'Virtual color matching' cuts time to market. (Materials).New technology to help customers get the color or special effect they want in a speedy and cost-effective cost-effective, n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate. manner has been adopted by Dow Plastics, Midland, Mich. This technology is used at the Color Center that Dow just opened in Midland. An important new tool at the Color Center is proprietary "Appearance Engineering" software that provides a "virtual color match" and eliminates much trial and error. Dow's software allows a user see how different polymers, pigments, textures, and processing conditions interact to produce final part appearance. Customers integrate CAD CAD: see computer-aided design. (Computer-Aided Design) Using computers to design products. CAD systems are high-speed workstations or desktop computers with CAD software. drawings of parts into Dow's software. Then the part can be "virtually colored" according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a database that correlates formulating parameters with the on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. display. Pat Carey Pat Carey (Irish: Pádraig Ó Ciardha; born November 9, 1947) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was born in Castlemaine, County Kerry in 1947. He was educated at Presentation Brothers College, Milltown, County Kerry and went to St. , Dow's business-development manager for appearance engineering, says the software adds new dimensions to color analysis, showing how gloss and texture (not just color) affect part appearance. The software provides color readings of parts over a wider range of visual angles than with current measurement methods. These readings translate into color "more closely resembling what the human eye sees," Carey claims. Scott Collick, Dow's global color manager, says one benefit is speed to market. Color matches can typically be fine-tuned in as little as 20 minutes. A color chip can be made in under 48 hr. Tel: (800) 441-4369, www.dowep.com |
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