PEMCO International is the supplier of choice for glass manufacturers operating colour forehearths to produce specialty colours. Our new generation of VitroMax+ colour concentrates, manufactured using PEMCO’s newly optimised production process, delivers improved consistency, cleaner handling, and enhanced performance in forehearth colouring applications.
Our VitroMax+ range of products pack a whole lot of colour into a pellet form to reduce addition feed rates and melt at lower temperatures compared with frit products, which further protects and extends the lifetime of the colour forehearth. VitroMax+ products are available as either single or multi-oxide containing formulations and custom formulated to individual customers glass composition and designed for optimum performance within customer specific operating conditions for various container glass applications.
Our glass colour concentrate products can be tailor made to a variety of different colours, tones, and shades and offers a full colour range including, Blues, Greens, Blacks, Browns, Pinks, Purples, Violets, and special effects. In addition to colouration and aesthetic properties, our products can offer functional properties such as UV Protection required for food and beverage containers.
The new VitroMax+ pellets generate up to 90% less dust compared with previous production methods, which provide increased product handling safety and reduce environmental impact of the manufacturing process. Our latest product range provides superior performance and reduced seed formation due to the spherical pellet shape providing improved melting characteristics and colour homogenisation for reliable colour and quality consistency.
Our glass colouring concentrates are available in 25kg bags or bulk packaging to suit customer colour transportation systems into the colour forehearth feeder and custom formulated by our in-house highly specialised glass technology team to match exact customer requirements, glass chemistry, preferred pull rate, forehearth design and operating conditions to ensure consistently reliable quality and colour stability with each and every batch.
PEMCO International offers more than just colour concentrates. Drawing on decades of forehearth colouring experience, our specialists work closely with customers to provide complete colouring solutions tailored to their production requirements. This support includes forehearth design guidance, equipment selection, dosing and feeding system recommendations, process optimisation, technical troubleshooting, and colour development expertise.
Contact our technical sales team at info@pemcointernational.com to learn more about the forehearth colouring process and how it can expand your current product offerings.
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