High Performance Pigments

Tintium High Performance Organic Pigments

Tintium Pigments made Harsha Chemicals are soft textured, producing bright and clean shades with high tinting strength and outstanding single pass dispensability in printing inks, Paints, Plastics and other similar media.

Most of the yellow and Orange pigments used all over the world are of Benzedrine (deceptively called diarylide) type or of dangerous metals such as lead, chromium or cadmium. In the case of benzidine (diarylide) Pigments, the azo compound cleaves with biological fluids and the Carcinogen benzidine is released.

TINTIUM series of specialty colorants are available presently in two colours- reddish yellow XT 700 & XT 900 ( PY 139) and greenish yellow XT 500 (PY 185)

Tintium pigments are more easily dispersible than any other comparable product.

Tintium is truly the future of the plastics Industry. It serves in economical and environmental considerations as well as weather fast properties

Tintum Pigments are among the best in the world for plastics industry for spun fibers, films etc. Master batch manufactures specially prefer TINTIUM products for their excellent dispersibility  and bright, clean colour. Due to their high tinctorial strength TINTIUM saves money for the users not insignificant.

TINTIUM pigments are migration resistant. Presently TINTIUM XT 700 is used for upto 250 c and XT 500 for upto 240c.

For gravure inks which require more flow TINTIUM XT500 series may be advantageously used. Due to high tinctorial value, smaller dosages may be used. There is no tendency to crystallise in solvent medium. Though easy flowing, the ink after application on the paper assumes thixotropy and hence sharp images were the result. In metal decorating inks Tintium withstands the temperatures involved with ease.

In flexo and screen inks due to the inherent stability to solvents. Tintium are the pigments of choice.

In plastisol inks Tintium yellows reign supreme.

Tintium XT900 is a very soft opaque pigment (PY139) Which gives opacity matching inorganic Pigments, but maintaining the beauty of organic pigments XT900 is used in powder coating, Out door finishes

Tintium for Plastics and polymers

Tintium XT700 series of pigment yellow 139 is best suited for plastics. Its brilliant reddish and excellent dispensability makes it highly attractive to plastics Masterbatch Manufacturers. It is strongly recommended for synthetic and natural rubber coloration also. No migration takes place in plastcizers making it a product of choice fo PVC / Plastisol manufacturers.

Tintium XT500 series is the greenish Yellow (PY 185) loved by Plastics manufactures. Its attractive full tone and tint tone shades are very clean.

Both the products are specially designed to resist change of shade during processing.

Tintium series pigments are for use in everyday plastics and injection moulding, Tintium pigments are dispersed easily into the plastic by extrusion and using and adhension promoter, (i.e) surface active agent or paraffin oil. Tintium pigments are best suited for polymer coloration because they are insoluble in the polymers under this process conditions also. Blooming and bleeding which occur due to migration are avoided by using Tintium. These pigments also do not recrastallize causing structural weakness or loss of hiding power.

Tintium pigments when used in packaging films are extraction proof and physiologically safe. If transparent films aer needed must be used.

The forte of Tintum pigments is the highly dispersibility which gives value for money, besides the aesthetic look. The polymers are glossier when Tintium is used.

Tintium pigments do not cause shrinkage when used in large parts or products such as road dividers and milk crates. The high light fatness of Tintium is a major advantage to plastics exposed to bright sunlight like tarpaulins, awnings, etc.

PVC and Tintium are made for each other. IN PVC wire coating, Tintium is used to pass all standard tests for dielectric strength and other electric properties . Dispersion and suspension grade PVC can be colored with Tintium and pigments dispersion is achived by calendaring.

PVC cables colored with Tintium can with stand high voltage (1100 Volts), and pass tests such as IS-694-1964 and IS-5831-1970.

Polymer fibres such as polyolefin, polyester or Nylonfibres can be colored in the melt with Tintium pigments. The fibre strength remains unaffected. The fibres attain very good gloss.

Extensive tests are being conducted by us with tintium in various polymers for dispersibility, temperature stability, particle size analysis ect.