, MR-10™ & MR-174™, lighter and thinner lenses designed for those who require strong prescriptions
Polyamide (PA or Optical Nylon)
RAVolution® & Trivex®
Manufacturing advantages
Primer-free options available for adhesion to polycarbonate and acrylic substrates.
Available in thermal and UV-cure, for dip, flow, spin or spray application.
Cures at low temperatures, resistant to ink ghosting.
Index-matching and flexibility, good refractive index-match with hard resin lenses
Compatible with anti-reflective, mirror and metalizing treatments.
Tintable permeable, fast tinting and color-fast, suitable for photochromic and polarized sunglasses.
Exceptional product quality and stability, reducing the need for frequent tank change-outs, streamlining and maximizing product yields
Functional benefits
Excellent environmental durability proven in QUV
Meets or exceeds many safety standards for abrasion and UV resistance
Rapid tinting combined with excellent abrasion and chemical resistance for a variety of substrates
Weatherable, will not discolor when exposed to sunlight
Good steel wool and caustic resistance from chemical attack.
Delivers premium Bayer results
QUESTIONS?
Our senior chemists and technical support staff are dedicated to supporting all your coating and process needs.