Blow molders Need Transmittance Spectrophotometers for Efficient Color Quality Control
Posted on by Ken Phillips
We’ve all walked into a store on a hot summer day looking for a cold and refreshing beverage. When I lived in Canada and would visit the US, I was always floored by the wide variety of soda flavors to choose from on the shelf. Ultimately, beverage color played a role in my final selection, […]
Color Quality Control for Traffic Signs Can Be Accomplished with Spectrophotometers
Posted on by Ken Phillips
My driving habits changed when I got my commercial driver’s license. I started parallel parking like I was shooting pool. I slowed way down. And I started paying much more attention to traffic signs. Large vehicles react more slowly than smaller ones. An accident involving a large vehicle will be more serious. To drive safely, […]
Auto Parts Manufacturers Use Spectrophotometers to Ensure Lights Meet Color Codes
Posted on by Ken Phillips
“Hey, Kayla?” says Levon into the phone. “I’m sorry to do this again, but I have to stay late at the plant. I won’t be home for another couple of hours.” In the reflected glare of the overhead fluorescent lights, the break room stands in harsh relief. In the corner sits the aging refrigerator, the […]
Spectrophotometers Help Manufacturers Keep Traffic Cones Safety Orange
Posted on by Ken Phillips
When I’m walking through my neighborhood I can get a little lost in my thoughts. Somehow I tune out all hurly-burly of the busy pedestrians and delivery trucks bustling in the narrow square. I was walking like this the other day, paying no attention to my surroundings, when in my path I spotted an orange […]
Utilizing Color Analysis of Plastic and Polymer Additives in Production
Posted on by Ken Phillips
After a recent trip to the store, which yielded plastic bags filled with plastic packages—containing plastic toys, lights, and dinnerware—I’ve become fairly convinced that plastics are taking over the world. Polymer is the material of the future. The Packaging Science University of Florida explains the reason for this market trend best, stating that “improvements in polymer performance […]
Using Spectrophotometry to Revolutionize Acrylic Paint Manufacturing and Labeling
Posted on by Ken Phillips
This week, I received a call from a manufacturing client who was struggling with a lack of customer satisfaction for one of their artist-quality acrylic paints. Apparently, the color on the bottles didn’t accurately reflect what the dried paint looked like by daylight, and the customers were demanding more precise labeling. The problem, of course, is that this is […]
Making the Most of Colorants to Increase the Value of Plastic Composites in Cars
Posted on by Ken Phillips
The automotive industry is booming. Light vehicle production is on the rise as new features start to push the boundaries of design. Statistics show that “plastics and polymer composites [are] essential to a wide range of safety and performance breakthroughs in today’s cars, minivans, pickups and SUVs. In fact, the use of plastic and polymer composites in light […]