Innovative Masterbatches
Color defines our life and is an important factor in innovative product design where color and technical requirements play an increasingly important role. We focus our efforts on meeting our customers’ needs. With our knowledge and the latest technical innovations, we can offer a comprehensive programme of color masterbatches. AF-Color® offers a large number of standardised solutions.
We also produce individual products in small amounts and deliver them straight to your production site. Our masterbatches come in all established carrier materials as well as in engineering thermoplastics. Special effects are also part of our offering, such as metallic effects, transparency, multi-color, marbling, wood effect and thermochrome.
We are Industry Trendsetters
A color masterbatch is a solid or liquid additive used to color plastics. It is a concentrated mixture of pigments or additives encapsulated during a heat process into a carrier resin, which is then cooled and cut into a granular shape. Masterbatches allow manufacturers to color raw polymer economically during the plastics manufacturing process. There are millions of color formulations. The team of colorists from AF-COLOR create tailor-made solutions, with the best value for money. Based on our unparalleled knowledge of color, we make individual masterbatches on custom production lines. We guarantee that you receive preparations of the highest quality and formulation consistency, with guaranteed adherence to formulation for years, if desired.
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Good design lies in the eye of the beholder. Industrial designers face the daily challenge of appealing to as large agroup of buyers as possible with their designs. This is especially so when it comes to packaging design, because in this more price-driven segment it is less important to have an overly extravagant, expensive design.
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Download our brochure: AF-Color® – Injection Moulding Caps and Closures.
Color Design Versus Technical Feasibility
A shampoo bottle is made of various materials: the bottle body consists of polyethylene (HDPE) or polyethylene terephthalate (PET), the screw cap or snap-on cap is usually made of polypropylene (PP), whilst polystyrene (PS) or styrene-acrylonitrile copolymers (SAN) are used less frequently.
In the next step, all colorations are transferred to the respective plastic grades in a kind of feasibility study. It often turns out that not all color designs can be applied equally well to the different plastics, so that it may be necessary to choose from the best possible approximations.
Color Trends
The possibilities of achieving color effects through the use of special effect pigments are becoming more and more diverse. AF-COLOR is in constant dialogue with renowned manufacturers, so that we can always provide you with comprehensive advice on the latest trends. In addition to the established effect pigments, all new developments are available to you at short notice.
AF-Color® Masterbatches
Masterbatch for Coloration IR-Detectable Packaging
All Colors and Polymers are Also Available in “Carbon Black-Freeˮ Versions
• Current topic – the new German Packaging Act: sortability of packaging in automated waste separation
• Carbon black causes errors in IR detection
• Materials free of carbon black ensure sensors (in the NIR range) can detect them properly
• We will be happy to test the detectability of the material combination you want: every color can be supplied without carbon black
Laser Additives
Leave a Lasting Impression
• Available as an additive concentrate or in combination with dye
• Masterbatches for optimal laser marking results
• Can produce dark, light or colorful markings
• Can even be used on curved or hard-to-reach surfaces
• Laser-transparent masterbatches to ensure optimal weldability
3D Printing
Modern Technologies
• 3D printers are finding more and more applications in homes
• It is a comparatively inexpensive process that uses monofilaments as its printing medium
A wide range of colors and color additives are available, e.g. PETG 501696 Pearlescent Blue
Colors for HT Polymers
Color Stability Even at Extremely High Temperatures
• Innovative color formulations for coloring high-temperature polymers with a melting point above 300 °C
• Suitable for high-performance polymers PPA / PPS / PEEK
• Colorants that remain stable at temperatures of up to 350 °C
• Greater freedom for customised color scheme
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