Dr. Harvey’s new Munson Rotary Batch Mixer has expanded the company’s growth capacity. The 20-cu ft (566 liter) Munson Rotary Batch Mixer has reduced the company’s time spent cleaning after running batches. It can be cleaned in 30 to 40 minutes since it has no dead spots or recesses to trap contaminants. Moreover, the mixer is helping the company meet its increased demand, allowing it to run at least three batches a day.
The mixer’s stationary inlet and outlet allow loading and discharging of the vessel as it rotates, reducing mixing cycle times, while preventing segregation of ingredients during discharge, regardless of the large variations in particle sizes and shapes. The four-way action of the vessel’s proprietary mixing flights lifts, folds, cuts and turns the materials with no shear, heat or degradation, yielding uniform blends in about five minutes. The flights also serve to elevate and direct the material toward and through a plug gate valve which, when opened, discharges the batch with less residual than the plant’s previous ribbon blender, despite having 10-times greater capacity.
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