Coatings & Inks | Basket Mill Typical Application

Customer challenge

A representative mid-volume coatings manufacturer needed to improve pigment wetting and shorten colour-change downtime across small and medium batches. Their existing process used separate premixing and grinding steps, creating extra transfers and inconsistent dispersion during frequent formulation changes.

POLYC MACHINE solution

POLYC MACHINE specified a basket mill configuration that combines premixing, dispersion, and wet grinding in one vessel. The representative configuration uses a temperature-controlled vessel, variable-speed drive, and an easy-clean basket design selected around coating viscosity, pigment loading, and target fineness.

Typical implementation results

• One-vessel processing removes a separate material-transfer step.
• Typical colour-change and cleanout time can be reduced by 20 to 40 minutes, depending on formulation.
• Process trials target stable dispersion and consistent colour development before production scale-up.

Important: These are representative application outcomes, not a customer-specific performance guarantee.