Paint Thickener Reduction Case Study #1

In order to achieve a desired ROI, many of our paint manufacturers seek to reduce their batch cycle times for batching thickeners into their let down tanks.

Location: New York
Industry: Paint & Coatings

Semi-Bulk Systems patented Vacucam® EJM 2000 inline modular skid provides a simple robust portable system that includes:

• Our patented Vacucam® Mixer-On-Stand (MOS) slurry process for single pass thickener addition
• Stainless steel construction
• Ingredient dump hopper with patented Air-Cone® technology.
• A sanitary centrifugal pump, operator control panel as well as manual controls.

Once completed, Semi-Bulk System’s mobile MOS design can serve as many as 8 let down tanks at floor level.

We always deliver our Performance Guarantee to achieve their desired ROI:

• Rapid and efficient hydration of thickeners without agglomerates or fisheyes.
• Reduction in thickener usage of 23%+
• Delivery of batch-to-batch consistency.
• Increased yield of 20-30%.
• Reduced batch cycle time from 90 to 8 minutes

The system is so efficient, many of our paint customers purchase multiple systems to “thicken” their profitability. Are you looking for the same efficiency for your next project, then contact us.