Release agent

Without such a barrier, the substrate would become fused to the mold surface, resulting in difficult clean-up and dramatic loss in production efficiency.

Sacrificial coatings must be applied before every cycle of a molding operation and are therefore considered more labor intensive.

Release agents may be water or solvent-based and use of either will depend on the personal preference of the molder, plant safety regulations, hazardous materials shipping costs, state, local, or federal regulations, and/or desired drying times of the release coating.

Water-based release agents will be less expensive to ship because of their inherently non-flammable nature and satisfy most plant-safety goals.

Solvent-based release coatings dry almost instantly but present serious health and safety concerns.

Fumes from solvent-based release agents may be hazardous without proper ventilation of the work area.

Asphalt release agents are chemical products developed and manufactured as alternatives to diesel and solvents commonly used for cleaning equipment associated with hot mix asphaltic concrete (HMAC) production and placement on government and private facilities.

The United States Oil Pollution Act of 1980 was used as the foundation to build the current program.

The intent of asphalt release agents is to eliminate harmful stripping products that come into contact with bituminous products and strip the asphalt (binding agent) from the aggregates causing potholes, raveling, and other detrimental pavement failures.

Release agents are used to aid in the separation of food from a cooking container after baking or roasting.

In industrial papermaking release agents are used to get slip effect of the paper from the processing equipment.

A release agent may be applied on the process rolls (like the yankee dryer) or in the paper coating.