What is Meter Mix?
PVA’s Meter Mix dispensing equipment helps manufacturers achieve unparalleled accuracy in proportioning, blending, and dispensing multi-component fluids. Essential for applications like potting, sealing, bonding, and encapsulation, these systems ensure that multi-component chemistries—featuring a resin and hardener—deliver technical advantages beyond single-component solutions.
When to Use Meter Mix
Industries rely on multi-component materials for enhanced performance, utilizing features like conductive fillers, spacers, and faster cure times driven by a chemical chain reaction during blending. With precise dosing of resin and hardener, our meter mix equipment guarantees optimized performance and maximum efficiency for your application needs.
Benefits of Meter Mix
- Improved product quality
- Consistent results
- Reduced material waste
- Increased production efficiency
Defining your Meter Mix Solution
There are many instances where a meter mix system is the right choice as a dispense solution.
While the vast array of possibilities may seem hard to define, having answers to the four areas below will help start the process of creating a solution in a reasonable time frame.
Step 1: Part A&B Materials
If necessary, call the material manufacturer to obtain information and discuss properties such as:
- Viscosity
- Specific gravity (or density)
- Base chemistry (silicone, urethane,epoxy, etc.)
- Identify any filler materials
- Identify any special properties such as shear thinning or thickening
- Provide technical data sheet & MSDS
Step 2: Ratio and Target Accuracy
Define the ratio and target accuracy of the meter mix application. For example:
A ratio of 10:1 +/-10% translates to an acceptable range from 9:1 to 11:1. Is this an acceptable range for your process?
Step 3: Production Rate
The production rate can typically be expressed through:
- Shot size with accuracy (e.g., 10 gram shot ± 10%)
- Flow rate with accuracy (e.g., 100 grams/minute ± 10%)
Step 4: Supply System
Defining the supply system is driven by answers for Steps 1-3. For example:
- What are the available material container sizes?
- Of the options available, which size is the best for the intended use?
- Does this size make sense with the production rate?
Based on material properties, ratio, production rate, and accuracy requirements, the supply system can be selected.
Meter Mix questions?
Talk to the PVA ExpertsRecommended Meter Mix Valves
PVA offers a wide variety of meter mix equipment, including the popular two-component valves below.
PC200R-SS
