| OBJECT: |
Disperse pigment pastes into clear concentrates for textile printing.
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PROBLEM:
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Produce a complete dispersion and insure no undispersed thickener sticks to sides of drum. Mix color into thickener in down-mode. Reverse mixer to insure complete dispersion. Reverse flow, if printing paste is thick, to insure paste does not stick to drum. |
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RESULT:
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Fine dispersion in minutes. |
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AB MIXER:
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Use T-1 for 5-30 gallon drums. T-2 for 55 gallon drums and T-3 for 100-350 gallon tanks.
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EQUIPMENT REPLACED:
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Gifford-Wood, Hill homogenizer and propeller mixers. |