Evaluating Processing Parameter Effects on Polymer Grades and Plastic Coloring: Insights from Experimental Design and Characterization Studies.

Resolving material and processing issues is essential to improving formulations and attaining accurate color matching in blending. Two transparent polycarbonate resins made up the blend: PC1, which made up 33% of the mixture with a Melt Flow Index (MFI) of 25 g/min, and PC2, which made up 67% of the mixture with an MFI of 65 g/min. This study employed data mining and a well-structured experiment using Design of Experiment (DoE) software-8 to investigate the effects of various processing temperatures on identical material formulations.

Box-Behnken Design for Polycarbonate-Pigment Blending: Applications and Characterization Techniques.

Incorporating pigments into polymers can be done for various purposes, including the introduction of color, interfacial effects, or aesthetics. If these pigments are to disperse properly, then the process of extrusion must be optimized. During polymer compounding extrusion, three effective processing factors were investigated: feed rate (FR), speed (Sp.