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Case Studies

We only publish figures a customer could check: how the labour changed, how the reject rate changed, how long the payback took. We identify customer plants by city and industry only.

Flagship cases

The long version — figures, before and after, photographs from the floor.

Bottle-cap moulding floor in Yuyao, Zhejiang, with MegaColor color powder dosing machines mounted on the injection moulding hoppers

Bottle-cap moulding · Yuyao, Zhejiang

Eight blending stations became one inspection round

Mainly PP · 5th Gen Standard · measured 3 months after commissioning

  • Colour blending labour: 8 people on two shifts → 1 inspector
  • Monthly colour-deviation rejects: 3.2% → 0.02%
  • Payback period: 5 months
  • Annual labour saving: over RMB 300,000
Moulding floor in Linhai, Taizhou, with a MegaColor 4th Generation dual-material dosing machine mounted above the machine hopper

Moulded plastic parts · Linhai, Taizhou, Zhejiang

Out of the dust cloud, and nobody blending colour by hand

All 15 moulding machines converted · payback about 7 months

  • Blending operators: 4 → 1
  • Pigment losses: 15% → 2%
  • Annual saving: RMB 503,000 (on an investment of RMB 300,000)
Appliance moulding floor in Ningbo, Zhejiang, with MegaColor dosing machines fitted across the whole row of moulding machines

Appliance manufacturing · Ningbo, Zhejiang

A 10-minute changeover solved a hiring problem

Appliance moulding · working conditions on the floor

  • Hiring: nobody would take the blending job → no dedicated blender needed
  • Retention: conditions drove people out → a far easier job
  • Changeover: done in 10 minutes
PET preform moulding hall, conveying lines above a full row of presses, each fitted with a MegaColor dosing machine

PET preforms · Wuhan, Hubei

Three repeat orders: from one trial machine to 75 across the plant

Abandoned the old sequence of colouring before drying · 75 machines now running

  • Blending operators: 12 → 3
  • Scrap rate: peaks of 21% → effectively none
  • The first machine has run 550,000 doses with no parts replaced

Cases by industry

Packaging and containers

Caps, bottles, trays, crates and other moulded packaging. The pressures here: food-contact compliance, no tolerance for colour deviation, and frequent changeovers on long runs.

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Automotive components

Bumpers, interior trim, lamp lenses and similar parts. The pressures here: light transmission, tight colour tolerances, and supply-chain consistency.

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Houseware

Storage boxes, hangers, furniture fittings and everyday goods. The pressures here: blending several materials at once, wide differences in bulk density, and tight part-weight control.

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Toys and stationery

Children's toys, pen barrels and decorative items. The pressures here: EN 71 compliance, short runs in many colours, and demanding gloss and saturation.

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Appliance housings

Washing machine, refrigerator and air-conditioner housings. The pressures here: surface quality, tight changeover windows, and the difficulty of hiring and keeping operators.

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