We've all heard about the increasing popularity of rotor/stator mixers in recent years. Like the term "Sandmill," the term "rotor/stator" mixer is used loosely and can mean many different things to many different people. In a variety of industries, rotor/stator mixers can produce finished dispersions, suspensions or emulsions.
In the adhesives and sealants industry, rotor/stators are used for particle size reduction of various solids. Rotor/stators are commonly used to "cut in" rubber solids and speed up the solution of these solids into various solvents. Sometimes the rotor/stator is used to disperse or break down an additive such as an accelerator or a pigment.