Contract Chemical Manufacture and Processing of Liquids and Powders,

RANGE OF SERVICES

Heating for all vessels is provided by steam, low voltage electrical jacket or hot oil up to 300degC.
LIQUIDS	Melting out of solids for repacking or formulation Decanting from and into bulk road tankers Formulation of solutions in both aqueous and solvent media Hot and cold blending High viscosity Z-Blade mixing Re-packing Decolourising
Raw materials and finished product can be handled in bulk road tankers, IBC's, drums, kegs and small packs down to 25 litres.
POWDERS	Crushing - FROM SOLID 200kg DRUMS OR SMALLER Kibbling / Nibbling Milling - COARSE AND FINE ( < 20microns ) Blending – LOW SHEAR up to 5 tonne single batches - HIGH SHEAR (With or without heat) Sieving / Screening High Pressure Roll Compaction + Granulation Wet granulation Extrusion Flaking Drying – ATMOSPHERIC AND VACUUM Spray Coating Repacking Dissolution Particle Size Analysis by Malvern Laser Diffraction
Raw materials and finished product can be handled in FIBC's, tote bins, valve sacks, stitched sacks, pallet boxes, drums, kegs and small packs down to 1 kilo.
Export containers can be loaded and unloaded. All process equipment for both liquids and powders is stainless steel and manufacturing operations are carried out to the highest quality standards with accreditation to ISO 9001/2000 pending. The Protol facility operates as a Low Tier COMAH site. As the range of service that we offer is so diverse, so too is our customer base. We undertake work for prime manufacturers, distributors and traders with many finished products shipped directly to our customer's customers, avoiding the need for double handling.

PROTOL POWDER COATINGS

A new company called Protol Powder Coatings Ltd has recently been established to service the specific requirements of the powder coatings industry (or similar industries involved with thermoplastic or thermosetting materials).

In the course of routine manufacture, powder paint "fines" are produced which are not acceptable to the spray coaters.

Given the very small particle size of these fines it is extremely difficult to reincorporate them into a product mix for re-extrusion.

Protol has developed and patented a process which converts the fines into a robust granule which can be reincorporated into a formulation blend at high concentrations (up to 100%) and thus suitably reworked with no deterioration of the quality of the coating or the extruder processing efficiency.

This granulation technology plus the ability to blend products in a 5MT single batch, has enabled the powder coatings industry to move to a zero waste option by reprocessing its fines and blending off specification and slow moving stock to 5MT batches of uniform colour that can then be reworked.

The granulation process can be operated on a batch basis for quantities as low as 100kg or on a continuous plant for large scale recycling.

In addition to the considerable cost savings these processes offer the powder coatings industry, the benefit to the environment of not dumping or incinerating such large quantities of material is substantial.

The development of the "Zero Waste Option" for an entire industry such as powder coatings was a direct result of Protol's flexibility, ingenuity and problem solving capabilities.