color

Testing

Virtual Reality Software Saves Time & Cost in Color Formulation

Color is a measurable property, but it is also a subjective quality dependent on individual perception.

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color

20 Years Of Growth, But Color Still Comes First

If they were having delivery, quality and consistency issues with the color compound they had purchased, most processors would probably try sourcing material from another compounder.

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color

Web-Enabled Color Measurement Harmonizes Different Instruments

New software uses the internet to streamline color communications by providing “virtual calibration” so that different makes and models of instruments measure color to the same standards.

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sustainability

The Fine Art Of Separation

If you need ground plastic waste separated from metal particles, or plastic flakes separated by color or density, Butler-MacDonald Inc. is up to the job.

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color

Imagineers: Brainstorming About Plastics in Cars

Five years down the road, your automobile might feature snap-on body panels with molded-in color that hang on a frame of glass-reinforced polyurethane.

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Extrusion

Single-Screw Mixing 101

Almost all processes using a single screw require some degree of mixing, whether it’s just to homogenize regrind with virgin resin or to mix in some color concentrate.

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Multiscrew

A. Schulman Buys McCann Color

A. Schulman, Inc., is pursuing strategic growth in the North American masterbatch market by purchasing McCann Color, Inc.

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color

‘Lean’ Molding & Liquid Color: A Good Fit

If you want to take up parasailing, it’s probably best that you have no fear of heights.

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color

RTP Company Introduces Fluoropolymer Color Masterbatches for Wire & Cable

WINONA, MINNESOTA, USA -- Global custom engineered thermoplastic compounder RTP Company has commercialized a line of melt processable fluoropolymer (MPFP) color masterbatches for the wire and cable industry.

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