Advanced dispersion technology for paint, coating and lacquer production that is different from all other techniques is now available. This technology enables enormous reductions in production costs and process times. Additional effects are a higher degree of dispersion, improved quality and raw material savings. This article gives an introduction to this new technology, including how the system works and a comparison to the traditional dissolver blade technique.
Dispersion is the core of paint and lacquer production. It is the most important process and has the highest influence on the quality of the final product. The better the dispersion, the higher the efficiency of the dispersed ingredients in the final coating. Better dispersion does not mean more power, more energy and more speed. Quite the contrary. In regards to energy, you often just need 10% to 30% of the energy to get better results. Better dispersion means a more-concentrated and better-focused application of power, energy and shear. If the same power used to move 1000 gallons of paint in a vessel is applied on just one fifth of a gallon inside a small dispersing chamber there is an enormous difference. The Conti-TDS has about 5000 times higher specific power, about 1000 times higher shear rate and about 100 times higher energy density compared to traditional dissolver blades.