Addiscience® and Addicolor's methods in bivis extruder and monovis extruder

Compounding

Extrusion-granulation process

Addiscience® has an extrusion laboratory for compounds and functional masterbatches, which allows:  

  • To improve the formulation of thermoplastic materials from polymer matrices or additives in the form of granules and powders, but also to feed and dose a raw material in liquid form.  
  • To provide representative samples of 20–25 kg for evaluation, with the possibility to accompany customers in their development with samples up to 100 kg (about 220.46 lb).  
  • To optimize the manufacturing process parameters for scale-up on our production lines and to test 2 types of pelletization (strand cutting or underwater cutting). 
  • To provide necessary information to customer to realize the transformation.  

Addicolor has a thermoplastic extrusion laboratory for color and/or functional masterbatch that allows:  

  • To color and improve the formulation of thermoplastics from polymers, colorants (pigments, dyes) and additives in the form of granules and powders.   
  • To provide representative samples from 0.3 kg for evaluation, with the possibility to accompany customers in their development with samples up to 100 kg (about 220.46 lb).  
  • To optimize the manufacturing process parameters for scale-up on our production lines.  
  • To provide necessary information to customer to realize the transformation.

Injection

Addiscience® and Addicolor have an injection laboratory to:  

  • Produce standard specimens for characterization tests.  
  • Inject plates for color control and surface aspects.  
  • Produce primary color standards.  

Thermoplastic extrusion and compression

Addiscience® and Addicolor have a laboratory for extrusion-inflating films, extrusion of strips or tubes and compression of pellets (plate press) which allows to:  

  • Control the optical quality of the final product  
  • Check the conditions of dispersion of the fillers  
  • Estimate the mechanical properties  
  • Produce specimens of different thicknesses  
  • Provide film samples on request.