Batch Mixer “Universal Design”
Batch mixers operate on the principle of a mechanical generated fluid bed introduced by Lodige to mixing technology. Equipped with mixing elements which can be adapted to individual requirement, the mixes produced in these machines are of the highest quality.
We develop customized solutions, adapted to your application and product, for any of your tasks.
- Extremely high mixing quality
- Short mixing times
- Reproducibility of batches
- Gentle product treatment
- High availability
- Low-maintenance mixer concept
- Easy accessibility of all internal mixer components
- Multi-stage processes in one machine
Features of “Universal Design”
- Application-specific wear protection for components in contact with the product
- Ceramic lining
- Plastic/rubber lining
- Tungsten-carbide welding
- Wear protections made of different carbide metals
- Large discharge door for very short discharge times (high throughput volumes)
- Easily replaceable mixing elements
Range of Applications
- Processing bulk materials (powdery, granular, fibrous)
- Supply of liquids to the dry solid materials (moistening + granulating)
- Processing pumpable materials
Sizes
Mode of Operation
Ploughshare® shovels rotate as mixing elements in special arrangement on the mixer shaft in a horizontal, cylindrical drum. The size, number and positioning, geometric shape and peripheral speed of the mixing elements are coordinated in such a way that they produce a three-dimensional movement of the components. The resultant turbulence in the mix, whereby all the product is constantly involved in the mixing process, prevents the formation of dead spots or low-movement zones in the mixing drum and ensures high speed, precision mixing. To prevent particles from being squashed against the drum wall, the mixing elements are specially shaped to lift product from the wall within the radial movement of the mix.
In some cases additional assistance for the mixing elements to obtain the desired mixing effect is required. Separately driven, high-speed choppers can be installed to disperse agglomerations and control granulation during the mixing process in coordination with the mixing elements.
Optional Equipment
- Surfaces with maximum wear resistance
- Heavy duty constructional steels, stainless steels and special materials
- Chopper units
- Heated/cooled drum, endplates and shaft
- Equipment for liquid supply
Areas of Application
Lodige ploughshare nixers are used for different mixing tasks in practically all industries. With over 35,000 machines delivered in 80 years, the Lodige mixer is used in:
- Metallurgy and mineral industry
- Processing metal ores
- Processing sintering mixes
- Processing carbon and graphite compounds
- Processing raw materials and compounds in the ceramics industry
- Processing non-ferrous metals in powder metallurgy
- Processing glass melts
- Processing welding and soldering agents
- Processing raw materials for the production of fire-proof products
- Processing sanding grain mixes
- Processing salts
- Plastics Industry
- Processing EPS
- Master batches/powder coatings
- PVAL processing
- Processing polyolefins
- Processing (natural) rubber
- Powder injection moulding
- Processing solvent-based adhesives
- Building Material Industry
- Components and additives
- Plasters/mortars/screed/blast-furnace cement
- Gypsum and plasterboards
- Adhesives, fillers and coloured joint mortar
- Structure protection
- Insulation systems
- Plates/stones/finished components
- Enivironmental Industry
- Processing sludge and slurry
- Ground treatment
- Processing dust and ash
- Processing other raw materials/contaminated substances
- Chemical Industry
- Production of battery masses
- Production of friction linings
- Production of fertilisers
- Production of animal feed
- Mixing of pigments and dyes
- Mixing of fire-proof compounds
- Production of detergents, wood and ligno substances