Dust-reduced Micronized wax mixtures comprising Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) compounds

1 . A wax mixture with reduced dust formation, comprising two or more components selected from the group consisting of A, B, C and D, component A acting as an auxiliary and comprising one or more polyethylene glycols or polyethylene glycol derivatives, wherein component B is one or more amide waxes, component C is one or more hydrocarbon waxes, and component D is one or more oxidized long-chain hydrocarbon waxes.

2 . The wax mixture as claimed in claim 1 , wherein component A comprises polyethylene glycols or derivatives thereof having an average molecular weight Mw of 2700 to 45 000 g/mol.

3 . The wax mixture as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the one or more amide waxes are reaction products of ammonia and long-chain fatty acids, hydroxy-fatty acids or a mixture thereof.

4 . The wax mixture as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the one or more amide waxes are reaction products of long-chain amines long-chain fatty acids, hydroxy-fatty acids or a mixture thereof.

5 . The wax mixture as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the one or more hydrocarbon waxes of component C and the one or more oxidized long-chain hydrocarbon waxes are polyethylene waxes.

6 . The wax mixture as claimed in claim 1 , wherein components C and D are polyethylene waxes prepared by the Ziegler process, by metallocene technology or a mixture thereof.

7 . The wax mixture as claimed in claim 1 , wherein components C and D are selected from polyethylene waxes prepared via the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis.

8 . The wax mixture as claimed in claim 1 , comprising the individual components in the following proportions:

1% to 5% by weight of component A

0% to 99% by weight of component B

0% to 99% by weight of component C

0% to 99% by weight of component D,

the sum of the components being 100% by weight.

9 . The wax mixture as claimed in claim 1 , wherein components A to D are in finely divided form.

10 . The wax mixture as claimed in claim 1 , wherein components A to D are used in a particle size of 5 to 18 μm.

11 . An additive in coating materials, powder coating materials or printing inks, as a scratch protection, scuff protection, matting, devolatilizing or flow-control agent or as a slip additive comprising the wax mixture as claimed in claim 1 .

12 . A dispersing agent for dispersing pigments and additives in plastics comprising a wax mixture as claimed in claim 1 .

13 . A water repellency additive for crop protection products comprising a wax mixture as claimed in claim 1 .

14 . A lubricant for plastics comprising a wax mixture as claimed in claim 1 .

15 . The wax mixture as claimed in 4 , wherein the reaction products of long-chain amines are hydrogenated tallowamine, stearylamine or palmitylamine, cocoamine.

16 . The lubricant for plastics as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the plastic is selected from the group consisting of PVC, PP, PE and PA.