THE BENEFITS OF COLOUR MASTERBATCH FOR PLASTICS

Do you know that plastic materials don’t have colour of its own. In order to impart colors to the plastics, some additives and pigments are used known as Masterbatches. It is available in black, white and colors. All these additives and pigments are combined to get the required colour and property. These masterbatches add shelf life and functionality to the plastic products.

The additive should be compatible with the plastic which further will get processed to obtain the colour and propertie from the masterbatches. Without these additives, the plastic materials will be lifeless.

There are various types of Masterbatches such as:

• White Masterbatches: This kind of masterbatches are used for various activities like lamination, coating, used as a protective films, moulding, etc. They contain high quality outdoor and indoor Titanium dioxide (TiO2) grades which make the reflection of light possible.
• Black Masterbatches: Properties like high jetness, UV protective layer and also safe food contact are possible with the help of black masterbatches. They can be used as protective films, moulding and used as a sheet for PET.
• Additive Masterbatches: These masterbatches are used to add properties like different textures to the plastic.
• Colour Masterbatches: These are used to add colours to the plastic. By combining the various additives to various colour masterbatches, we can achieve the desired colours and effects that will help the plastic products stand out.
• Special Effect Masterbatches: These special effect masterbatches are used to add various special effects like pearl, mat, metallic, fluorescent to various finished products etc.

It is used to colour raw polymer during the plastics manufacturing process. The colour masterbatches provide a combination of properties which are consistent, reliable and economical. The colour masterbatches are a combined mixture of pigments or additives to which dispersants are added in order to impart optimal dispersion of these pigments in a carrier resin. The carrier resin is blended with the plastic product during moulding.

The Colour Masterbatch manufacturers produce custom formulated, uses high- quality raw materials and sophisticated twin-screw mixing technology to impart the required colours to the plastic masterials. The colour masterbatches have the ability to bring a huge change in plastics and impart other applications. It can modify colour, add value give texture and effect, define form and function to the plastic materials. Starting from the industries to household appliances, everyone depends on colour masterbatches.

The various benefits of White Masterbatches are:

• Makes the plastics visually appealing due to the colour properties
• Adds shine and value to the items
• Add effectiveness at extremely low levels
• Good on long production runs
• Newer computer-controlled pumps for consistent delivery
• Cost effective

The most important benefit of Masterbatches over a powdered pigment is that masterbatches are carefully designed to create optimal dispersion in a polymer pattern. The masterbatches provide essential properties like UV stability, flame retardancy, anti oxidants, colour, jetness, etc. so, Masterbatches as are always better than any  other powdered pigments.

AUTHOR’S BIO:

The article has been written by Komal Doley. She is working as a Social Media Executive and writes for Olive Global which is a Digital Agency based in Delhi. She loves to share her knowledge and experience regarding Masterbatches through blogs and articles.

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