6 Professional Development Hours/0.6 CEUs

Course Description: Within the Injection Molding and Testing of Integrally Colored Parts course is valuable information about the coloring of plastics. Use of special effect additives is explained and recommendations for the coloring of specific polymer families are made. The use of pigments, dyes and special effects are examined along with discussion of the handling of coloring agents including dispersion and compounding. This course closes with an examination of molding colored materials, covering an assortment of the problems that can be encountered and the techniques used to solve them.

Overall Course Objectives:

Lesson 1 – Introduction, Light, Color and Appearance

Objectives:

• Understand the differences between an illuminant and a light source.
• Recognize interactions between light and material to form the basis for color.
• Define the terms, hue, value, and chroma as used by Munsell Color System when 
  evaluating color.

Lesson 2 – Color Measurement and Tolerancing

Objectives:

• Detect the limitations in visual evaluation of color, and explain the phenomena called metamerism.
• Gain knowledge about the specialized instruments available for color measurement.
• Develop an understanding of the color tolerancing system and the factors to consider when obtaining a standard.

Lesson 3 – Plastics and Color, Cooling and Compounding

Objectives:

• Identify major factors that must be considered when choosing a colorant.
• Recognize the effects of pigments, dyes, and appearance enhancers that are added to acrylics, ABS, nylon, olefinics, styrenics, and urethanes.
• Understand the importance of proper compounding and dispersion of pigment, dyes, and additives.

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