Automated Mixing Machine Saves Time, Provides Sustainability Benefits

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The Axalta Irus Mix from Axalta Coating Systems is a fast, efficient, fully automated and hands-free mixing machine for the automotive refinish industry. Axalta Irus Mix is said to deliver highly accurate color and works with Axalta’s packaging, maximizing profitability and providing sustainable benefits to help refinish customers meet or exceed key business and sustainability goals.

Four benefits provided by Axalta Irus Mix are mixing time reduction, labor prioritization, waste reduction and sustainability. According to the company, the machine’s fast, fully automated nature can help refinish customers reduce mixing time labor. The machine is simple to use and does not need to be operated by a technician, enabling refinishers to complete other tasks while the paint is being mixed.

Designed to work with Axalta’s bottle system, the company says there is no need to refill or decant product into special bottles. Additionally, the bottles are fitted with precise dosing lids, delivering accurate color without waste. Axalta’s bottle system is made from 50% recycled plastic — part of the company’s commitment to sustainability. Axalta’s basecoat qualities — Spies Hecker Permahyd Hi-TEC, Cromax Pro and Standox Standoblue — are available in these bottles exclusively with Axalta Irus Mix.

“At Axalta, innovation is central to our business,” says Troy Weaver, senior vice president, global refinish. “We constantly look for ways to help our customers to do business better, enabling them to work as efficiently as possible and to maximize their profitability. When we launched our digital end-to-end color management process, Axalta Irus, we knew what the future held for the industry. Today, we are delivering technology so customers can automate and mix color like never before.”

Axalta Irus Mix completes the three-step Axalta Irus digital color management process of “Scan - Find - Mix.” The technology enables customers to work more efficiently, profitably and sustainably, Axalta says. As part of an exclusive partnership with Santint, a global equipment manufacturer, Axalta drove the concept, development, design and construction of Axalta Irus Mix.