Bayer offers new coloring techniques for engineering thermoplastics. (In Brief).As a sign of materials suppliers' growing emphasis on decorative effects in plastics products, Pittsburgh-based Bayer Plastics recently announced its Fantasia fantasia (făntā`zhə) [Ital.,=fancy], musical composition not restricted to a formal design, but constructed freely in the manner of an improvisation. In the 16th and 17th cent. program of five different color and decorating technologies for engineering thermoplastics. "Never before could a customer choose from so many color and special-effect technologies from one supplier," claims Dr. Azita Owlia, Bayer's v.p. for consumer markets. The program embraces some novel technologies as well as proven approaches. The most significant new option in Bayer's color menu is a proprietary liquid infusion technology, tradenamed Aura. Parts are dipped into a liquid bath of dye and surfactants, which infuse in·fuse v. 1. To steep or soak without boiling in order to extract soluble elements or active principles. 2. To introduce a solution into the body through a vein for therapeutic purposes. color about 0.0005 in. into the surface of clear or white parts. The equipment required, including vessel and liquid pump, is available from Bayer's Hennecke Machinery subsidiary. Bayer touts the flexibility of the Aura process, especially in low-volume runs of numerous colors. Bayer also launched the new Milena line of dye-based colors for tinting tint n. 1. A shade of a color, especially a pale or delicate variation. 2. A gradation of a color made by adding white to it to lessen its saturation. 3. A slight coloration; a tinge. 4. polycarbonate A category of plastic materials used to make a myriad of products, including CDs and CD-ROMs. CDs. Special color concentrates patented by Bayer (but produced by Clariant Masterbatches, Charlotte, N.C.) are fed to the extruder throat during processing, putting color into CDs without affecting their laser readability. New names for existing technologies under the Fantasia umbrella include the Leda family of precolored compounds, Faria film-insert molding materials, and Imagio coatings developed in partnership with PPG Industries PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) was founded in 1883 as the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. PPG is an American manufacturer of glass and chemical products, including automotive safety glass. , also of Pittsburgh. The Leda line continues to expand, but at present it includes edge-glow, metameric metameric of or pertaining to metamerism. , translucent, metallic, metal-flake, sparkle, and fluorescent color effects. Bayer: (800) 662-2927, www.bayerus.com |
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