Strategic selection of mixing equipment is essential to efficiently produce the next generation of high-value adhesives and capitalize on industry innovations.
Amid the wave of cutting-edge formulation work, one fundamental processing truth remains: optimal mixing, dispersion, and emulsification are critical for achieving the desired color, gloss, conductivity, stability, adhesion, cure rate, weather resistance, and other properties.
A Rotary Batch Mixer imparts no shear or heat into heat-sensitive hot melt adhesive ingredients.
June 13, 2024
HMT Manufacturing produces hot-melt adhesives and laminating systems that join almost any material, such as fabric, wood, melamine, foil and cork, to virtually any substrate including plywood, polystyrene, rubber, steel, and foam.
A number of factors, primarily viscosity and shear input, are considered when selecting the correct mixing technology for an adhesive formulation.
August 7, 2023
Utilizing its collective experience as a provider of specialty mixing equipment to the adhesive industries, Ross discusses the factors to consider when selecting a mixer for adhesive production.
Flexicon’s new high-volume, open-chute dumper allows discharging of non-dusty, free-flowing, and/or agglomerated bulk materials from multiple drums or boxes simultaneously, as well as from Gaylords, totes, or bins individually.
The QUANTM pump is suitable for nearly any fluid transfer application and offers a wide range of materials of construction to support multiple industrial and hygienic applications.
DOPAG has added two progressive cavity pump systems for 1K and 2K materials to its product range: rotordis for processing single-component materials, and rotormix for metering and mixing multi-component materials.