EXAKT Three Roll Mills with significant advantages in nanotechnology

Carbon Nanotubes
Three roll mills have already been implemented successfully in nano technology (e.g., the lotus effect). One relatively new application is processing carbon nanotubes. Carbon nanotubes are nanoscale tubes that are harder than steel. They conduct electricity and improve the mechanical properties of polymers, which makes them especially particularly useful in nano-composite materials (e.g., epoxy resin filled with carbon nanotubes).

For these properties to be effective, the agglomerates in which they are found must be dissolved and dispersed evenly in the polymer. Based on their operation, our three roll mills meet these high standards. 

The high surface of carbon nanotubes makes it difficult to disperse them in epoxy resins. Due to the powerful shearing forces of the three roll mill, the dispersion of the agglomerates for the carbon nanotubes is ideal. The carbon nanotubes remain undamaged and the requisite high aspect ratio (length to diameter) is retained. The surface area of the carbon nanotubes wet by epoxy resin continues to grow. As a result, the viscosity rises steadily from 10 cPoise to as much as 100.000 cPoise.