POLYC built a solvent and water-based paint production line for an Ecuador customer in December 2024, shipped in March 2025 across seven 40HQ containers. The paint (density 1,400 kg/m3, viscosity 4,000-20,000 mPas, solids 70-80%) runs at 15-20 tons per day. POLYC has built paint lines since 2001.
A Line Shaped by Local Costs
The customer's exterior-wall paint needs no grinding system, only a pre-dispersing kettle and a finished-product storage kettle with a low-speed agitator. With high local labor and energy costs, the customer needed a high-efficiency pre-mixing system and an energy-saving low-speed agitator.
- Paint & Coating Production Line for the complete system.
- Concentric Double-Shaft Mixer for the pre-dispersing kettle.
- Mixing / Tinting Kettle for finished-product storage.
- High-Shearing Emulsifier Kettle for pre-dispersion.
- Bag Filter for dust control.
Concentric Double-Shaft Pre-Dispersing Kettle
Because solids reach 70-80%, POLYC used a concentric double-shaft mixing kettle with a high-speed shaft and a low-speed anchor shaft, jacketed with a half coil for cooling to control temperature. The high-speed dispersing shaft uses a hydraulic lifting system to ensure even, thorough mixing.
Cup-Type Storage Blade
The finished-product storage kettle uses a cup-type mixing blade. Unlike a traditional paddle, it gives high circulation, slotted shearing, strong ground suction and wall flow, a peripheral speed up to 4 m/s with no air intake, and no bubbles, dead corners or scale, suiting medium-low viscosity while protecting the solution's molecular structure.
Engineering You Can Rely On
POLYC designs lines around your material and capacity. Our paint line setup guide, paint factory equipment guide and paint line equipment guide cover the decisions.
| Parameter | Ecuador paint line |
|---|---|
| Solids | 70-80% |
| Viscosity | 4,000-20,000 mPas |
| Capacity | 15-20 t/day |
| Shipment | 7 x 40HQ, March 2025 |
How a coating or ink production line Is Built
A coating or ink production line is more than a list of machines; it is a balanced flow from pre-mixing through grinding, let-down, filtration and filling. The slowest station sets the real capacity, so POLYC designs each line around the customer's most demanding product and daily volume, then sizes the rest to absorb it. Skipping that balancing step is the most common reason a new line underperforms its quoted output, because every faster station simply waits for the bottleneck.
Utilities and Civil Works
A production line also needs the unglamorous parts: power and earthing for motors, cooling water or chiller capacity for the mill, compressed air for valves and filling, and floor loads strong enough for a filled bulk tank. POLYC supplies the layout and utility schedule up front so the civil works and the machines are ordered together, which avoids the expensive late surprises that stall a commissioning.
POLYC's Turnkey Scope
POLYC MACHINE takes a coating or ink production line from layout and utility sizing to installation, commissioning and operator training. Since 2001 the company has delivered more than 8,000 systems to over 60 countries, with a 3-year warranty on core machines and application engineering that begins with the customer's formulation. For producers scaling from manual batches to an automated plant, this single-supplier scope avoids the finger-pointing that happens when several vendors each own one station of the same line.
| Line stage | POLYC equipment |
|---|---|
| Pre-mix and wet-out | High-speed disperser, mixing kettle |
| Grinding | Bead mill or basket mill |
| Let-down and fill | Planetary mixer, filling machine |
| Control and traceability | Recipe management, batch records |
Plan Your Line With POLYC
Share your product, target fineness and daily volume with POLYC's engineering team, and you receive a configuration and quotation built around your real process rather than a standard package, with the utility schedule included so installation starts clean.
What a Realistic Delivery Timeline Looks Like
A turnkey line is not delivered overnight. After the layout is agreed, the typical sequence is equipment manufacturing and factory test, then shipping and customs, then installation and commissioning on site, then operator training and a supervised first production run. POLYC sequences these so civil works and machines are ready together, which is why a line quoted in weeks is usually producing within a planned, predictable window rather than an open-ended one.
Take the Next Step with POLYC
If Solvent & Water-Based Paint Production Line for an Ecuador Customer is relevant to your operation, POLYC's engineering team can review your product, target fineness and throughput and propose a machine or line matched to your process. With more than 8,000 systems delivered to over 60 countries since 2001 and a 3-year warranty on core machines, the recommendation is backed by a track record, not just a brochure.
Frequently Asked Questions
Solvent vs water-based paint line?
The same pre-dispersing and storage kettle structure serves both; POLYC sizes shafts and cooling to your solids and viscosity.
What is the turnkey scope?
Pre-dispersing kettle (concentric double-shaft, half-coil cooling) plus finished-product storage with cup-type blades, shipped in containers.
Does POLYC support Ecuador installations?
Yes. POLYC supplies drawings and manuals for self-installation and remote support, with a 3-Year Warranty.
Talk to a POLYC Engineer
POLYC MACHINE has delivered 8,000+ systems to 60+ countries since 2001. Share your paint formulation and capacity for a line.