Appliance housings
An appliance housing is a visible part, so colour deviation is an outright reject. Appliance orders also tend to be many variants in small quantities, and manual blending error shows up more sharply the smaller the batch.
How MegaColor deals with it
- Recipe-driven: set it once and pigment is dosed continuously, with nobody estimating quantities
- Single-dose dosing consistency CV < 0.6% (recommended setup: fine-gear at the 100-tooth setting, measured 0.556%)
- Runs both color powder and masterbatch (DualMode™), so moving back from masterbatch to powder to cut cost needs no new equipment
- Stable on small runs too: it blends what is called for, with no over-batching to fill a tumbler
Which model this industry usually takes
This is the common choice, not the only answer — resin temperature and throughput per machine are what actually decide the model.
Common choice: MegaColor 5th Gen Standard
- Appliance housings commonly run ABS / PC / HIPS — specify the high-temp configuration (model suffix -S) when ordering
- Resins: PP / PE / PS / TPE and similar low-temperature resins
- Throughput: 50–70 kg/h
- Dosing configuration: Single powder
When to choose a different model
- Running high-temperature resins (ABS / PC and similar) → same model in the high-temp configuration, see the model codes
- More than 70 kg/h per machine → large-capacity model
- Two powders to dose → dual-powder model
- Several raw materials to dose → dual-material model
Industry experience is no substitute for a trial run. Within one industry, every plant has its own resin grades, pigment suppliers and loading ratios. We do not conclude anything from "everyone in this industry uses model X" — send us the resin and powder you actually run, we test on your material and settle the model once there is data. There is no charge for this step.
Get the data on your own material
The trial run is free. We talk model and price once the data is in.
Downloads: product brochure (PDF), operating manual, installation drawings to be uploaded