One of the latest and most innovative systems designed by Comec in the field of water-based paints is the one it has made for AZIMUT of Pescara.
The lay-out of the system is as follows:  an initial set of silos for the storage of the raw materials in powder format, a second set of containers for the storage of additives (such as products against foaming or mould, anti-freeze, etc), a set of mixer-dispersers, the measuring-related section, packing and palletization.
A modern and advanced control station handles all the stages in the production cycle.
The raw materials contained in the external silos enter the dispersion chamber of the MD by suction force through a specially designed pipe system that prevents the possibility of blockages caused by the passage of the powder or any residue inside the pipes.
The mixers are placed on special loading cells which send weight data for each component in the formula being made to the main computer during loading.
All the other components in the formula in question are also dosed by means of a dedicated control unit and an electronic weighing system.
The mixture inside the MD’s is kept in constant motion by the motorised scraper which affects the container’s entire internal surface.
The possibility of vertical head excursion together with the action of the notched turbo impeller in stainless steel enables uniform dispersion throughout the full product mass. Once the formula has been completed, the product is ready for filtering and dosing into containers: a special steel filter ensures any residual impurity is eliminated and a diaphragm pump makes it possible to keep the flow constant during the roughing and finishing stages until the preset weight has been reached.
The pails are transported automatically towards the sections for infeed and lid closing, labelling and palletization.
An electronic printer provides production batch and bar code labels, if required. A robot handles palletization and is programmed to act independently and in perfect accord with the packing line.
The customer has reached a production capacity in excess of 30 tons in an 8-hour period thanks to the new system, requiring only 2 employees.

Benefits offered by the system: 

- increased production capacity and reduction of the personnel required,
- improved quality and standardisation of product,
- high levels of shop-floor automation and minimum system maintenance requirements,
- maximum shop-floor safety and cleanliness.