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    Omyaspace is a new calcium carbonate powder developed by Omya for use in polymer masterbatches. It improves hiding power at lower cost than traditional pigments like titanium dioxide by enhancing pigment dispersion. Using Omyaspace can reduce raw material and production costs, lower the carbon footprint of plastic products, and increase the lifespan of processing equipment due to its low abrasiveness.

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    Omyaspace is a new calcium carbonate powder developed by Omya for use in polymer masterbatches. It improves hiding power at lower cost than traditional pigments like titanium dioxide by enhancing pigment dispersion. Using Omyaspace can reduce raw material and production costs, lower the carbon footprint of plastic products, and increase the lifespan of processing equipment due to its low abrasiveness.

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    Omyaspace is a new calcium carbonate powder developed by Omya for use in polymer masterbatches. It improves hiding power at lower cost than traditional pigments like titanium dioxide by enhancing pigment dispersion. Using Omyaspace can reduce raw material and production costs, lower the carbon footprint of plastic products, and increase the lifespan of processing equipment due to its low abrasiveness.

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    Journal for
    Raffia Professionals.

    Vol. 4 | Issue 6 | Feb. 2023


    OMYA ARTICLE

    ASHISH BHATT FRANCESCO PULLEGA


    Technical Service Business Development
    Manager, Omya India Polymers Omya
    Private Limited

    KHAIPING OOI NILESH BENDALE


    Director Head of Sales -
    Market Development Polymers West Asia
    & Innovation

    REU NL Moerdijk 2021 view

    15 | Vol. 4 | Issue 6 | Feb. 2023


    OMYA ARTICLE
    IMPROVED HIDING POWER AT LOWER
    COST AND REDUCED CARBON FOOTPRINT :
    OMYASPACE SHOWS THE WAY
    Additives are an integral part of polymer processing, primarily to control the processability and also to perform in the long term
    service life. Polypropylene having a pendent methyl group in the polymer chain makes it mechanically superior but makes it
    unstable at the time of processing and post production life, specially when subjected to UV exposure. The action of free radical
    produced by UV rays make the pendent methyl group vulnerable for dissociation, leading the failure in the service life.
    Optimization of UV Resistance that can work in various environment is very less understood in general. The hyper active stabilizer
    molecule interacts with the environmental substances thus kills itself and enables product failure. Various environmental reactants
    are polymer molecular nature (polar & non polar), water, insecticides, soils salinity, living organisms etc. Some such products are
    listed as under :

    OMYA FACTS & FIGURES

    Calcium Carbonate in the form of marble, limestone or chalk is a unit.) Calcium Carbonate is key to recyclability and reusability, being an
    natural and renewable material according to ISO 14021. Almost inert material.
    4% of the earths’ crust is made of Calcium Carbonate making it
    Omya’s target is to develop new Calcium Carbonate grades in order to offer
    one of the most common raw materials in nature. In addition,
    every day Functionality, Profitability and Sustainability to our Polymer
    natural Calcium Carbonate is continuously replenished by
    customers. The Polymer value chain is no exception to the process of
    natural cycles. This fact combined with its very low carbon
    continuous improvement in cost efficiency and supply chain optimization.
    footprint allows packaging manufacturers, who use ground
    Omya products and solutions help improve profitability by lowering overall
    Calcium Carbonate (GCC), to lower their own products carbon
    raw material cost and increasing productivity.
    footprint and to meet the increasing market demand for more
    sustainable packaging. In addition to a very low carbon footprint Omyaspace is a new concept for pigmented masterbatch which are
    relative to other typical packaging raw materials, Calcium applicable for white opaque applications. This concept is already
    Carbonate addition typically reduces energy demand and can commercialized and will proceed to continuous evolution for many new
    increase productivity. (Overall decrease in energy/production applications. Omyaspace offers a force multiplier with dual benefits
    (pigment extension & dispersion improvement) into polymer matrix.
    Pigment MB formulations with Omyaspace can be processed via
    conventional compounding equipment with standard process conditions,
    and will provide similar performance as standard pigmented MB in Film,
    Sheet & molded articles in bothflexible & rigid applications. With this, the
    Omyaspace concept is opening new avenues for pigmented MB producers
    to realize the benefits below:

    16 | Vol. 4 | Issue 6 | Feb. 2023


    OMYA ARTICLE
    COST OPTIMIZATION OF WHITE MB
    Omyaspace is significantly cheaper than the raw materials usually used for white masterbatch. This has never been more true than
    now as raw material costs have risen massively compared to last year, significant cost savings can be achieved by using Omyaspace.
    Like titanium dioxide, Omyaspace is added as a powder during compounding and, thanks to its properties, the dispersion of the
    color masterbatch can be improved and slightly higher outputs can be realized.

    SAVING VALUABLE
    RAW MATERIALS AND
    RESOURCES
    The addition of Omyaspace improves the hiding power of
    the titanium dioxide and the polymer content in the
    masterbatch can be reduced, which has a positive impact
    on the costs and the ecological footprint.
    Omyaspace is also a comparatively soft material which can
    have a positive impact on the service life of extrusion
    equipment, cutting and punching devices.

    NATURE, RENEWABLE RESOURCES LOW ABRASION AND METAL WEAR


    Omyaspace is far less abrasive than TiO2 and any other oxide
    Omyaspace is natural &
    pigment and will allow a longer life of extruders, slitting
    renewable material as
    machines and all metal tooling involved into the manufacturing
    defined by ISO 14021. It is
    of plastic articles.
    continuously replenished
    by natural cycles in rivers,
    lakes and oceans or
    formed as minerals, for
    example in the form of
    shells or skeletons.
    Commercial grades of
    Omyaspace are mainly
    produced regionally or
    locally from sources being
    widely available around
    the world.

    REDUCING THE CARBON


    FOOTPRINT OF PLASTIC PRODUCTS
    Omyaspace is a natural Calcium Carbonate and has a significantly
    lower carbon footprint compared to Polymers and most pigments.
    The use of Omyaspace thus reduces the ecological footprint in the
    color masterbatch and also that of the end product.

    SUMMARY
    Omyasapce is natural, very fine, easy to disperse Calcium Carbonate powder obtained from high purity white limestone with a
    special design for polymer applications. The innovative design of Omyaspace delivers an unique solution for boosting opacity
    while optimizing formulation cost for color and additive masterbatch manufacturing.
    Omyaspace provides improved pigment spacing making it ideal for white TiO2 masterbatch. The use of Omyaspace leads to more
    efficient light scattering by increasing particle interface surface area compared to a situation where pigment particles have
    tendency to agglomerate.

    17 | Vol. 4 | Issue 6 | Feb. 2023

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