IQS Newsroom Articles on Blenders
Blenders
Industrial "blenders" is a synonymous term for industrial "mixers".
Sometimes "blenders" refers to mixers which combine two or more
ingredients of similar viscosities, but this is not always the case; manufacturers
use the two terms interchangeably most of the time. Industrial blenders and
mixers are equipment, usually large containers with motorized blades or paddles,
used to thoroughly combine any type of liquid or solid during the manufacturing
process.
Certain applications require specific types of industrial blenders in order
to achieve the appropriate consistency or end-product. Cost effectiveness and
efficiency are often the most important considerations. Some of the many types
of industrial blenders include ribbon blenders, paddle blenders, vacuum blenders
and dryers. Ribbon blenders are horizontal blenders containing two helical
blades, one inside the other, pushing the contents of the mixer both inwards
and outwards for thorough shearing mixing action; typically used at full capacity
to mix dry or powdered ingredients, ribbon blenders may blend wet ingredients
as well. Paddle blenders are similar, moving dry or powdered ingredients laterally
and radially with paddles radiating from a horizontal screw. Vacuum mixer/dryers
can have horizontal or vertical construction and use a combination of low internal
heat and vacuum pressure to blend the mixture while removing moisture.
Blenders are used frequently in the food processing, pharmaceutical, cosmetic,
chemical, agricultural, pulp and paper, automotive, adhesive and sealant industries.
Most consumable products contain various ingredients which have been mixed
together by this industrial process. Nearly all types of beverages, pills,
toothpaste, cosmetic products, foods, glue, petroleum products and many other
products must be processed by blenders and mixers.
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