A cheese processing vat (10) of the type having a pair of interconnected generally cylindrical wall portions (11) with agitator panels rotating therein to sweep generally cylindrical volumes includes agitator panels which have radially inner edge portions spaced radially outwardly from the axis of panel rotation, and the axes of rotation of the two panels are spaced at a distance less than the radius of the volumes swept by the panels. In this manner, the overlap in the volumes swept by the respective panels permits the radially outer edge portion of one panel to pass through the normally quiescent space at and beyond the axis of rotation of the other panel. A unique divergent cutting blade orientation provides beneficial cross cutting of the cheese mass during processing.

Food processing vat

A multi-blade blender is disclosed having a drive shaft, a gear system, and at least two blade assemblies. Each blade assembly includes a blade affixed to an end of a blade shaft. The blade shafts of the first, second and third blade assemblies are angled from the vertical position toward the container wall. The gear system engages at least one of the blade assemblies. The drive shaft engages the gear system and causes the blade assemblies to rotate in operation.

Multiple blade blender apparatus

An improved pug mill mixer including at least one homogenizer shaft extending transverse to the direction of the pug mill shafts for providing a zone of high shear mixing. The pug mill mixer of the present invention is particularly well-suited to mix dry, fine powders with liquids and pasty, sticky sludges, such as flue gas desulfurization (FGD) sludge. The mixer includes a container, within which is disposed at least one pug mill shaft having a series of pug mill paddles coupled to and radially protruding from the pug mill shafts for mixing the mixture and transporting the mixture along the pug mill shafts. The homogenizer shafts extend in a direction transverse to the pug mill shafts. Homogenizer mixing elements are coupled to and radially protrude from the homogenizer shafts. The homogenizer shafts rotate at a relatively high speed for producing a zone of high shear mixing. A liquid injection nozzle injects liquid into the container near the feed port of the container.

Pug mill mixer

A twin shaft “compulsory mixer” having a capacity in the range of twelve cubic yards has a static mixing chamber bottom defined from two horizontally disposed and interfering cylindrical shapes. Two centrally disposed elongate rectilinear discharge gates are each defined from an end in the bottom of the static mixing chamber to abut at the middle of the static mixing chamber. At the middle bottom of the static mixing chamber, a tensioning rod is placed extending normally across the abutted ends of the two rectilinear slots. Two eccentrically mounted elongate rectilinear gates are mounted for movement into and out of sealing relation to the rectilinear slot centrally of the static mixing chamber. These gates are mounted centrally of the mixing chamber to a pillow block and spherical bearing arrangement and actuated at the respective static mixer chamber ends by conventional piston drives. Reducing the gates in length, reduces deflection making chamber sealing possible. Further, the tensioning rod adjusts for chamber deflection. Finally, the eccentrically mounted elongate rectilinear gates can be rotated in opposite directions to deposit concrete on opposite sides of a concrete off-loading and elevating conveyor. Discharge of mixed concrete at maximally controlled rates can occur in a balanced fashion to an underlying conveyor for elevation and discharge from the large capacity compulsory mixer forming the foundation of the portable modular plant.

Large volume twin shaft compulsory mixer

The invention relates to a device (1) for receiving and discharging mixable materials, comprising a receiving vessel (2) with a truncated cone-shaped lower region with a discharge opening (4) which is lower in the gravitational direction and comprising a mixing mechanism shaft (6) which is arranged centrally in a mixing chamber and which has at least one mixing mechanism (5) that circulates in the receiving vessel. The aim of the invention is a reliable flow of all of the materials to be mixed located in the mixing chamber through both the low-intensity and high-intensity mixing zones. This is achieved in that the discharge opening (4) is provided with a displacement device (10) which protrudes into the interior of the lower region of the receiving vessel, and the lower end of the mixing screw or mixing spiral of the mixing mechanism (5) protrudes in the approximately V-shaped channel between the lower vessel wall (13) and the displacement device (10).

Device for receiving and discharging mixable materials

A dual shaft pan mixer comprises a mixing vessel (1) having a first and a second pan section (3 and 4), a pair of paddle assemblies (10) having drive shafts (13) which are disposed horizontally and in paralllel relationship with each other within the mixing vessel (1) and adapted to rotate in mutually opposite directions, and a drive source (20) for synchronously driving the pair of paddle assemblies (10). The mixing vessel (1) includes a substantially triangular space (22) below an area intermediate the first and the second pan section and displaced out of the loci of rotation of the paddle assemblies (10), and also includes a discharge port (5) which is disposed adjacent to the space (22). The mixer also comprises a rod-shaped vibration generator (30) disposed within the space (22) and extending in a direction parallel to the drive shafts (13).

Dual shaft pan mixer

Vibration system kneading device

PURPOSE:To uniformly mix the whole body by pivotally supporting the rod- shaped vibrator on a bearing fixed to the outer surface of the mixer drum through an elastic body, and providing vibration to the kneaded material 1 in the mixer over the whole length of the vibrator. CONSTITUTION:The bearing 14 fitted with a doughnut elastic bearing member consisting of urethane rubber, etc., on its inside is fixed on both sides of the drum of a double-shaft mixer for kneading concrete materials, etc., and the rod-shaped vibrator with a notch 8a at the intermediate part is pivotally supported. Besides, the rod-shaped vibrator is arranged in parallel with a rotating shaft 2 at the lower center on the outside of the rotating locus of a paddle. The kneaded material is successively brought into contact with the vibrator by the rotation of the paddle and vibrated over the whole length, and the particles are sufficiently dispersed and uniformly mixed because of the improved fluidity.

Rod-shaped vibrator device

A two-shaft forced kneader-mixer provided with a mixing chamber (1) having a first and a second pan (3 and 4), two sets of paddle assemblies (10) having shafts (13), rotating in opposite directions each other, provided horizontally and parallelly relative to said pans in said mixing chamber (1), and a power source (20) for driving synchronously said two sets of paddle assemblies (10). Said mixing chamber (1) has a space (22) having a nearly triangular shape not included within the loci of rotation of said both paddle assemblies (10) under between said first pan (3) and second pan (4), and a discharge port (5) adjacent to said space (22). Said mixer also has a rod-shaped vibrator (30) disposed in said space (22) and extending in parallel with said driving shafts (13).

Two-shaft forced kneader-mixer

PURPOSE:An indicator supplying sinusodial motron in one direction is inserted into a fluid to be tested for softness, permitting switch and accurate measurement of the fluid softness to be obtained.

Kanda Mamoru

Papers

Dual shaft pan mixer

Vibration system kneading device

Rod-shaped vibrator device

Two-shaft forced kneader-mixer

Fluid softness measurement method