The effect of texture on the pass/fail colour tolerances of injection-molded plastics

Color Research and Application

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-54

  Ariño, Ingrid ^a,b   Johansson, Sofia ^b   Kleist, Ulf ^a   Liljenström Leander, Eleonore ^b   Rigdahl, Mikael ^b  

^a VOLVO CAR CORPORATION   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colour; Gloss; Polymer; Surface texture; Tolerance area

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; COLOR; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; TEXTURES;

COLOUR TOLERANCE; SPECULAR COMPONENT EXCLUDED; SURFACE TEXTURES;

DISCOLORATION;

EID: 33846088856     PISSN: 03612317     EISSN: 15206378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/col.20284     Document Type: Article

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