Dry-barreling process for optical frames and other cellulose acetate parts During Mido Milan 2023, we launched our new eco-friendly polishing pastes. The process of dry barreling involves putting pieces to be polished in bulk into rotating barrels. This technology is mainly used by the eyewear industry but also the button industry among others. Indeed, dry…
Willkommen bei Lorine, unserer neuen Kollegin in New York! Diese freiwillige und dynamische neue Mitarbeiterin ist vor einigen Wochen zu uns gestoßen. Seine Hauptaufgabe besteht darin, unser Eintauch-Färbeverfahren den amerikanischen Akteuren im Bereich des 3D-Drucks vorzustellen. Zu diesem Zweck besuchte sie unter anderem die Amug Conference in Chicago und wird Anfang Mai auf der TCT…
Im März 2023 feiert Techniques Chimiques Nouvelles sein 60-jähriges Bestehen! Die Gelegenheit für unser gesamtes Team, all seinen Kunden zu danken, von denen einige bereits seit der Gründung im Jahr 1963 stolz im Unternehmen tätig sind. Diese Beständigkeit zeugt von der Qualität und dem Anspruch unseres Angebots. Dieses unfasst unsere Färbemittel für jede Art von…
Viele Unternehmen aus der konventionellen Orthesen- und Prothetik Branche wenden sich 3D-Drucktechnologien zu, da durch 3D-Druck hergestellte Orthesen mehrere Vorteile gegenüber herkömmlichen Orthesen bieten. Tatsächlich ermöglicht der 3D-Druck die Herstellung einzigartiger Geräte, sodass das Produkt dem Träger perfekt passt. Diese maßgefertigten 3D-gedruckten Orthesen bieten zudem einen optimalen Tragekomfort. Zudem wird durch einen 3D-Körperscan innerhalb kürzester…
At the beginning of this year, TCN is continuing its voluntary CSR approach begun in 2022. It is based on the three pillars of sustainable development: economic, social and environmental. We will thus be increasing our eco-responsible initiatives in 2023, which will involve all our employees. You can now download our CSR report here: https://www.techniques-chimiques-nouvelles.com/en/sustainable-development/
For this Formnext, Frankfurt 2002 session, which took place from November 16 to 19, many of you visited the TCN booth. Some of you asked our teams for advice concerning the dyeing process for your 3D printing parts, others discovered our ranges of coloring for polymers. A really enriching Formnext 2022 edition thanks to your…
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To inaugurate its new premises and production site, TCN opened its doors on September 20, 2022. Thank you all, our customers and partners who came in great numbers to discover our new premises, equipment, and the full range of our services. During coloring workshops, you improvised as chemists and that in joy and good mood:…
Polycarbonate is a plastic used in the fabrication of various items, such as screens, and glasses for sports or safety. PCL4 liquid dyes are suitable for the coloration of non-coated polycarbonate lenses, by dipping. They are easy to use, the process is fast and allows to obtain even colors. Follow the steps below to dye…
The carrier HDX allows to reduce up to 4 times the coloration time of your high-index lenses. High-index organic lenses (1.60 – 1.67) are thick lenses. Therefore, the coloration process is slower than with standard lenses. Discover how to accelerate the coloration of your high-index organic lenses, with our carrier HDX, used as a pretreatment….
TCN visited the premises of the eyewear company Novacel, one of its loyal customers based in Château-Thierry. The purpose was to discover their organic lens tinting semi-industrial process, using TCN’s CRX powders. CRX dyeing powders are suitable to tint CR-39® organic lenses. They can be used in small or large productions. Watch our demo video…
Whether it is for aesthetics or to make solar lenses, a lot of glasses lenses are tinted. CRX powders are specific coloring powders useful to color coated and CR-39® organic lenses. Our CRX powders include 26 standard colors that can be mixed with each other. They are available in plastic boxes of 500 g and…
If you have the intention of creating your own color, you will have to choose criteria adapted to the realization of the desired shade after defining the color that you need (see part 3), starting from selecting primary colors that will be used to produce it. 4.1. Choice of primary colors In practice, TCN can…
TCN at the Mido Eyewear Show in Milan from April 30th to May 2nd 2022! This essential event of the eyewear industry allowed our team to exchange views with our customers and prospects on the polishing and coloration of their spectacle frames and/or organic lenses. We wanted to thank our loyal customers, who told us…
In order to define a color, it is necessary to determine it according to a reference frame as the Pantone color chart for instance, and measure the result. You often need specific shades that are not part of TCN’s standard shades of coloration ranges: CRX, GTC, GTD, TACC, PCL4… This device allows you to check…
Colors can be classified in 3 categories according to their composition: primary, secondary and tertiary colors. The primary colors group serves to create all of the other colors, through combinations made between the different categories. This combination principle allows TCN to make numerous coloring products adapted to specific plastics. Here is this principle in detail:…
By way of introduction, we will remind you of a few basic notions of physics. Then, during the following weeks, we will deal with the combination principle and the definition of color. You will also discover how to create a color. And finally, we will share with you our tips to correct a color. It…
TCN (Techniques Chimiques Nouvelles) has chosen Grand Paris Sud to establish its new premises! Since January 2022, TCN, a French manufacturer of colouring and polishing products for plastic parts, has taken over its brand new headquarters in the territory, at 20, rue des Carriers Italiens, in Grigny. A further illustration of the attractiveness of Grand…
Since 1963, TCN, the French manufacturer of coloring preparation and polishing products is located in Malakoff, near Paris. From January 2022, TCN will move in its new head office, just out of the ground, in Grigny South of Paris. But why? TCN’s constant growth means that we need to: . double our production capacities and…
For the third year, TCN will exhibit at Formnext Frankfurt. We will be pleased to welcome you on booth Hall 12.1 B67. And…to celebrate the return to face-to-face meetings, we invite you to bring a test part to have it dyed right in front of your eyes!
