A Comprehensive Guide on Masterbatches

Masterbatches are solid and granular concentrates of colors that are widely used in the plastic industry. Masterbatch lends special physical and chemical properties as well as color to plastic. It is made using a concentrated mixture of additives and pigments that are compressed through a heat process into the carrier resin. After cooling and cutting of this mixture into the form of shreds and chunks, it is added to plastic products for imparting color. So, here is a comprehensive guide on these Masterbatches.

Main Components Of Masterbatch

• Pigment

  Inorganic color pigments and organic color pigments are the basic divisions. Titanium and red iron oxide are the most common inorganic color pigments that are added to Masterbatches. Organic pigments like Phthalocyanine green are also used in the Masterbatches. Also, dyes like scattered orange and reductant pink are used for coloring purposes in Masterbatches.

• Dispersants

  Dispersants give the required surface moisture to the pigment molecules. With good compatibility, dispersants stabilizes the resin. It also enhances the color quality of the pigment upon its addition to the carrier.

• Carrier Resins

  Carrier Resins are the ones that give granular structure and solid form to the Masterbatch. With the addition of carrier resins, Masterbatch achieves stability in liquid or solid form. A carrier resin that is compatible with the coloring pigment must only be selected. Also, the fluidity of the carrier resin should be higher than that of the colored resin for better color quality of the product.

Benefits Of Using Masterbatch

Using Masterbatch is the easiest and economical way of adding color to the polymers.

Masterbatch facilitates finest dispersion of additives and pigments.

It is a dust-free, safe and cleaner way of coloring as compared to the use of other non-dispersed fine powder, additives and pigments.

As compared to pre-compounded materials, Masterbatch has low stock holding properties.

Its use eliminates the 'trial and error' work during the formulation and adjustment of colors.

Unlike powder pigments, Masterbatch reduces purging and cleaning costs.

To get the finest grade Masterbatches, Universal Colorant Company is the right destination. The company is one of the leading Manufacturers, Suppliers and Exporters of a huge gamut of Colorant Pigment. With the brand name "UNICOL, it offers various types of Color Concentrates such as Special Effect Masterbatch, Rubber Masterbatch, Universal Masterbatch, PVC Masterbatch, White Masterbatch, Black Masterbatch, Colour Masterbatch, Additive Masterbatch, and many others. For more information about the company and its products, please visit https://www.univcol.com/.

Author is representing this article on the behalf of Universal Colorant Company, a prominent Additive Masterbatch