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Vinyl, Nitrocellulose Chips & Water Pastes Dispersed in Minutes

How KADY International’s High-Speed Rotor-Stator Dispersion Mills Deliver Superior Results

In the paints, inks, coatings, and specialty chemicals industries, dispersing vinyl resins, nitrocellulose chips, and water-based pastes has historically been a slow, energy-intensive, and often inconsistent process. Traditional equipment like ball mills, sand mills, or low-shear agitators can take hours — or even longer — to achieve acceptable results, leading to production bottlenecks, higher costs, and variable quality.

KADY International has changed the game with its advanced high-speed rotor-stator dispersion mills. These systems routinely disperse vinyl and nitrocellulose chips as well as water pastes in minutes, while handling extremely high solids loadings and delivering superior uniformity and stability.

The KADY Advantage

Up to 90% reduction in processing time • Excellent high-solids capability • Uniform dispersion • One-step processing in many cases

The Traditional Challenge

Vinyl and nitrocellulose chips provide excellent film-forming properties, gloss, and adhesion in lacquers, inks, and coatings. Water pastes are essential for modern eco-friendly formulations. However, these materials tend to form tough agglomerates that resist breakdown. Conventional methods often result in:

  • Extended milling times (hours)
  • High energy consumption
  • Inconsistent particle size and color development
  • Difficulties with high solids content

KADY’s High-Speed Rotor-Stator Technology

KADY International’s mills use a precision rotor spinning at high speeds inside a closely toleranced stator. This design generates intense mechanical shear, impact, and impingement forces that rapidly break down agglomerates to their ultimate particle size while efficiently wetting and blending the material.

The result is fast, uniform dispersion even with challenging materials like vinyl and nitrocellulose chips or water pastes. KADY mills excel at high-intensity fluxing and non-fluxing applications and can handle exceptional solids loadings (up to 75% clay solids and 65% TiO₂ in many formulations).

Key Benefits

  • Speed: Dispersion of vinyl, nitrocellulose chips, and water pastes completed in minutes instead of hours.
  • High Solids Capability: Outstanding performance with concentrated slurries and pigments.
  • Quality: Superior particle size reduction, color development, and formulation stability.
  • Efficiency: Significant reductions in energy use, labor, and overall production costs.
  • Versatility: Suitable for batch or continuous processing across multiple industries.

Proven Applications

KADY mills are widely used for:

  • Vinyl and nitrocellulose chip dispersions
  • Water-based pastes and pigment concentrates
  • High-solids coatings and inks
  • Paper coatings, adhesives, and specialty chemicals

Users frequently report not only faster processing but also improved end-product performance due to finer, more uniform dispersions.

Why KADY International Is the Best Choice

While many companies offer high-shear mixers, KADY specializes in high-intensity rotor-stator dispersion technology optimized for the toughest applications. Their mills consistently outperform traditional equipment in speed, solids handling, and quality — making them the preferred solution for manufacturers seeking efficiency gains and superior results.

With nearly 50 years of experience, customization options, and strong customer support, KADY delivers complete solutions tailored to your process needs.

About Kady International

KADY® International manufactures industrial mixers, and mixing equipment, high speed rotor-stator dispersion mills and fine mixing systems, for fluid/solid applications. Our mills are capable of mixing, dispersing, blending, cooking, aeration, deaeration, PreMilling, chopping and emulsion. 

KADY® International has successfully designed, engineered and manufactured mixing/dispersion equipment for almost fifty years.

Our Mills are currently in operation in forty-one countries around the world.

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