Thinky Mixers

Thinky ARE 250

The THINKY ARE-250 mixing and degassing machine is an industrial non-contact “planetary” mixer for all engineering compounds. It mixes, disperses and degasses your materials in seconds to minutes, in a sealed or lid-less container such as a jar, beaker, syringe tube or cartridge. The non-contact mixing principle makes it possible to formulate compounds from very small amounts such as 0.5ml to large production scales.

The THINKY ARE-250 Mixer makes it possible for the processes of mixing and bubble removal to be carried out simultaneously. It is a conditioning mixer. It can be used for the mixing and/or bubble removal of not only epoxy but also silicones, conductive pastes, medicines, chemical materials, etc.

The THINKY ARE-250 Mixer is a lightweight benchtop model, which can hold up to 310g of material. The Multi-Step Mixing feature allows you to program 5 different sets of mixing and degassing conditions (time and speed per mode) in a single batch cycle. Precise control of the process makes it possible not only to improve formulation quality, but also to eliminate human errors or operator skills throughout the process. It is also effective in controlling shear, so as not to damage your materials. Cooled materials or heated materials can be processed with special adapters. The ARE-250 can accept syringes up to 55ml or up to 75ml (2.5 oz) cartridges with optional adapters. Larger THINKY mixers with vacuum capability are also available.

Features :

• For high viscous, materials with various densities, or dry particle mixing
• Simultaneous process of dispersion and degassing in one batch
• Process in seconds to minutes
• Process in your containers such as jar, barrel, cartridge, syringe or tube
• Remove voids and re-disperse filled materials packed in syringes
• Non-invasive processing ends the risk of cross contamination between batches
• Process from 0.5ml – save valuable material wastage
• Re-mixing of separated materials to prolong shelf life
• Vacuum-less processing, degassing and de-aeration
• No damage to material unlike the use of rollers, mixing blades or propellers
• No unit cleaning between batches eliminates non-productive work

Thinky ARE 500

The Thinky ARE 500 is Medium-size, general-purpose model for upgrading from a smaller model. The highly durable drive system employed is developed assuming high-frequency use including production. The rotation radius increasing effect and optimized rotation-revolution ratio improves mixing performance, and the deaeration performance is as good as the smaller models. It is mainly employed for uses that require batch-processing of a certain amount and processing of materials whose issue is uniform dispersion, including mixing and deaeration of urethane resin, even mixing of suspension, as well as preparation of alumina slurry.

Features :

• Rotation and revolution independent variable mechanism mounted
• Twin system, maximum capacity 250ml/400g × 2 (gross)
• Mixing capacity can mix high-viscosity material such as viscous grease with viscosity 4,000Pa s
• Can use a sensor unit that can detect temperature of materials being mixed in real time (optional)
• Effective in setting recipes for materials that do not like temperature rise
• Through external PC connections, can display recipe settings, rotations during operation, and material temperature in real time (USB Type B standard equipment)
• Can remote control through external PC connections (optional RS485 terminal)

Thinky ARE 400 TWIN

The built in mechanism can vary the ratio of rotation, while the twin system is newly developed. Mixes and deaerates a maximum 500 ml/800g of material (gross). This machine can set and reproduce optimal recipes for materials whose temperature is hard to control because it can detect material temperatures in containers in real time during operation with the combined use of the newly developed sensor unit incorporating non-contact sensors (optional). A PC connector (USB TypeB) is installed on the back of the unit as standard equipment, achieving parameter setting, rotations during operation and temperature monitoring.

Features :

• Supports upgrading from smaller models
• High-durability drive system suitable for production
• Maximum of 500ml or 1.1kg of material can be simultaneously mixed and deaerated
• A wide range of adapters extending the variations of containers usable (syringes, barrels, and disposable containers)
• Cold-insulated, heat-resistant adapter supporting various characteristics of materials
• Memory and step-operation functions for controlling operating conditions

Thinky ARV 310

Combining vacuum pressure reduction function with rotation and revolution mixing enabled efficient elimination of submicron-level air bubbles. With rotation and revolution movement under vacuum pressure reduction, deaeration of high-viscosity materials which was considered difficult can now be performed with excellent quality, and the processing time can be further reduced compared to the atmospheric type. In terms of operation, the centrifugal force of revolution during the operation suppresses the material within the container, eliminating the need to keep an eye on the material so that it does not overflow, as is needed with static vacuum chambers.

Features :

• Simultaneous mixing, dispersion, and submicron-level air bubble elimination
• Deaeration of high-viscosity materials difficult to be processed by a centrifugal separator
• Reduced processing time and improved deareation performance compared to the atmospheric type mixer
• Centrifugal force of revolution prevents overflow of material during operation
• High-specific-weight materials such as fluorescent material can be evenly dispersed and deaerated without sedimentation (ARV-310LED)