The moisture content in plastic pellets has to be controlled as it's an important aspect for the production of high-quality plastic parts. The right moisture content of polymer resins ensures trouble-free compounding and injection molding, smooth surfaces and ideal mechanical properties of the injection-molded parts. Controlling the moisture content in plastic resins is crucial for the manufacturing of high-quality products. An accurate and easy alternative to the official Karl Fischer Titration method is the HX204 moisture balance.
What are alternative methods to the Karl Fischer Titration?
Do I need to use an instrument with 0.1 mg resolution?
With decades of experience in laboratory weighing and halogen moisture analysis in plastics products, METTLER TOLEDO offers a wide range of know-how and tools. Make the most of our expertise to enhance your plastics moisture analysis. Explore more on our wide range of Plastic Moisture Analyzer suitable for your industry.
Select a temperature when moisture evaporates and the result matches the reference value obtained by Karl Fischer titration.
Our plastics method collection provides moisture methods for the most common plastic resins and compares them to the Karl Fischer titration method.
Using PA 6 as an example, see how easy and fast it is to get moisture results with the HX204 moisture analyzer.
In addition, this application note shows how the results match those from the Karl Fischer titration method.
Victorinox produces the “Original Swiss Army Knife”.
Before injection-molding a granulate batch, it tests the polymer resin for residual moisture content using the HX204 moisture analyzer from METTLER TOLEDO to ensure the final quality of its iconic Swiss knife.
With a high resolution weighing cell, a readability of 0.001 % MC and a weighing capacity of 200g the HX204 moisture analyzer is ideal for applications with low moisture content such as plastics pellets. Software capabilities support data handling and process security.
