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Blow molders Need Transmittance Spectrophotometers for Efficient Color Quality Control

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Color Quality Control for Traffic Signs Can Be Accomplished with Spectrophotometers

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Auto Parts Manufacturers Use Spectrophotometers to Ensure Lights Meet Color Codes

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Spectrophotometers Help Manufacturers Keep Traffic Cones Safety Orange

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Utilizing Color Analysis of Plastic and Polymer Additives in Production

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Using Spectrophotometry to Revolutionize Acrylic Paint Manufacturing and Labeling

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Making the Most of Colorants to Increase the Value of Plastic Composites in Cars

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Blow molders Need Transmittance Spectrophotometers for Efficient Color Quality Control

Posted on June 2, 2017 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, […]

Posted in Color in Food Industry, Color in Plastics Tagged color consistency, color measurement, color perception, color variation, Preforms, quality assurance, Quality Control, spectrophotometers

Color Quality Control for Traffic Signs Can Be Accomplished with Spectrophotometers

Posted on April 27, 2017 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, […]

Posted in Color in Building Materials, Color in Plastics, Color Measurement Tagged color consistency, color measurement, color perception, spectrophotometers, spectrophotometry, traffic sign color, traffic signs

Auto Parts Manufacturers Use Spectrophotometers to Ensure Lights Meet Color Codes

Posted on April 26, 2017 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 […]

Posted in Color in Plastics

Spectrophotometers Help Manufacturers Keep Traffic Cones Safety Orange

Posted on April 7, 2017 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 […]

Posted in Color in Building Materials, Color in Plastics, Uncategorized

Utilizing Color Analysis of Plastic and Polymer Additives in Production

Posted on January 12, 2017 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 […]

Posted in Color in Plastics

Using Spectrophotometry to Revolutionize Acrylic Paint Manufacturing and Labeling

Posted on November 10, 2016 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 […]

Posted in Color in Plastics

Making the Most of Colorants to Increase the Value of Plastic Composites in Cars

Posted on November 4, 2016 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 […]

Posted in Color in Plastics
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