EoW November 2010

Feature

Compounds & colourings

Thewiremakerproceedswithcarewhenenhancingtheperformance of materials by compounding. Attention must be paid to the individual properties, alone or in combination, of alloys and blends; modifiers and fillers; base resins; flame retardants; blowing agents; even purge compounds

for improving the compounding process itself. And, not least, colour and colour retention.

Photo courtesy of Sikora AG (Adapter) & P WHall Ltd (Compounds)

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EuroWire – November 2010