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Following the recent New York Post article, artists have been curious to know more about our equipment. The article featured a shot of a Roller Mill, one of the powerful machines we use to make many of the products you use every day. Paint starts as a precisely calculated mixture of raw ingredients that must be passed through the mill under the control of a skilled craftsman to develop color and impart a workable, stable paint. Its essentially the same physical process involved in hand-dispersing small batches with a Glass Muller, on a much larger scale. Three rollers rotate at different speeds, drawing in the primary paste at the Feed Roller and processing the product. The mill applies shear force between the Feed, Mid and Apron Rollers (the chute at the front is the Apron) to break apart pigment clusters and produce a homogeneous dispersion. Several passes through the mill are required to ensure each particle is enveloped in the vehicle. Finally, the knife edge of the apron collects beautiful ribbons of color which can then be packaged for the studio. Questions? Ask the Experts! utrechtart/Ask-the-Experts-g35t0.utrecht Shop glass mullers and pigment: utrechtart/Utrecht-Muller--Small-MP-04808-001-i1003111.utrecht utrechtart/Pigments-Paint1.utrecht
Posted on: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 12:20:11 +0000

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