Innovative vacuum stirring technology leads the new era of material manufacturing and promotes the upgrading of high-end industries

Recently, with the increasing demands for material quality in industries such as high-end electronics, new energy, and special composite materials, a technological innovation in the field of vacuum mixing tanks is quietly transforming the traditional production process. Leading machinery and equipment manufacturers, such as Dongguan Leqi Machinery Technology, have launched a new generation of efficient and reliable vacuum stirring solutions by integrating intelligent control systems and modular design, providing a key boost for industrial upgrading.

Break through technical bottlenecks: More efficient and more uniform mixing quality

Traditional atmospheric pressure stirring often encounters numerous challenges when dealing with high-viscosity, easily oxidized or solvent-containing materials, such as uneven mixing, residual bubbles, uncontrolled solvent evaporation and material oxidation and denaturation. These "flaws" will directly affect the performance, reliability and appearance of the final product.

The new generation of vacuum agitator tanks has effectively solved these problems through the integration of core technologies:

Powerful deaeration: In a vacuum environment, the bubbles inside the material rapidly expand and burst due to pressure differences, achieving nearly perfect deaeration effects and eliminating product defects.

Oxidization-free mixing: The entire stirring process takes place in an air-free environment, effectively preventing denaturation reactions of sensitive materials (such as silicone, epoxy resin, and high-end slurries) due to contact with oxygen.

Controllable volatile matter management: For processes that require the removal of solvents or moisture, the evaporation rate can be precisely controlled under vacuum, enhancing process efficiency and consistency.

High uniformity mixing: The vacuum environment reduces the liquid surface resistance, enabling the stirring paddle to more thoroughly shear and stir the materials, ensuring that each batch of products achieves extremely high uniformity.

Design philosophy: User-oriented modularization and intelligence

The design of modern vacuum agitator tanks has gone beyond basic functions, focusing on reducing the total cost of ownership for users.

"We fully considered the full life cycle maintenance of the equipment during the design stage," an industry engineer introduced. "All core components are designed in a modular way." This means that daily cleaning, maintenance and even the replacement of key components can all be completed in a short time, greatly reducing downtime and ensuring the continuity of production for customers.

In addition, the new generation of equipment is generally equipped with human-machine interfaces (HMI) and PLC automatic control systems. The operator can call up the preset process formula with one click and monitor key parameters such as vacuum degree, temperature, rotational speed and stirring time in the tank in real time. This intelligent control method not only reduces human operational errors but also endows complex technological processes with repeatability and traceability, laying a foundation for the construction of digital factories.

It has a wide range of applications and has become a "secret weapon" in many industries.

The advancement of this technology has become an indispensable part of many high-tech fields:

New energy: It is used for the mixing of lithium battery electrode slurry (positive and negative electrode slurry), and its uniformity and bubble-free characteristics are directly related to the energy density and safety of the battery.

Electronic packaging: In the manufacturing of semiconductor packaging adhesives and thermal grease, eliminating bubbles means higher product reliability and thermal conductivity efficiency.

Composite materials: Ensure that carbon fiber prepregs, resins, structural adhesives, etc. achieve the best mechanical properties.

Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics: In the preparation of high-end ointments, essences and other products, achieve a silky texture and stable distribution of active ingredients.

Looking forward to the future

With the continuous advancement of Industry 4.0 and intelligent manufacturing, as the core equipment for precise mixing, the depth of intelligence, integration and datafication of vacuum mixing tanks will become the key indicators to measure the manufacturing capabilities of enterprises. Industry experts believe that the continuous evolution of this technology will open up new doors for the development of new materials and breakthroughs in high-end manufacturing processes.