Top Entry Mills

Top EntryAt KADY International we pride ourselves on not only premium products, but also in outstanding customer service. We strive to understand our customers specific needs in an effort to provide them with the best possible solution based on their specifications. Because we understand that every application is different and not all solutions will fit each need, we develop extensive product lines to cover every application.

KADY®'s Top Entry Model & Specifications
Model #	HP	Operating VOL. (Max)	Rotor Speed	Dia.
L	3	.5-.75	16,000	2"
10T	15	5-20	8,500	4"
20T-30	30	20-100	6,500	5"
25T-75	75	50-300	5,200	6.5"
50T	150	250-600	2,800	12"
100T	250	400-1000	2,200	16"
1000D	250	400-1000	2,200	16"

Bottom Entry Mills

Since 1949, KADY International has been a leading manufacturer in the mixing industry; we specialize in premium products and outstanding customer service. We work with our customers in an effort to understand their unique application and process so that we can provide the best solution. Over the years we have worked with many industries that have required mills for a wide array of applications. Because of our long diverse history, we understand that not every application will require a mill with the same specifications. This is why we have developed a broad product line for each of our solutions, from our lab, inline and top entry mills to our unique bottom entry mills.

We work with each and every one of our customers every step of the way to ensure their satisfaction and provide a wide selection of bottom entry mills to cover a wide range of applications.

KADY®'s Bottom Entry Model & Specifications
Model #	HP	Operating VOL. (Max)	Rotor Speed	Dia.
LB	3	1	16,000	2"
10C	10	5	8,500	4"
OO	15	10	8,500	4"
OB	25	20	6,500	5"
OC	30	60	6,500	5"
2C	50	125	5,200	6.5"
4C	75	250	5,200	6.5"
5C	125	350	5,200	6.5"
500	150	600	2,800	12"
800	200	800	2,800	12-16"
1000	250	1000	2,200	16"
1400	300	1400	2,000	16"
1600	350	1600	2,000	16"
2000	400	2000	2,000	16"
* For normal usage

Applications & Design on Bottom Entry Mills

These mills are excellent for dispersions, emulsions, mixing, blending and homogenizing. By using energy transfer in the form of shear, impact and impingement—our mills are able to effectively disperse solid materials throughout a liquid in an even, uniform fashion. Our bottom entry mills can also be manufactured for applications requiring vacuum or pressure.

• One of the main components of our dispersion unit is the rotor. The function of the rotor is to provide the force that accelerates the solid particles into the liquid. This violent action is what deagglomerates and breaks up the particles. The particles are forced into the stator wall, broken apart and become mixed after impact. This action is much like throwing a snowball against a brick wall.
• The stator is what provides the barrier for high impact that is crucial to this process. The stator surrounds the rotor and is configured with slots that provide surface impact area and work to ensure all materials are aggressively mixed.
• In addition to the rotor, our dispersion units have two propellers: one on top of the rotor and one under the rotor. These props serve to create additional flow within the vessel and to force the materials into the rotor repeatedly to create a fine dispersion. These propellers can be modified according to the application or specifications of our customers’ application.
• Propellers come in a few different shapes from flat to marine style; each design caters to a unique flow pattern.
• Lastly, head plates fit snugly against the top and bottom of the stator and act to sandwich the slots thus concentrating the force of the material through the slot only and to help avoid "spill-over".

Design And Engineering Support

KADY engineers work directly with your team to translate process goals into top or bottom-entry mill configurations that deliver consistent results. We provide CAD reviews, material-compatibility guidance, and process modeling to recommend rotor, stator, propeller, and head-plate arrangements that optimize shear, impact, and impingement for your formulation. Early engineering includes suggested mill type, slot geometry, and rotor stator clearances to balance throughput and particle-size targets while avoiding spill-over and dead zones.

Customization And Vessel Integration

Bottom-entry mills are often fitted into existing tanks or supplied with matched vessels built to KADY tolerances. We supply custom shaft lengths, flange patterns, and tank-adaptation kits so mills fit your piping, footprint, and structural requirements. Options include vacuum or pressurizable designs, seismic-rated supports, and explosion-mitigation features. These customizations reduce retrofit complexity, limit civil work, and speed commissioning.

Dispersion Technology and Process Optimization

The rotor-stator interface defines dispersion performance. KADY optimizes rotor slot tangency, rotor/stator clearance, and propeller feed patterns to force solids repeatedly into high-shear zones for aggressive mixing and deagglomeration. Upper and lower propellers are selected to create positive feed to the rotor across a range of viscosities and solids loadings. We tailor energy input and staging for pigment dispersions, emulsions, homogenization, or high solids slurries to deliver the particle size and throughput your process requires.

