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Ultra fine bead mill for nanosuspensions
Ensuring the quality, efficiency, and reproducibility of nanosuspensions throughout…
Self-cleaning bead mill for highly viscous materials
To prevent blockages, clogging, and cross-contamination coming from h…
Horizontal disc bead mill for liquid chemicals
Processing toxic chemicals requires high compliance with safety standards an…
Classifier mill for recovered carbon black
Recovered Carbon Black (rCB) can be recycled back to the tire production chain a…
Milling and drying machine for fine powders
When you need to produce ultra-fine powders, the milling and drying process emp…
Industrial liquid filtration system
Systems for the filtration of liquids with suspended solid contents can be challenging w…
Automatic can sealer
If you need to cap paint, glues, and solvents containers and are currently manually placing the lids, you…
Wear resistant bends for pneumatic conveying
Bends in pneumatic conveyor lines cause load loss leading to lower flow rates.…
Multi-way diverter valve for pneumatic conveying
Products conveyed through pneumatic conveyor lines often need to be divert…
2-way diverter valves for pneumatic conveying
Products conveyed through pneumatic conveyor lines often need to be diverted …
Dense phase conveyor for powders and granules
Some manufacturing and filling operations require a smaller pneumatic transpo…
Dense phase conveyor for normal wearing materials
Dense phase pneumatic conveying is used for powders, granules, and grain…
Feeder with flexible wall hopper
The varying properties of dry powder products mean that specialized feeders are required for…
Side bar filter press
Production of dry cakes is required in a variety of industries and robust, low-cost side bar filtration …
Thin film dryers
Dry dissolved or slurried crystallizing or amorphous products to a pourable powder.
Pelleting press with overhead drive
Production of certain pelletized products requires working with output products of a pas…
Continuous paddle dryer
Purposely focused on the indirect heating and drying of slurry, filter cakes, powders, pastes and gran…
Laboratory conical screw mixer
A laboratory conical screw mixer is often used in the pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals secto…
Laboratory scale active freeze dryer
The laboratory-scale active freeze-drying is used for dehydrating high-value products t…
Active freeze dryer
Freeze-drying is used for dehydrating high-value products that are too sensitive for conventional drying p…
Horizontal chemical scraper centrifuge
For slurries difficult to discharge, a scraper can improve process reliability, effic…
Horizontal pharmaceutical scraper centrifuge
For slurries difficult to discharge, a scraper can improve process reliability…
Isolator centrifuge
For transferring highly active pharmaceutical ingredients (HAPI) without contamination from the isolator c…
Mobile pilot plant centrifuge
The system is perfectly suited for pilot plants as well as small-quantity productions in the fi…
Vertical top discharge centrifuge
Discharge solids vertically upward through manual action, optionally using a filter bag or…
Vertical peeler centrifuge
A vertical peeler centrifuge is used to separate solids, usually to separate fine particles from s…
Vertical scraper centrifuges
Vertical Bottom discharge Centrifuges work discontinuously, discharging the solids to the bottom…
Pusher centrifuge
Pusher centrifuges are continuously operating filter centrifuges and can have several basket stages dependin…
Laboratory horizontal agitated ball mill
Tabletop model for the wet grinding of small to ultra-small product batches down to…
Flash drying system
Flash drying refers to the removal of moisture by a stream of hot gas that goes through a stream of small …
Conical screw mixer
When you want to mix segregative, free-flowing powders and pastes that require perfect mixing quality and …
Spiral jet mill
Jet mills are frequently used in the pharmaceutical industry and also for the production of fine-grade chemical…
Hammer mill
A hammer mill crushes aggregate material into smaller pieces; the most common applications can be found in food, ch…
Long gap mill
Ideal for a combined process operation where several process steps are executed simultaneously in one single unit…
Toner classifiers
Especially designed for classifying toner and pigments.
Air flow classifier
Air-flow classifier (pneumatic product feed) for the fine classification of talc, calcium carbonate, bento…
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Ultra fine bead mill for nanosuspensions
Ensuring the quality, efficiency, and reproducibility of nanosuspensions throughout…
Self-cleaning bead mill for highly viscous materials
To prevent blockages, clogging, and cross-contamination coming from h…
Horizontal disc bead mill for liquid chemicals
Processing toxic chemicals requires high compliance with safety standards an…
Classifier mill for recovered carbon black
Recovered Carbon Black (rCB) can be recycled back to the tire production chain a…
Milling and drying machine for fine powders
When you need to produce ultra-fine powders, the milling and drying process emp…
Industrial liquid filtration system
Systems for the filtration of liquids with suspended solid contents can be challenging w…
Automatic can sealer
If you need to cap paint, glues, and solvents containers and are currently manually placing the lids, you…
Wear resistant bends for pneumatic conveying
Bends in pneumatic conveyor lines cause load loss leading to lower flow rates.…
Multi-way diverter valve for pneumatic conveying
Products conveyed through pneumatic conveyor lines often need to be divert…
2-way diverter valves for pneumatic conveying
Products conveyed through pneumatic conveyor lines often need to be diverted …
Dense phase conveyor for powders and granules
Some manufacturing and filling operations require a smaller pneumatic transpo…
Dense phase conveyor for normal wearing materials
Dense phase pneumatic conveying is used for powders, granules, and grain…
Feeder with flexible wall hopper
The varying properties of dry powder products mean that specialized feeders are required for…
Side bar filter press
Production of dry cakes is required in a variety of industries and robust, low-cost side bar filtration …
Thin film dryers
Dry dissolved or slurried crystallizing or amorphous products to a pourable powder.
