Colour streaking can be divided into two categories. The first type is caused by material degradation, the second one is caused by pigments. Both types of streaks can appear spontaneously, even a long time after a colour change. We are going to refer fundamentally to...
A purging compound is a product most thermoplastic producers use to clean screws, nozzles, mold, hot runners or die of injection molding machines and extruders. These compounds were developed to reduce machine downtimes and scrap rates during material or colour...
Time flies! We just realized, we have spent the last 10 years working with injection molders to reduce scrap during material changes in the most simple way possible. Our statement when approached by production teams has always been: “ We can help you...
Every morning, after I grab my morning tea, I open my laptop and I start answering calls and emails from all over the world with the same query: How can I improve the results of my colour changes? Below, I point out the proven tips I have shared for many years, where...
Most of my customers working in production teams seem to understand the main reason for blacks specks appearing in production; however, carbon contamination continues to be a common headache during manufacturing. Why would this be? Since we started focusing on...
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