Installation, Commissioning, And Performance Validation

We support installation, mechanical alignment, and electrical integration to verify the mill and tank operate together as intended. Commissioning includes rotor/stator clearance checks, vibration and temperature monitoring, and first-batch trials to confirm dispersion targets. Baseline performance data and start-up protocols are provided so operators can reproduce results and troubleshoot quickly when process variables change.

Maintenance, Spare Parts, And Life-Cycle Upgrades

Planned maintenance and access to consumable parts extend uptime and lower life cycle cost. KADY supplies spare rotors, stators, head plates, propeller options, and wear-part reman services. Upgrade paths include hardened or coated rotors for abrasive media, alternative stator alloys for corrosion resistance, and horsepower or drive-train retrofits to increase throughput as your production needs grow.

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Continuous High Speed Dispersion Mills

Here at KADY international we strive to offer the best possible products for our customers, and we make sure that the products they buy are products that will fit with their desired application. This is why we offer a free test drive of our continuous flow mills. We have been in the business for over 60 years, so we know our way around a top of the line mixing system. Our continuous flow mills have the KADY stamp of approval, we are so confident you will love our product that we will let you try it before you buy it.

If you are in the market for a continuous mill, turn to the leaders at KADY International. We take pride in every product we ship from our facility and we strive to offer solutions that will be the best possible fit based on our customers' needs and specification. You can count on our years of expertise to deliver a product that gets the job done, and with the option to test it out before you buy it, you really cannot go wrong.

Lab Mills

Matching rotor/stator geometry, tip speed, and feed patterns reduces scale-up risk and provides reliable production targets for particle-size distribution, dispersion uniformity, and throughput. Use lab trials to optimize rotor tip speed, stator clearance, and propeller selection before committing to tooling or full-scale equipment purchases.

Both models offer optional vacuum and pressure capabilities and can be fitted with jacketed vessels for heating or cooling to accommodate degassing, temperature-sensitive chemistries, and accelerated reactions.

High Speed Production Mills

The KADY® Mill is an efficient, high speed dispersion mill capable of quickly reducing agglomerates to their ultimate particle size, and efficiently producing fine dispersions, suspensions and high quality emulsions. KADY® Mills can disperse, emulsify, suspend, cook, aerate, and deaerate. Lab, pilot and production mills are available in top entry or bottom entry models and range in size from one pint to 2,000 gallons batch (or 3 to 500 gallons per minute continuous flow-see Continuous Flow Mills.) All mills may be specifically engineered to your specifications with options including variable frequency for mixing speed and temperature, vacuum and pressure abilities, sweep arm, cooled mixing shafts, and jacketed vessels, to name only a few.

The KADY® operates on a principal of impact and attrition utilizing a slotted rotor inside a slotted stator. Acting as a centrifugal pump, the KADY® forces material through the radial slots and hurls it off the slot tips at 9,000 feet per minute against the stator slots. This produces efficient wetting-out of the solid phase and stable suspensions, dispersions and emulsions are quickly achieved.

The KADY® is sometimes used in concert with other mixers and mills (see KADY® Premilling,) but most dispersions can be completed in ONE STEP. The KADY® often eliminates the need for pre-mix and post mix letdown.

Refurbished: All with leading rotor-stator technology.

Completely refurbished to new machine factory specs. Each one carries a new machine warranty.

Availability of refurbished mixing equipment is subject to prior sale.

All refurbished mills are custom modified based on specifications and application. Once the project is quoted and purchased we have all the parts, pieces and vessels required to build a like-new mill.

For more information or to discuss your project contact us or call 207.883.4141.

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Offer continuous High speed dispersion.

Here at KADY international we strive to offer the best possible products for our customers, and we make sure that the products they buy are products that will fit with their desired application. This is why we offer a free test drive of our continuous flow mills. We have been in the business for over 60 years, so we know our way around a top of the line mixing system. Our continuous flow mills have the KADY stamp of approval, we are so confident you will love our product that we will let you try it before you buy it.

If you are in the market for a continuous mill, turn to the leaders at KADY International. We take pride in every product we ship from our facility and we strive to offer solutions that will be the best possible fit based on our customers' needs and specification. You can count on our years of expertise to deliver a product that gets the job done, and with the option to test it out before you buy it, you really cannot go wrong.