Polymers, Resins & Advanced Materials

Thin-film and vacuum technologies that control devolatilization, finishing, and separation for viscous polymers, resins, adhesives, and advanced materials, without unnecessary thermal stress.

The Industry

Processing Solutions for Viscous, Reactive, and Volatile-Bearing Materials.

Polymer, resin, and advanced material processing often involves materials that become more difficult to handle as concentration, reaction, or finishing progresses, spanning everything from resins and adhesives to specialty polymers and recycling-derived streams.

Standard evaporation, stripping, or distillation equipment can reach its limits with these materials, where even plasticizers and other hard-to-strip components may need to be removed to very low levels without compromising downstream handling, often while continuous reaction and devolatilization are coordinated within a controlled residence-time environment.

Artisan configures equipment around how the product moves, transfers heat, releases volatiles, and discharges from the system, supporting demanding evaporation applications in materials reaching up to 4 million centipoise.

Key Differentiators

High-Viscosity Heat Transfer

Mechanically agitated thin-film processing improves heat transfer and material renewal for viscous polymers, resins, adhesives, and other materials that resist conventional processing.

Residual Monomer & Solvent Removal

Artisan’s technologies support demonomerization, devolatilization, desolventizing, and post-reaction stripping, reducing residual volatiles without damaging the product.

Fouling, Foaming & Solids Handling

Materials that foul, foam, contain solids, or thicken need equipment that maintains heat transfer and movement. Horizontal thin-film processing manages this difficult behavior across evaporation, reaction, concentration, or finishing.

Pilot Testing & Discharge Strategy

Pilot testing defines residence time, viscosity behavior, discharge requirements, and volatile removal performance before production equipment is built.

Artisan Capabilities for Polymers, Resins & Advanced Materials

Match the Equipment to the Material, Not the Other Way Around.

Rototherm®

Devolatilization, finishing, evaporation & reaction

The Rototherm® supports high-viscosity evaporation, post-reaction stripping, continuous reactions, polymer devolatilization, resin finishing, and concentration of difficult materials that require mechanical agitation and short residence time.

Evaporator/Stripper™

Low-level volatile removal and pressure-controlled processing

The Evaporator/Stripper™ targets low-level solvent removal, VOC stripping, and odor reduction in polymers, resins, and advanced materials where volatile specifications are tight. Precise vacuum and pressure control protect sensitive products from unnecessary thermal exposure during processing.

Modular Systems

Integrated equipment packages for polymer and resin processing

When a single piece of equipment isn’t enough, Artisan engineers complete modular systems built specifically for polymer and resin processing. Each package is designed, tested, and integrated as a production-ready unit, so equipment and controls work together from day one.

Working with a material that changes behavior during processing? Artisan can help evaluate viscosity, volatile removal, and discharge needs before equipment decisions are made.

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Process Applications

Where Artisan Equipment Supports Polymer, Resin, and Advanced Material Processing.

Polymer Devolatilization

Rototherm® thin-film technology supports removal of solvents, monomers, odor bodies, and light volatiles from polymers where viscosity limits conventional separation.

Demonomerization

Artisan equipment reduces residual monomer content in polymers and copolymers through controlled thermal processing, vacuum, and short residence time.

Resin Finishing

Resins, phenolics, acrylics, latexes, and related materials can be concentrated, stripped, or finished with thin-film technologies built for viscous, fouling materials.

Coatings & Adhesives

Adhesive and coating streams often need solvent removal, VOC stripping, odor reduction, and concentration, without excessive thermal exposure or product degradation.

Battery and Recycling Streams

Advanced materials, battery-related streams, and recycling-derived materials often involve solvents, solids, residues, or variable composition, requiring customized thermal and vacuum processing.

Continuous Reaction & Polycondensation

Rototherm® processors support continuous spontaneous or equilibrium-based reactions, including polycondensation, where heat input, residence time, and volatile removal are closely linked.

Desolventizing Solution Polymers

Thin-film evaporation and stripping support desolventizing of solution polymers, emulsions, and resin systems where residual solvent specifications are critical.

Tell Us How Your Material Behaves Under Heat, Vacuum, and Shear.

Polymer and resin applications often get harder as the process advances: viscosity climbs, volatiles get harder to remove, and discharge behavior can determine whether the system runs continuously. Tell us about your feed and process conditions, and our engineers can help assess the best path forward.