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1. What is the Double Cone Blender?
The double cone blender is a powder mixing machine that uniformly mixes various powders by continuously rotating of the blender bin. Powder or granular materials are fed into the double cone blender bin by vacuum feeding system or manually. As the blender bin's continuously rotating, the raw materials undergo complex movements inside the bin, achieving a uniform mixing result.
Double cone blender is mainly used for mixing dry powders with high requirements for batch mixing, uniformity and no dead corners in the mixing process.
The double cone powder blender equipment's blender bin consists of two conical ends and a cylindrical middle section, by using the rotation of the blender bin to mix the raw materials uniformly. The entire operation process of the double cone blender includes stop for feeding, start for mixing, stop for discharging.
2. How does the Double Cone Blender works?
The blender bin is driven to rotate by the motor, gearbox, and gear transmission. During operation, various powders are fed to the blender bin, and the rotation of the bin causes the materials to spread from the center to the periphery due to the raw material's own gravity and centrifugal force, repeatedly aggregating and separating to achieve uniform mixing. This mixing method effectively ensures the uniformity and stability of the raw materials, and avoiding the overheating and damage to the powders. The mixed materials will be discharged out through the outlet port by its own gravity.
And double cone blender also can be combined with vacuum feeding system to achieve labor saving, and prevent cross-contamination
Additionally, for the powder materials that with poor flowability, a intensifier bar(agitator) stirring device can be installed inside the double cone blender bin, so as to accelerate the mixing process. It is particularly suitable for fine powders, materials prone to agglomeration, or multiple powder mixtures with certain moisture content. It can also achieve best mixing effects for tiny amounts of additives (referring to the mixing with small amounts of ingredients).
3. Where is Double Cone Blender used?
The double cone blender is suitable for use in pharmaceutical, chemical, foodstuff, feed, electronic, and other industries. This machine has a significant mixing effect on powders and granules with good fluidity.
Pharmaceutical Industry: Used for mixing and homogenizing preparations such as tablets, pills, and capsules.
Food Industry: for mixing and homogenizing food additives, seasonings, and drying agents.
Chemical Industry: for mixing and homogenizing chemical products such as pigments, dyes, and catalysts.
The advantage of the double cone blender lies in its high efficiency, uniformity, energy saving, and ease of operation. Due to its simple structure and convenient operation, the double cone blender (and V blender) has become an indispensable equipment for many powder handling industries. At the same time, due to its ability to improve production efficiency and product quality, the double cone blender is increasingly being applied and promoted.
In conclusion, the application of the double cone blender is very extensive, not limited to just the pharmaceutical, foodstuff, and chemical industries. With the continuous development and progress of technology, the technology of the double cone blender is also constantly being upgraded and improved, and it is believed that its application will become even more widespread in the future.
4. Performance characteristics of double cone blender
1), The double cone blender bin is made of stainless steel, with highly polished on the inner and outer walls, making it aesthetically pleasing and easy to operate.
2), This machine saves energy, has low labor intensity, and high working efficiency. It can be operated by one person only, saving labor costs.
3), The conical design of the double cone powder blender makes it easier to mix powder materials evenly, and reduces the resistance during unloading, making it easier to discharge. An additional discharging device can be connected to prevent cross-contamination caused by manual discharging. Please contact us for detailed consultation.
4), The equipment has many safety protection designs, such as rotating limit switches. When the safety protection device is not in the correct position, the rotating limit switch will stop the machine. These designs effectively ensure the equipment operates in a safe state, to ensure the quality of the mixed materials.
5), The inlet and outlet of the blender bin are sealed with food-grade synthetic rubber gaskets, preventing the materials that entering into the blender bin from being contaminated by the equipment itself or from undergoing physical or chemical reactions with the mixed materials.
6), The reduction gear is used for deceleration, providing a cushioned deceleration when the equipment stops rotating, preventing physical damage to the powder blender.
