Perfect Mixing of difficult materials

non contact mixing with de-aeration

This revolution in mixer technology provides perfect mixing for formulations and dispersions with simultaneous de-aeration. It is extremely fast so that homogeneous mixtures of pastes resins and powders can be produced in seconds or minutes. The technology uses non-contact mixing so that there is no product damage even for sensitive materials. Non contact means no propellers, no blades, no rollers.

The THINKY ARE-250 creates smooth high quality formulations even when the component materials are dense or highly viscous. Materials are mixed and de-aerated in a few minutes, dramatically reducing product preparation time. Precise ingredient quantities means no waste and little or no solvent.

The ARE-250 combines rotational and orbital spinning to deliver an acceleration of up to 400 G. It mixes at the primary particle level and de-aerates microscopic air bubbles.This compact benchtop unit is highly portable.

The materials can be processed in a range of disposable or customer containers. This prevents contamination and no cleaning is required.

• Dispersion at primary particle level.
  
  
• De-aeration of microscopic bubbles.
  
  
• Perfect formulations in seconds to minutes.
  
  
• Applicable to all types of materials.
  
  
• No damage to sensitive materials.
  
  
• Can eliminate solvents and emulsifiers.
  
  
• Disposable containers - no cleaning required.

Program modes

Mixing programs can be entered through the control panel and recalled from memory. The programs have mixing and de-aerating modes. For example the mixing mode may rotate the container at 800rpm and revolve the container (orbital spin) at 2,000rpm . After a given time it automatically transits to de-aerating mode where the rotation of the container will be decreased to 60rpm and the orbital spin increased to 2200rpm. The programs can have up to 5 modes in one program cycle

Viscous and difficult materials

The ARE-250 mixes viscous materials such as ceramic powders, adhesives, silicon, polyurethane and iron oxide. Materials that usually take days can be processed in a few minutes.

Cross sections showing mixing highly viscous oil based clays

2 part epoxy and alumina powder Mixing mode 4 mins De-aerating 2.5 mins
Zinc oxide - acrinol powder ointment Mixing mode 1 min De-aerating 1 min
Solder powder and flux Mixing mode 45 seconds

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