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Manufacturers employ various disper- one machine making it the most flexible and manufacturing industrial mixing equip-
sion tools in the production of paints, inks equipment on the market,” he adds. “By ment for more than 60 years.
and coatings and some of these technologies using multiple baskets, a customer can make “The company recognized the need for
are relatively new solutions to age-old a color change in less than three minutes.” blending and dispersion blades that provided
processing issues. Mixer selection is based Conn and Company has been designing true pumping action instead of plowing
on a number of factors including viscosity
profile, shear requirement, order of addition
and throughput.
In February, BYK-Gardner released its
new VMA-Getzmann TORUSMILL 2-in-1
production dispersion system for pre- and
fine dispersion in one container.
It calls the technology “revolutionary”
because the system uses a single, closed con-
tainer for both pre-dispersion with an
impeller disk, and subsequent milling with
an integrated basket mill. The container has
capacity of up to 2,000 liters.
“This is a major advancement in disper-
sion technology aimed to save time, space
and manufacturing costs,” says Andreas
Stummer, BYK-Gardner Business Line
Manager for Dispersion.
The system’s predispersion is achieved in
the traditional manner with a centrally
mounted impeller disc. For fine dispersion,
the centrally mounted basket mill is lowered
into the millbase. With this system, very fine
particle size, even nano, and narrow particle
size distribution are achievable in a short
time, the company says.
Stummer says saving time and money
is still the most important thing to his
customers.
“By designing modular equipment such
as the 2 in 1 TORUSMILL we are able to
offer quicker processing times, space
savings and reduced maintenance costs. We
are also offering vacuum milling capability
for our lab and production equipment which
allows for a more efficient grind and reduces
additive costs in the process. By removing
foam we are able to mill faster and also
have a much higher container fill rate
post processing.”
BYK-Gardner is differentiated from its
competitors because the product line is
designed with three different safety
devices including a container clamping
system, container threshold zones, as well
as redundant safety switches that exceed
current safety standards for this type of
equipment, says Stummer.
“Our modular design allows customers to
integrate basket mills, bead mills, rotor
stator, vacuum systems, or a wall scraper on
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