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Temperature Indicating Coatings, Pigments, Ink, Paint & Labels Photochromic Paint, Ink Dyes, Powder, Slurry and Masterbatch

Go Beyond “Handle with Care” and Stop Hidden Shipping Damages with TiltWatch

Enhance your supply chain with evidence-based and preventive tilt monitoring solutions Key Takeaways: Tilt-induced damages often go unnoticed, leading to significant financial impacts and damaged customer relationships. Relying solely on warning labels is not enough....

Defending Insulin Against the Elements with TempMonitor: A Summer Survival Guide

Ensure safe and effective insulin use all summer long Key Takeaways: High temperatures compromise insulin's effectiveness. TempMonitor serves as a smart tool to alert users of unsafe temperature conditions. Ensuring proper insulin storage is vital for effective...

From Impact to Temperature: Comprehensive Supply Chain Monitoring with SpotBot GL

Ensure shipment protection with real-time insights into multiple risk factors Key Takeaways: SpotBot GL monitors location, temperature, and impact in real time. Real-time data helps prevent damage and improve shipment handling. Informed decisions strengthen supply...

Guarding Precious Cargo: The Role of ShockWatch Labels in Reliable Product Transport

These innovative impact indicators provide visual assurance and accountability in the supply chain Key Takeaways: Mishandling in transit can cause hidden damage, financial loss, and unhappy customers. ShockWatch® Labels change color on impact, clearly showing if...

Ensure Laboratory and Medical Sample Integrity With BriteDot

Ensure accuracy and compliance with BriteDot’s intuitive and cost-effective liquid crystal technology. Key Takeaways:  Accurate temperature control protects medical and lab sample integrity. Traditional temperature tracking is costly, complex, and error-prone....

WarmMark QR – The Smart Solution to Protect Temperature-Sensitive Goods to the Last Mile

Ensure product integrity from the warehouse to the doorstep Key Takeaways: Navigating the last mile in logistics presents unique challenges for temperature-sensitive goods. Unmonitored conditions can trigger spoilage and safety concerns, especially in pharmaceuticals...

Revolutionizing the Last Mile in Europe – Digital Solutions Safeguard Pharma Cold Chains

Innovative temperature monitoring tools like WarmMark QR and ColdChain Complete empower pharmaceutical logistics Key Takeaways:   Medication safety depends on strict temperature control, especially during the final delivery stage. WarmMark QR and ColdChain Complete...

Safeguard Your Temperature-Sensitive Products With FreezeSafe

Prevent costly freeze damage and ensure product integrity with this simple, reliable monitoring solution that will transform your cold chain. Key Takeaways:  Temperature-sensitive products in pharmaceuticals, food, and specialty chemicals require stringent monitoring...

Don’t Risk Failure – The Vital Role of Monitoring in Power Generation

Cutting-edge monitoring solutions combat operational risks Key Takeaways: Power generation is crucial and faces risks like equipment failure and downtimes. Proactive monitoring prevents failures and optimizes maintenance for reduced risk. Advanced tech like ShockLog...

Why Data Loggers Are Your Best Defense in Protecting Food Shipments

SpotSee’s MaxiLog Alert and MaxiLog PDF data loggers provide a reliable defense against temperature-related risks in food transportation Key Takeaways: Shipping perishable foods comes at the risk of spoilage with temperature excursions A data logger provides a...

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Definitions

Temperature indicating coatings and materials include chemical indicators, labels, pigments, paints or other indicators that change color when exposed to a certain temperature. These products are either irreversible and designed for one-time use providing evidence of attained temperature or are reversible and can change back and forth to provide an indication of the current temperature. Photochromic pigments, paints and inks change color when exposed to UV light reversing to colorless when removed from the UV light exposure.

Operating Principle

Temperature indicating labels, coating, paint, ink and pigments incorporate materials that exhibit thermochromism, a physical property that undergoes a change in color in response to a change in temperature. Photochromic paints exhibit a photochemical reaction to UV light changing from an essentially colorless state to colored.

Microencapsulating Thermochromic Liquid Crystals and Leuco Dyes increases accuracy, stability and life expectancy of the product. Leuco Dyes, Thermochromic Liquid Crystals and Chemical Indicators are thermochromic substances LCR Hallcrest offers as a label, coating, pigment and paint. Photochromic Paint is also available as a Powder, Slurry, Ink and Masterbatch.

Categories

Coating – Coatings are a layer of something deposited upon a material surface to add or enhance desired properties.

Pigment – a dry insoluble color matter or substance usually pulverized which when suspended in a liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc.

Paint – is a pigmented liquid mixture used on a substrate as a decorative or protective coating. Color changing paint can be used to monitor surface temperature and alert operators to potential hazards, maintenance requirements, etc.

Ink – A colored liquid or powder that is printed, sprayed, rolled to substrates to create markings, patterns or graphics. Color changing inks are smart and react to environmental fluctuations with color change.

Labels – an adhesive backed thin film for adhering to a surface with color changing material that can be either a reversible or a permanent change indicator with a scale or alert color.

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