Thinking outside the box - How inline dispersing is revolutionising processes in the coatings industry

 
Whether you manufacture decorative paints, industrial coatings, coil coatings, automotive lacquers, printing inks or even adhesives, large amounts of powders have to be dispersed into liquids. In most cases, this process requires high effort, it is time consuming and usually dusty? In order to efficiently disperse powders into liquids, it is necessary to integrate plural process steps which are typically carried out successively. Individual subprocesses are not to be executed in parallel or sequentially but integrated and concurrently. With process systems based on the inline dispersing technology a higher efficiency incorporation of the raw materials and a better quality of the products are proven. This also offers the opportunity to develop processes which allow semi-continuous to continuous manufacturing of paints and coatings.