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Mixers, Blenders, Grinders and Mills
News Release from: Orthos (Engineering) | Subject: Lindor mixing and blending system
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 10 May 2004
Gentle mixer/blender in heavier
industries
Lindor mixing and blending systems, provider of gentle processing of delicate and temperature-sensitive products in food and pharmaceutical processing, has now been applied in heavier manufacturing
The Lindor mixing and blending system, originally developed to provide gentle and thorough processing of delicate and temperature-sensitive products in food and pharmaceutical processing, has now been successfully applied in three heavier manufacturing industry applications The machines, available in the UK from Orthos, have recently been used to blend refractory materials used in electrical appliances, for the mixing of sodium hydrosulphite with various additives to produce fillers for the paper industry and in the production of thermoplastic elastomer formulations
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 16 Sep 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Main applicable benefits of the unique Lindor system included its special rotating drum design that uses internal tapered scoops to induce a figure-of-eight flow pattern that gently but completely blends the media, without 'dead' spaces or unmixed product.
The machines are self-discharging, with virtually no product left in the drum.
The absence of any internal moving parts such as rakes and ploughs gives operating advantages and avoids product degradation by eliminating shear forces and friction-induced heating.
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Short mixing times of typically 3min give high throughputs, with short residence times and reducing energy demands.
In the refractory materials application, an average bulk density of about 2 meant that batch size weights were at least twice that of most materials blended in Lindor machines.
A heavy-duty version was designed for the customer, whose reason for changing the mixing plant was to reduce the very high maintenance costs previously experienced while retaining mixing efficiency.
His mission was accomplished.
In the case of the paper fillers, the aim of having a near 100% product discharge to eliminate cross-contamination between different formulations and to avoid de-mixing during the emptying process was successfully achieved.
The thermoplastic elastomer manufacturer was seeking consistent blending results, full product discharge between batches, complete freedom from product degradation and flexibility of process control.
The new system is reported as fully successful on all counts.
In all three cases, the mixing and blending performance of the machines was extensively tested and confirmed in a pilot plant prior to installation.
The Lindor range comprises 12 production scale models of 70 to 14,000 litre capacity and a 10-litre laboratory/pilot plant unit.
These applications are a long way from the typical applications such as blending instant drink and soup mixtures, baby foods and Liquorice Allsorts mixtures.
But Lindor machines now have proven their versatility and the advantages of their advanced technology transfer in 'allsorts' of applications. Request a free brochure from Orthos (Engineering) ...
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