• Cole Parmer India Private Limited

Bitumen Emulsifying Plant

Cole-Parmer offers an emulsifying plant for production of bitumen emulsions in R&D departments. The EPB 200 produces 200 l/h bitumen emulsions, and is the perfect plant size for all R&D departments who require developing emulsions with special mechanical properties. Polymers can be mixed into the bitumen with the IKA Ultra-Turrax T 50, to produce polymer modified bitumen emulsions. The bitumen vessel has a capacity of 15 litres. The water vessel also has a capacity of 15 litres. Should it be required to add an emulsifier to the water, the plant can optionally be equipped with an IKA RW28 stirrer, guaranteeing an optimum mixture of water and emulsifier in the water vessel. By fine temperature control, the bitumen can be heated to 190°C before dispersing, while the water-emulsifier mixture is heated to 40°C. This separate temperature control enables the production of bitumen emulsions with optimum process characteristics. All plant components are housed in an easy to clean stainless steel housing, affording protection from pollution. The front and rear casings of the housing can easily be removed for maintenance work. The complete plant is controlled from a well laid out electric control unit that is mounted at a comfortable working height. Plants in various capacities are available from the company. After the development of suitable formulations with the R&D bitumen emulsifying plant in the R&D department, scaling up to full production is the next step. IKA can assist with this part of the process also. It offers production plants that produce up to 40 t/h of bitumen emulsions.