Mixing Powders for Powder Metallurgy Processing
The mixing, or blending, of powder feedstocks for die pressing of Powder Metallurgy parts is carried out for two reasons:
Coffee supplier has a taste for a high-output ribbon blender
Low-capacity blenders and high-volume customers don't mix New England Coffee, Malden, Mass., has imported and roasted coffee beans since 1916 and currently distributes them throughout New England and elsewhere in the US. The supplier provides wholesale coffees to institutions such as restaurants, hotels, and fast food chains. The supplier roasts 250,000 pounds of coffee beans
Ribbon mixer equipped with screw conveyor
Abdon Finax AB with subsidiaries, and the sister company Valsemøllen A/S in Denmark, process grain into tasty and healthy food.Abdon Mills AB and Finax AB, that produce breakfast cereals and other grain based foods, are part of the Swedish company group. Further included in the group is Kobia AB, a nationwide distributor and producer of
Ribbon mixer improves consistency in foodservice products
Heinz innovation team finds novel use for a familiar mixing technology.Say “Heinz,” and everyone thinks of ketchup. After all, the company that began delivering Heinz Ketchup to local grocers with a horse-drawn wagon in 1876 is now the world’s foremost producer of ketchup. Each year, Heinz uses about 2.5 million tons of tomatoes to produce
Mixing and direct compression
With pharmaceuticals, using direct compression (transferring a mixture from a mixer directly to a tablet press) typically involves a mixture with a low concentration of active ingredients
Mixing Intensity versus Mixing Time
Every task requires a defined amount of energy to accomplish. This statement also embraces the science of mixing.
Adding a minor ingredients
To properly package our material, we add an active ingredient in less than 5 percent concentration to a carrier that acts almost like a diluent. What kind of mixer should we use, and how should we add the ingredients to get good mixing?
Can one mixer handle both dry materials and pastes?
Q: Most of the processes in my specialty chemical company are batch and handle only dry materials. However, some materials go through a paste phase. Can one mixer handle both dry materials and pastes? A: Yes, but your company will have to invest more capital in the more sophisticated mixer required, when for most of
Avoid segregation downstream in a tumble blender (double cone mixer)
Q: My material goes through a wet granulation step in a tumble blender (double cone blender) to avoid segregation downstream. But the granulated material contains agglomerates, formed by liquid droplets in the blender, and I have to treat the agglomerates before I can use the material downstream. How can I avoid the agglomerates? A: Wet
What’s the quickest way to determine if my ribbon blender mixer is causing particle degradation?
Particle degradation can be deterioration in quality from a reaction (such as spoilage of a food product) or size change (such as breaking friable particles). Deterioration in quality is usually obvious from simply looking at the mixture. Size change is less obvious, so you’ll need to compare a mixture sample with samples of the ingredients