7), All external and internal surfaces of the blender machine are made of stainless steel and polished to reduce dust adhesion and accumulation on the external surface, and reduce friction with the mixed materials on the internal surface, facilitating material mixing, and final discharging, also good for cleaning, fully meeting with GMP requirements.
Double Cone Mixer SPECIFICATIONS:
Model
GHJ-
-180
-300
-500
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Volume
180L
300L
500L
L
L
L
L
L
L
Capacity
40 kg
60 kg
100 kg
200 kg
300 kg
400 kg
500 kg
600 kg
800 kg
Speed(rpm)
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
7.8
7.8
Motor
1.1kw
1.1kw
2.2kw
4kw
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4kw
7.5kw
7.5kw
7.5kw
11kw
NOTES:The above details are standard parameters, each model&#;s specifications maybe different if processing with different raw material products. Please contact our sales personal for the precise details.
WORKING VIDEO of Double Cone Blender Machine:
Powder mixing is an indispensable production process in modern industry. Mixing processes cover the entire industrial field, like chemical industry, foodstuff, building materials, pharmaceuticals, and fertilizers. At least one mixing process is involved in the production of the products we use every day.
Powder blender machines, can be categorized into physical mixing and chemical-assisted mixing. Physical mixing involves solely the stirring action, where two or more materials are mixed to produce a mixture. Chemical-assisted mixing involves a chemical reaction accompanying the physical action, with the main purpose being to achieve complete chemical reactions. Physical mixing ensures more comprehensive contact between materials.
Mixing
refers to the physical blending of two or more materials without any
chemical changes. Mixing includes free-flow mixing and mechanical
mixing.
Free-flow mixing refers to the movement of materials between themselves, achieving uniform mixing through friction, as seen in V blender machine, double cone blender, bin blender machine, IBC bin blender, drum blender, three-dimensional mixer, two-dimensional mixer, and square cone blender, etc.
Mechanical mixing refers to achieving uniform mixing through mechanical force. All mixing processes where the mixing container does not move are considered mechanical mixing, such as ribbon blenders, double screw mixer, sigma mixer, and paddle mixer.
Q-1: Where are you Located ?
A: Jiangyin Free Machinery Co., Ltd is located in Jiangyin city, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China. With convenient transportation(Airport & High-speed railway station) access.Q-2: How is your machine's quality?
A: My company is reputed in our industry. We have more than 20 years&#; experiences. The best way to check the quality is to see it in your own eyes. You&#;re very welcome to come to our factory for the field visit.
Q-3: What is the brand of the motors, inverters and electrical parts ?
A: The brand of motor, inverter and electrics are choosable. Normally we do equip with good quality Chinese brand. If you have special request, we can also use some international famous brand, like Siemens, ABB, Schneider, SEW, WEG, etc.
Q-4: Can the machine size be customized ?
A: Yes, all our machine can be customized, we do offer the design solutions if your spaces are limited, or if you have any special customize request.
Q-5: How do I install and run the machine ?
A: For some simple machine, after you received it, you will just need to wire it up then running, and each machine will be enclosed with the detailed manual book, and our team will be always here to guide you how to use the machines. As for some complicated machines, our service team are ready to come to your site for the installation and commisioning.
Q-6: What should I do if we can not solve the problems of the machine some times?
A: You just need to send or make a call to us. We will reply within 12 hours and analyse the problems with you. Find the reason and find the way. If we can not solve by communication after trying several ways, we can send our engineer to your place if you need.
Q-7: What is your payment method ?
A: We do take payment by T/T Wire transfer, Paypal and Western Union, and Alibaba Trade Assurance, etc.. We only accept Paypal and Western Union for payment amounts below USD400.
Q-8: What logistic forwarder do you usually work with ?
A: We work with EMS, TNT, UPS, FEDEX, Sea shipping with COSCO, ONE, MSK, YML, OOCL, HML, etc, and other logistric forwarders. Assigned your own forwarder for shipment is available.
Q-9: When will you arrange the production?
