What are the main advantages of masterbatch coloring?

Masterbatch coloring is a coloring technology widely used in plastics, chemical fiber, rubber and other industries. Its core is to mix pre-dispersed concentrated pigments or dyes with carrier resins to make particles, and then add them to the base material to achieve uniform coloring. The following are the main advantages of color masterbatch coloring: 

1. Color consistency and stability high uniform dispersion: the pigment in the color masterbatch is pre-dispersed, and can be quickly and evenly dispersed in the base resin, avoiding the color difference, color spots or stripes caused by the uneven mixing of traditional powder pigments. Batch stability: Masterbatch production ensures color consistency from batch to batch through strict quality control, reducing product color differences caused by pigment fluctuations.

2.  Convenient operation, reduce pollution and simplify the process: no need to weigh and mix powdered pigments on site, directly add color masterbatches in proportion, saving color mixing time and labor costs. Environmental protection and safety: Avoid dust pollution of powdery pigments, improve working conditions in the workshop, and reduce the risk of workers inhaling harmful dust.

3.  Improve production efficiency Fast melting: Good compatibility between the masterbatch and the base material resin, fast melting speed, reduce the downtime and cleaning time in the production process. Precise ratio: The addition ratio of the masterbatch is fixed (usually 1% to 5%), which is easy to control the dosage and reduce the quality problems caused by excessive or insufficient.

4. Enhance product performance Improve mechanical properties: the carrier resin in the masterbatch has a high matching degree with the base resin, which can reduce the strength decline or surface defects caused by pigment agglomeration. Function expansion: The masterbatch can integrate a variety of functions (such as anti-ultraviolet, high temperature, anti-static, etc.) to achieve coloring and functional modification in one step.

5.  Economy and flexibility to reduce waste: the masterbatch coloring efficiency is high, the pigment utilization rate is close to 100%, which saves raw materials compared with powder pigments. Flexible customization: Color, concentration and special performance (such as food grade, environmental protection and non-toxic) can be customized according to customer needs to meet diverse application scenarios.

6. Strong adaptability, wide application range and multi-material compatibility: color masterbatch can be designed for different base materials (such as PP, PE, ABS, PET, etc.) special formula to ensure coloring effect and process stability. Complex process application: Suitable for injection molding, film blowing, extrusion, spinning and other processing processes, especially in high shear, high temperature environment performance.