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Agitator
An agitator is a device used for agitating or mixing a product within a vessel.
Extruder Feed
A mixer with an integral extruder screw to mix and then extrude the contents.
Homogenizer
A mechanical device which is used to create a stable, uniform dispersion of an insoluble phase within a liquid phase.
Kneader
Kneaders provide a kneading motion to mix the contents of the mixer.
Mag Drive
A magnetic mixer is ideally suited for continuous stirred reactors (CSTR) and batch reactors where mixing and agitation must be contamination-free and leakage cannot be tolerated. The magnetic drive eliminates seals, and also the problems associated with rotating seals, such as leakage, contamination, and constant maintenance.
Muller
The stationary pan muller with rotating turret is one of several types. Other muller types are the countercurrent in which the pan and muller turret rotate in opposite directions, and the rotating pan type in which the muller turret is stationary.
Paddle
Paddle mixers use a horizontal rotating shaft (or shafts) with fixed arms and attached paddle-shaped feet. The paddles of the dual-shaft mixer paddles impact the solids and force some of them onto the second shaft while pushing others toward one end of the unit. The paddles on the second shaft push the solids toward the opposite end, as well as toward the other shaft and paddle set.
Planetary
Usually these have two mixing blades that rotate around individual shafts and the two blades further rotate around a center axis. The net effect is intermixing, stirring, and shear.
Propeller / Impeller
An impeller mixer uses vertical blades attached to a horizontal disc. The impeller pumps out in a radial direction and generates a recirculating mixing pattern above and below the disc. This design is stable under varying liquid depths. It is a high shear, high power design that is an excellent choice as a rapid mixer in shallow basins, solids suspensions in shallow or varying water depths, and is often used as the lower impeller in a multiple impeller design.
Ribbon
A ribbon mixer uses a counter-transport mechanism that consists of an outside right-hand ribbon and an inside left-hand ribbon, each connected to the same horizontal shaft. This ribbon setup, combined with the mixer’s inability to transport an entire mass of solids, creates an extremely diverse velocity field. Such a mixer may transport a portion of the solids a short distance in both directions along the shaft’s axis, while also lifting a portion of the solids from top to bottom, thus allowing the mixture to slide down a repose angle. The result is a mixer that does a thorough and fast blending / mixing job in the vertical plane, but is slow when mixing end to end.
Conical / Screw
Screw mixers use a rotating screw that progresses around the periphery of a conical hopper. The screw lifts solids from the bottom of the hopper to the top, where the mixture flows by gravity back into the screw. Mixing occurs around the open screw, where the solids transported by the screw exit at various levels and are replaced by other solids at that level. The screw’s shearing action also intimately mixes the various components. Gross mixing action also occurs within the mixture by the velocity profile created in the conical hopper as it feeds the screw. This gross mixing action is most effective when the solids move along the conical hopper walls.
Static
Static or motionless mixers are fins, obstructions, or channels mounted in pipes, designed to promote mixing as fluid flows through the mixer. Most static mixers use some method of first dividing the flow, then rotating, channeling, or diverting the flow, before recombining it. Other static mixers create additional turbulence to enhance mixing. The power input to the mixing process is a result of pressure loss through the mixer.
Single Rotor
This consists of one shaft with either paddles or screws encased in a cylindrical shell. There are various types available with shaft speeds ranging from moderately low to relatively high.
Tumblers
Types of tumblers include: double cone, twin shell, and horizontal drum.
Turbine
This is a circular trough with a housing in the center around which revolves a spider or a series of legs with plow shares or mold boards on each leg. Also known as a plow mixer.
Twin Rotor
This consists of two shafts with either paddles or screws encased in a cylindrical shell. There are various types available with shaft speeds ranging from moderately low to relatively high.
Vertical Turbine
Turbine mixers include a wide range of general-purpose mixing equipment, operating at reduced speeds provided by an enclosed gear drive, with one or more multi-bladed impellers mounted on an overhung shaft. These mixers may be used on open tanks, when supported by a beam structure, or on closed tanks with a variety of seal and support arrangements. Most turbine mixers are mounted at the center of the top of a vertical, cylindrical tank and used to mix low to medium viscosity liquids, slurries, dispersions, or other fluids. Because of the general purpose capabilities of turbine mixers, at times they may be used on almost any shape tank, of any size, with other drives or special impellers, for high-viscosity fluids, and almost any mixing application.
Special Purpose
Special purpose mixers include all of the mixing equipment types not elsewhere classified.
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Batch
Batch mixing is the simplest mode of operation. The mixer is filled with a medium and the mixing is allowed to proceed. When the mixing has finished, the contents are emptied for downstream processing. The mixer is then cleaned, refilled and mixing begins again.
Continuous
With continuous mixers, the sample being mixed is continuously added and mixed fluid is continuously removed. The mixer can be run for long periods of time without being shut down.
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Specifications
Motor Power:
The power range of the motor.
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Motor Speed:
The speed range of the mixer.
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Capacity:
The amount of sample the mixer can accommodate.
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Feed Rate:
The volume of product the mixer can process per given period of time; the flow of product through the mixer.
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Application
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Adhesives Processing
Rated for use in adhesives processing applications.
Chemical Processing
Rated for use with chemicals; includes rating for general chemical heating and corrosive chemicals such as acids and solvents.
Construction Material Processing
For use in construction material mixing, including concrete, asphalt, etc.
Cosmetics Processing
For use in cosmetics processing.
Food and Beverage Processing
Designed and rated for use with food or beverage processing applications, specifically food, dairy and brewing industries.
Ore / Mineral Processing
For use in ore and mineral processing.
Paint / Coating Processing
Rated for use in the processing of paints and coatings.
Paper and Pulp Processing
For use in paper and pulp processing plants.
Plastic Processing
For use in plastic processing applications.
Pharmaceutical Processing
Rated for use in pharmaceutical processing plants.
Water / Wastewater Treatment
The mixer can be used for water or wastewater treatment applications, including carbon slurry mixing, lime slurry mixing, and other methods.
Other
Unlisted or special application.
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Options
Sanitary
The mixer is sanitary and adheres to strict regulations for sanitary processing applications.
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Lined or Coated
The interior surface of the mixer is lined or coated to provide a non-stick, chemically resistant interior, especially desirable for acidic processes, high-purity chemicals, pharmaceuticals, certain polymers and other multi-use applications.
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Portable
Portable mixers are smaller mixers (5 hp or less), some of which are portable enough to be moved from tank to tank. Truly portable mixers are normally clamped at an angle to the top edge of the tank or an adjacent support.
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In-Line
The mixer is mounted on the process line for in line mixing capabilities.
Top Entry
The mixer is mounted through an entry port at the top of the process material tank.
Bottom Entry
The mixer is mounted through an entry port at the bottom of the process material tank.
Side Entry
Side entry mixers are normally mounted through a nozzle on the side of the tank or chest. The nozzle is normally near the bottom of the tank so that mixing is possible at reduced liquid levels, whether during filling or emptying.
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Additional Capabilities
Additional Capabilities: The mixer has additional capabilities which include:
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Coating
The mixer has additional capabilities to coat the product.
Drying
The mixer has additional capabilities to dry the product.
Milling
The mixer has additional capabilities to mill the product.
Granulating
The mixer has additional capabilities to granulate the product.
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