Technical Resource Directory
This page is a directory, not a publication. It tells you where the right technical resource lives. Every guide, comparison, troubleshooting path and calculator is published and maintained in the Allzone Knowledge Center.
Canonical technical knowledge
Published guide families. Start here for any selection, comparison or troubleshooting question.
Engineering tools
Each calculator has one canonical Knowledge URL. There is no second copy here.
Technical topic index
Topics this desk keeps on hand. Each one carries a line of context and then hands you to the canonical Knowledge resource — we do not maintain two explanations of the same decision.
Black Masterbatch
Carbon black dispersion in PE100 pressure pipe
Dispersion rating, carrier melt-flow match and carbon loading are settled by the pipe producer's own qualification testing.
Carbon black particle size for pipe
Duplicate of TKB-01 at card level. One canonical owner, one page.
Agri & Packaging
Agricultural film additive packages
Anti-fog, IR and UV functions are layer-allocation decisions on a co-extrusion line.
IR / thermal greenhouse film
Same user job as TKB-02; Knowledge owns the agricultural film page.
Filler
CaCO₃ filler loading and yield
Filler economics depend on top-cut, coating and the line's own throughput limits.
Filler particle size and mesh
D50, mesh and top-cut describe different things on a spec sheet.
Talc and coated mineral extenders
Knowledge owns the coated/uncoated talc comparison and the wider extender map.
White Masterbatch
Rutile vs anatase TiO₂
A weathering and opacity trade-off, not a price comparison.
High-load white masterbatch and carrier ceilings
Carrier choice sets the achievable pigment loading.
Non-Woven & Spunbond
High-MFI PP carriers for spunbond non-woven
Specialist noteSpunbond runs at melt-flow rates far above film and moulding grades, so carrier and filtration constraints differ. Allzone does not supply, certify or make regulatory claims for medical or personal-protective non-woven.
Knowledge covers carrier selection generally and geotextile applications, but has no spunbond / non-woven article. Recorded for a future Knowledge wave; no URL created in T1.
Film Additives
Slip and anti-block in film
Bloom rate and anti-block interact; the pair is specified together.
Bio & Recycling
Bio-based and biodegradable carriers
Compostability conformity is certified for a finished article by an accredited body; it is never inherited from a concentrate.
Desiccant masterbatch for recycled PE
Knowledge owns both the explanation and the dosing page.
Engineering Plastics
Colour stability at high processing temperature
Pigment heat stability is a colour-masterbatch decision, not a resin-specific one.
WPC
Coupling agents for filled and wood-filled polyolefins
Specialist noteMaleic-anhydride graft chemistry is the interface layer between wood flour or mineral filler and a polyolefin matrix. Dosing and grade are set with the compounder against the finished profile.
Knowledge owns compatibilizers for polymer blends, but no wood-plastic composite article exists. Recorded for a future Knowledge wave; no URL created in T1.
Pipe, Cable & Structural
Pipe striping masterbatch
A pipe-application decision; Knowledge owns the pipe family.
Laser marking masterbatch
Knowledge owns the additive-masterbatch page for this function.
Independent literature
External, independently published sources. Allzone does not control, review or endorse their content; they are listed so a technical claim can be checked against something we do not publish.
- Elsevier
ScienceDirect — Polymer (Elsevier)
Peer-reviewed polymer science journals
Polymer physics, synthesis and molecular degradation studies.
Open journal - ACS
ACS Macromolecules
American Chemical Society
Macromolecular chemistry, surface treatment and reactive extrusion chemistry.
Open journal - SPE
SPE Plastics Engineering
Society of Plastics Engineers
Applied processing papers — screw design, extrusion and compounding practice.
Open journal - Wiley
Wiley — Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Applied and industrial polymer literature
Blending, rheology of filled compounds and ageing behaviour.
Open journal - Springer
SpringerLink — Journal of Polymers and the Environment
International academic database
Recycling technology and environmental polymer research.
Open journal
