Master batch - It is the main ingredient for making quality plastic products?

by Tran Hoa Marketing

When it comes to the term master batch, many people wonder what it is, where it comes from, and hundreds of different questions related to this word. Today, EuP will help you answer all questions related to master batch so that you can understand clearly about it!

Master batch plays an important role for plastics industry

Master batch is the result of the composition including chemical components such as primary plastic and other plastic additives (may have additional color if the manufacturer wants to change the color of the product). When researchers first introduced solutions to create master batch from available materials in the market, the plastic industry has changed a lot. In the previous day, the investment in raw materials and machinery to produce plastic particles will take a lot of money. But now, these problems are no longer difficult for manufacturers. The invention of the material provide various benefits such as low production costs, improved job performance, …

Three main components to produce high quality master batch

Typically, color powers that commonly used for plastic products are divided into two types: organic and inorganic colors. Organic colors are usually phthalocyanine blue, ... and inorganic colors are iron oxide red, titanium,... These are the typical colors that manufacturers often use. Notably, master batch made from polyolefins and PVC cannot have a product with natural color as the other lines. Therefore, PVC and polyolefins masterbatches are not preferred by manufacturers, it is only used for products has low cost.

The plastic additives mainly create moisture for the product, in addition they also create stability and compatibility with each other materials but does not affect the quality of each component. When producing polyolefin master batch, it is often used with low molecular polyethylene or zinc stearate wax to make dispersion between materials happen more easier. Clearly, this components make production process operates more effectively

Primary plastic granules are always carefully checked by the manufacturer to select the ones that are compatible with other components during production. As a result, the new master batch will have good dispersion and mobility ability between the substances happen more effectively. Specifically, people choose high density polymer to correspond to high melting index to ensure the master batch has a certain gloss. it can be said that, primary plastic granules play a role as a main ingredients that decide the beauty or aesthetics of final products.