Pelleting press with overhead drive
Production of certain pelletized products requires working with output products of a pas…
Continuous paddle dryer
Purposely focused on the indirect heating and drying of slurry, filter cakes, powders, pastes and gran…
Laboratory conical screw mixer
A laboratory conical screw mixer is often used in the pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals secto…
Laboratory scale active freeze dryer
The laboratory-scale active freeze-drying is used for dehydrating high-value products t…
Active freeze dryer
Freeze-drying is used for dehydrating high-value products that are too sensitive for conventional drying p…
Horizontal chemical scraper centrifuge
For slurries difficult to discharge, a scraper can improve process reliability, effic…
Horizontal pharmaceutical scraper centrifuge
For slurries difficult to discharge, a scraper can improve process reliability…
Isolator centrifuge
For transferring highly active pharmaceutical ingredients (HAPI) without contamination from the isolator c…
Mobile pilot plant centrifuge
The system is perfectly suited for pilot plants as well as small-quantity productions in the fi…
Vertical top discharge centrifuge
Discharge solids vertically upward through manual action, optionally using a filter bag or…
Vertical peeler centrifuge
A vertical peeler centrifuge is used to separate solids, usually to separate fine particles from s…
Vertical scraper centrifuges
Vertical Bottom discharge Centrifuges work discontinuously, discharging the solids to the bottom…
Pusher centrifuge
Pusher centrifuges are continuously operating filter centrifuges and can have several basket stages dependin…
Laboratory horizontal agitated ball mill
Tabletop model for the wet grinding of small to ultra-small product batches down to…
Flash drying system
Flash drying refers to the removal of moisture by a stream of hot gas that goes through a stream of small …
Conical screw mixer
When you want to mix segregative, free-flowing powders and pastes that require perfect mixing quality and …
Spiral jet mill
Jet mills are frequently used in the pharmaceutical industry and also for the production of fine-grade chemical…
Hammer mill
A hammer mill crushes aggregate material into smaller pieces; the most common applications can be found in food, ch…
Long gap mill
Ideal for a combined process operation where several process steps are executed simultaneously in one single unit…
Toner classifiers
Especially designed for classifying toner and pigments.
Air flow classifier
Air-flow classifier (pneumatic product feed) for the fine classification of talc, calcium carbonate, bento…
Stories about pigment
Powder and liquid, a delicate equilibrium in paint production
Red, yellow, green, purple, blue… Paints and lacquers, a mix of pigments and possibilities, can bring colors to life and turn plain walls and surfaces into works of art. Yet, achieving thorough dispersion and wetting of particles poses a challenge in paint formulations where powdered material can be 80% or more. And high viscosities, e.g., in wall paints, make it even more demanding to ensure uniform powder dispersion. …
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Generally, pigments and paints are not bound chemically to the covered surface, water-soluble dies react with fibers in a mordant bath. Apart from colored, decorative paints, white and black pigments have high importance. White titanium dioxide plays an important role in the painting industry, due to its stability, high covering effect, and UV-light absorbing property. Approximately 4.6 million tons of TiO2 pigment are produced annually worldwide, and its use continues to rise. On the other end of paints, carbon black is essential as a toner of the laser printer and filler in tires and other plastics, also due to its stability and UV-light absorbing capability.
Pigment manufacturing process
Natural sources of paint lost their importance. Lead oxide pigment dispersed in oil was widely used as primer paint, due to its excellent anticorrosive feature. Since heavy metal lead is poisonous, this red paint is nowadays forbidden. Indigo was extracted from plants cultivated in Asia, nowadays the blue die for denim cloth coloration is synthesized almost exclusively by the chemical industry. The coloring materials were solved in organic solvents, benzene, toluene, xilols, turpentine, and nitro thinner. All these solvents pollute the environment, and some of them are carcinogens. Nowadays water-based products are common; however most part of paints are not water-soluble. In order to avoid segregation, stable dispersion should be formed where the pigments do not sediment.
In order to eliminate solvents, powder coating is used for painting and decorating vehicles and other metal surfaces. Pigments are mixed with polymers, then extruded and milled. Classifier mills are preferable for a narrow particle size distribution
High sheer mixing for powder paints
Powder coatings are a solvent-free painting form where pigment is mixed with a polymer, a carrier material that melts in the painting oven so that the pigments adhere to metal objects. Pigments are micronized to have a smooth surface and become miscible with polymer beads. High shear mixing is necessary to break the force of cohesive powders and form polymer-pigment particles avoiding sedimentation in further processing. The video below shows a high-shear mixer for this purpose with a conical shape that provides a vertical upward movement along the wall.
How dispersion improves paint quality
In emulsion paint, the binding agent is dispersed in water. Dispersion as such an important process that has a big influence on the quality of the final product. Dispersing machines process immiscible materials in a high shear chamber, where sharp edge tools of high-speed rotor reduce the size of the paint particles and disperse them into the oily or water base matrix. A rotor can have paddles as well, to serve as a recirculation pump. The video below shows how at the top of the rotor a vacuum occurs, sucking in the ingredients, liquids, and powders.