Makinex

Makinex is a mixing equipment brand best known on site for its portable mixing stations and hand held mixers. It is machinery rather than a chemical range, so it sits alongside the membranes, primers, screeds and levelling compounds you are already buying instead of replacing any of them. The point of the range is consistency: the same mix, batch after batch, without a tired arm changing the result halfway through a pour.

The MS-20 Mixer is a hand held mixing drill you operate over a bucket, suited to smaller batches, patching and touch up work. The MS-100-M-AU is a wheeled, stand mounted mixing station with its own vessel and controlled pouring, built for continuous batching where you are working through bag after bag. If you level whole floors regularly the station saves far more time; for small areas the hand held unit is usually enough.

Both units are designed for flowable cementitious and resin based materials, which covers self levelling compounds, screeds, patching mortars and epoxy products. They are not the right choice for stiff, low slump mixes that call for a forced action or pan style mixer. Before you commit, check the technical data sheet for the material you are batching to confirm the mixing method the manufacturer specifies.

Both units are mains powered and draw heavily under load, so run them from a properly rated outlet using a lead sized for the distance back to the board. Undersized or tightly coiled extension leads are the most common reason a mixer bogs down or trips a circuit on a thick mix. On sites without adequate mains power you will need a generator sized to the unit's rating, which is shown on the compliance plate and the product page.

Inclusions vary between the individual units and the bundle, so check what is listed on each product page before you order. Paddles and mixing vessels are wear items on any powered mixer and will need replacing over time, and how fast depends on how abrasive the products you batch are. If you are unsure which spare suits your machine, contact the team with the model number from the compliance plate and they can confirm it.

It is if you expect to use both. The promotional bundle in this range pairs the mixing station with a mixer for less than buying the two separately, and it is a sensible combination: the station handles bulk pours while the hand held mixer stays on the ute for the odd bucket. Bundle offers depend on stock, so check the product page for current availability before you plan around it.

The Makinex range on this site covers the MS-100-M-AU portable mixing station, the MS-20 hand held mixer, and the station plus mixer bundle, all available to trade and retail customers and shipped Australia wide. Because these are bulky powered machines rather than bagged product, freight is quoted on size and destination rather than charged at a flat rate. If you want advice on which unit suits your typical pour size before you order, call the team and they will walk you through it.