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Introducing Harbil Automation - Revolutionizing Tinting Operations for Higher Efficiency and Lower TCO
15 July 2024Pioneering Paint Preservation - Fast and Fluid Management's UVC Solution
09 June 2024Protect Your Colorant Longevity with our Biocide-Free Spray Solution
23 May 2023Colorant systems have changed within the world of inks and coatings, providing a wide range of color options while being environmentally friendly. However, biocide-free colorant systems can be vulnerable to contamination from bacteria and fungi,...
Tinting Next: Gear Up for AutoDrive 2
02 December 2022Are mistints spoiling the show for you? Errors in tinting can occur because of stalling and vacuum in pumps; when the pump’s speed is higher than what the current environment or state of the colorant...
Speed, accuracy and precision are essential in sample tinting
14 February 2022Want to dispense very small amounts of paint in exactly the right color? Research shows that the nozzle has to be in perfect condition. Even the slightest brush liquid residue underneath the pump can influence...
Industrial and small-batch tinting with Harbil dispensers
07 February 2022Deciding which dispenser is best suited to your tinting applications should not be taken lightly. In this article we're happy to tell you the four specific requirements you need to consider.
The difference between POS and LAB sample tinting
25 January 2022We differentiate between POS and LAB sample tinting. But how are they different? And can you have both applications in one machine?
Harbil: a flexible platform for industrial and deco segments
27 October 2021Are you looking to expand your paint tinting options with a dispenser that’s at home in every retail or industrial environment? Whatever you need, the Harbil dispenser platform of Fast & Fluid always offers a...
Ventilation interface
08 March 2021Workplace safety needs to meet various standards and regulations at all levels, whether these are laid down locally, nationally, or internationally.
Can positioning light
15 February 2021Do you have a Harbil dispenser and use an external punch? Or does your company produce industrial paints that come in large drums with a bung hole?
Harbil Series Insights No 6
16 December 2020With the HA180, HA480 and HA680 firmly established on the tinting market, we can say that the name Harbil Next Gen no longer seems appropriate. After all, the next generation is now, and under the...
Sample dispensing. Now available for HA480 & HA680
01 December 2020Many paint retailers want to have the possibility to offer their customers color samples of decorative paints. We have developed our solution to sample dispensing; a modular design that can be fully integrated into our...
Service support made easier
27 January 2020We spoke with Eric Arnoldus, Technical Customer Trainer at Fast & Fluid, about the main differences between the Harbil Next Gen and other dispensers in terms of service support. And in what ways the Harbil...
Harbil Next Gen Insights No 5, Next level in serviceability
16 December 2019The previous issues of Harbil Next Gen Insights focused on Speed, Reliability, Sustainability and Operator Friendliness. It’s now time to concentrate on the fifth pillar of the Harbil Asterisk: Serviceability. After all, even the most...
Designing, developing and producing a dispenser. Do you know how it's done?
17 June 2019You might have seen them on Dutch TV, the short company videos that explain “How it’s Done”. The editors of this TV program travel the country in search of interesting businesses and how they make...
ECS 2019 Review
16 May 2019We look back with pride at another successful European Coatings Show. It's special to spend three days together with an entire team and to have inspirational talks with our customers. We hope our visitors went...
Harbil Next Gen Insights No 4
14 January 2019The Harbil Next Gen platform is in constant motion, always looking for ways to make life easier for you and your operators.
New software release available on MyFastFluid
17 September 2018Do you want to stay up to date on the latest software changes at Fast & Fluid?
Harbil Next Gen Insights No 3
04 June 2018Meet the latest addition to the Harbil Next Gen platform: the HA680! After extensive development and testing in the field, it has now been introduced to the market. This bigger brother of the HA480 offers...
Harbil Next Gen Insights No 2
29 January 2018When we started developing the Harbil Next Gen platform back in 2012, sustainability wasn’t our top priority. Our aim was to develop a dispenser that was reliable, user-friendly, fast, and easy to maintain. At the...
Harbil Next Gen Insights No 1
31 October 2017After years of research and testing, we were ready to launch the first dispenser of the Harbil Next Gen platform, the HA480, at this year’s ECS in Nuremberg. There’s so much to tell about the...