Items Tagged with 'blending'

While the mixing and blending of liquid ingredients into a liquid product is an exact, controlled process, combining dry ingredients has unique challenges that have been difficult to control with automation. Finally, sensors and automation are here to help.

The KOB homogenizers suit a range of products and processes such as milk, dairy ingredients, beverages and plant-based formulations.

The High Pressure Pilot 4T serves higher pressure applications, while the Pilot 4T Ready-to-Run Skid combines the homogenizer with auxiliary components.

A solid double ribbon agitator, powered by a 7.5 HP TEFC motor, delivers blending at speeds up to approximately 47 RPM with variable speed control down to 5 RPM.

Two tulip-shaped intensifiers, each independently driven by a 5 HP (3.73 kW) wash-down duty motor, impart additional shear to break down agglomerates and disperse tough-to-blend materials.

Constructed with stainless steel type 316 product contact parts polished to 150-grit interior finish, the 42N-10 is easy to clean and sanitize.

Jordan Talmadge, PPG’s global commercial director, silicas, recently spoke about the role silicas can play in preventing caking and optimizing the flow characteristics of food products, as well as improving product performance and manufacturing productivity.

It is equipped with an internal spray line with intensifier bar for rapid dispersion of liquid additions throughout the batch, and a pneumatically actuated brake to stop rotation for loading or unloading the batch.

The company’s new blender for bulk solids was developed by multi-industry standards.

The Sanitary Paddle Blender is designed to provide added shear to de-agglomerate dry bulk solids, pastes, slurries and/or emulsions of low- to medium-density materials.