Uses Of IBC totes

If you're looking for a fun summer project that will help you express your creativity, while Mixing 2 year old paint, try hand painting a tote bag with acrylic paints. It's a fun way to show off your unique style while also being a practical and useful accessory. The first step is to gather your supplies, including a canvas tote bag, paints and brushes. Then, set up an easel and prepare your work surface. Start with a clean canvas and apply a thin coat of white primer to ensure your paint won't stain or bleed on the fabric. Once the primer is dry, begin painting your design on the bag. Use long, even brush strokes to achieve the best results. Let the paint dry completely before you use the bag.

Mixing Paint

Mixing paint is a critical part of many industrial and commercial applications, especially for high-viscosity products that require thorough mixing to achieve a uniform product consistency prior to application. These include highway and road marking paints, which are available in a wide variety of formulations to meet ever-changing federal and state requirements for VOC content, dry time, durability and other properties. While leading manufacturers provide detailed instructions for utilizing their products, one key requirement they all share is thorough product mixing.

While IBC totes are commonly used for distributing road and highway marking paints, their cubic form can make them less than ideal for thorough mixing. In addition, their small top openings limit the size of mixer that can be employed to successfully agitate and suspend settled solids. For these reasons, INDCO offers a wide range of mixers designed to mix paints and other chemical products in tote containers. The selection includes a range of pail-mounted mixers for five-gallon pails, as well as gear-drive IBC tote mixers with air or electric operation.

These mixers attach to the top of IBC totes, allowing them to operate with both open and closed lids. They are available in both air-driven and electric models, as well as with shaft and mounting configurations that accommodate bung openings from 2 to 6 inches. The IBC tote mixers offer a variety of horsepower, torque and rpm ratings to match the viscosity and container type of the selected product. The mixer selection process may also take into consideration the container's specific gravity and other physical properties that impact the power rating required for successful agitation and suspension of settled solids. For example, traffic paints with a specific gravity of over 1.0 and a viscosity of up to 5,000 centipoise require heavy-duty, large-diameter impellers for proper agitation.