TCN will be pleased to welcome you on booth H05 during 3D Print Paris! Moreover, Jean-Yves Morosolli, our Head of Strategy and R&D will be speaker in the program of the workshops. https://www.3dprint-exhibition-paris.com/fr/session/3e9843a0-e4ee-eb11-b563-a085fc3e7f45 During this workshop, we will show you how to dye your 3D print parts whatever the printing technology you are using!
Origine France Garantie is the only label certifying origin which is endorsed by the French Ministry for Industry. It is also the only universal label which certifies that products are produced in France. After an audit was conducted at TCN, the Origine France Garantie label has been awarded by the Bureau Veritas Certification France for…
For the first time, TCN participated to the Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) conference that took place in Orlando. Since we were not allowed to travel to the U.S, we shared the booth with one of our American partners. He represented us efficiently in demonstrating TCN’s time saver, scalable and high quality dyeing process. A…
RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU and (EU) 2015/863 stands for Restriction of Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment. It contributes to the protection of the human health and the environment. This means that our above-mentioned products conform with RoHS Directive. So, our customers and partners can rest assured that the process of their colored plastic parts…
With its new ISO 9001 certification, TCN starts 2021 on a positive note. This means that evolving towards greater client satisfaction while always improving our organization are two of the main TCN’s goals for this new year!
We are glad to announce that our GTD blue 8889 dye is food contact compliant. GTD Black 8910 is also available in this new plastic dye food contact range. Those colors are suitable for food contact as you can see on our certifications and labels bulletin. Our polyamide parts dyed with these shades conform with…
Always looking for new services and in order to meet the needs of our partners, TCN products have obtained several certifications and Labels. COLOUR FASTNESS NF EN ISO 105-C06 06-2010 to domestic and commercial laundering Staining 4/5 Change 4/5 NF EN ISO 105 E04:2013-06 to perspiration Staining 4/5 Change 4/5 NF EN ISO 105 X12…
SLA resins: crystalline, opaque, bright, metallic effects. The SLA dyes and pigments range is mainly meant for photocure resins used in stereolithography. This bulk-dyeing of the resins allows to achieve various results: transparent or colored resins metallic and pearly effect. In liquid form, SLA range provides an excellent tinting strengh, a perfect dispersion in ploymers and…
The liquid anti-UV 8630LC is efficient on most of plastics. Suitable with GTC and GTD liquid dyes, it is certified according to ISO 11507 by the Element independent body. It prolongs the plastic parts lifetime since it increases by 1 to 3 points on the grey scale(see the figure above). The process is very simple and…
A famous fashion house calls upon the TCN expertise to color very high-end accessories. The top models showed those tinted parts sewn into the dresses. TCN: a Star is Born!
TCN is willing to ensure its customers the highest standards for performance and reliability. Therefore, we recently acquired a Konica Minolta new generation spectrocolorimeter. This investment enables us to guarantee to our customers and partners: – Ever greater conformity, – Performance of color matching, – An utmost precision of the colors quality control.
After the Mido Eyewear Show in Milan Italy last February, TCN visited the RapidPro show held on 13 and 14 March 2019 in Veldhoven – The Netherlands. National and international exhibitors of 3D Industry presented their latest innovations. The opportunity for TCN to present its innovations and products to a wide very specific target audience:…
TCN manufactures and offers liquid dyes which allow the mass-coloration of epoxy resins. They are also suitable for solvent-borne varnishes, most resins, gels-coats and glues. Resistant to light and temperature, our NANV liquid dyes will allow you to obtain transparent and bright shades due to their high dyeing power. Our range includes 25 standard shades….
Today, you mainly use black to dye your PA12 field parts. Discover a wide range of colors by clicking on our color chart. Moreover, TCN develops tailor-made shades to satisfy your specific requirements. YOU WANT TO DISCOVER THE RESULT ON YOUR PARTS? Do not hesitate to contact us at peresse@color-tcn.com to get some free samples of…
