Why has silicone masterbatch replaced traditional oil for plastic manufacturing?

Plastics are used everywhere in today’s world. From automotive, construction, to consumer industry, plastics usage is increasing at a rapid pace. The versatile nature of plastic helps to mould into different shapes and size in the manufacturing units.

Giving life to a plastic

Did you know a raw polymer undergoes several processes before coming to life? The natural polymers are colourless and do not contain essential properties as found with a finished product.

Base polymers are processed with mono colour concentrates and other additives to impart the desired pigment and properties in an end product. The loading of a masterbatch is decided based on the essential features.

Significance of a silicone masterbatch

Colouring of PVC film, cast acrylic sheet, and other packaging products create a problem for a manufacturer. Usually, conventional oil is used to aid in production while maintaining quality. But the processes face several issues leading to low productivity, heating issue, and other problems affecting the products.

That is why engineers have urged to use silicone masterbatch to avoid such problems. Silicone has high viscosity that reduces the heating problem, colour dispersion, and other issues in the manufacturing unit. The process is economical while producing superior quality products.

Silicone masterbatch is compatible with many base polymers such as PP, PE, HIPS, POM, ABS, and PA. It gives better dispersion and performance to end product than conventional oil used in the plastic industry. That is why it has got full acceptance in the European market and other countries.

Significance of wax base pigment dispersion

Many obstacles come in imparting colour to PVC sheets. Colour dispersion takes place while printing on a sheet. The problem becomes acute with the manufacturing of bigger PET and PC bottles due to the colour dispersion.

It is where the wax base pigment dispersion PVC masterbatch comes handy to the manufacturer. It imparts the desired colour while maintaining the distribution in the plant.

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