A: We usually arrange the production immediately after receiving your payment if we have the item in stock. Otherwise, please confirm with us for lead time.
Q-10: Can I visit your factory ? and test the machines ?
A: Yes, we do very welcome you to come to us, and see our machines with your own eyes, and also, if available, you&#;re very welcome to bring some of your product samples to us and make test trial running on our machines.
Q-11: What is the machine's guarantee ?
A: We promised all our machines to be with one year warranty and the whole lifetime after sales service, any parts will be offered free of charge to you if down within warranty(the easy damaged parts not included).
While pneumatic conveying manufacturers are experts at moving powders and bulk solids, and blender manufacturers are experts at homogenizing powders and bulk solids, direct charge blender loading systems unite these two technologies while automating the process. Direct charge blender loading eliminates manual lifting of heavy bags, stair-climbing, and messy dumping of product into and out of tumbler blenders, while reducing the overall loading time of tumble blenders. By incorporating dilute phase vacuum conveying technology in your process, powders and other bulk materials are conveyed to tumble blenders at rates up to 6,000 pounds per hour &#; safer and more efficiently with no spills or waste.
WATCH: This video explains the benefits of direct charge blender loading systems and how they work.
For process engineers interested in the most efficient, consistent, and scalable powder and bulk material mixing solution, tumble blenders and dryers are statistically proven to provide the lowest standard deviation of all options. Today&#;s modern technological advances in vacuum conveying allow for safer and more efficient operations for applications requiring homogenized mixing while maximizing plant safety and OSHA compliance.
This unique adaptation of vacuum transfer, &#;direct charge blender loading,&#; uses a vacuum-tolerant process vessel like a tumble blender as the primary receiver of the powdered material charged to it. Material is vacuum-conveyed into and out of the process vessel automatically. This automated system loads and unloads pre- and post-blend bulk materials. Direct charge blender loading eliminates the vacuum receiver&#;s conventional loading and discharge cycle, transferring material into the blending process without spills and fugitive dust, keeping housekeeping at a minimum. With material transfer being completely automatic, there is no manual handling of the material, no operator exposure to dust or harmful materials, no ingredient loss or waste, and no product contamination. Material can be drawn from floor level via wand, from bulk bags, or up high from mezzanines. The system is packaged with timing controls and automatic pulse filter cleaning.
Direct charge loading technology allows for the vacuum conveying of powders and other bulk solids from various sources, whether a drum or bulk bag, and vacuum conveys the bulk materials to the blending vessel. Material can be conveyed from floor to mezzanine, and to upstream process equipment such as screeners or sieves. Once ingredients are blended, material is then vacuum conveyed out of the tumble blending vessel and conveyed to the preferred post-blend container. This vacuum transfer process is fast, secure, and simple. It reduces any chance of batch contamination, waste, loading time issues, or operator exposure to fugitive dust.
The principal of vacuum transfer has been proven as a &#;better way&#; to move a wide range of powders and bulk materials, maximizing process efficiency by eliminating manual material handling. Considerations include material consistencies, moisture content, and/or particle size, but direct charge blender loading technology conveys virtually any dry powder or granular bulk material that can be vacuum conveyed through a hose or tube.
Powders can be conveyed from any ingredient container such as a drum or tote box, using a hand-held vacuum wand, or a bulk material device like a bulk bag unloader or bag dump station.
The tumble vessel is the center of the mixing project, acting as the vacuum discharge receiver. Powders can be conveyed from any ingredient container such as a drum or tote box, using a hand-held vacuum wand, or a bulk material device like a bulk bag unloader or bag dump station, with material transferred through vacuum hose lines and discharged into the blender vessel. In reverse, the same material transfer vacuum lines can empty post-mix ingredients from the vessel and discharge them directly into the container(s) of choice. Inline filters on the direct charge blender loading system guarantee zero loss of material transfer between drum and vessel and prevent powder from collecting on the pump.
Process vessel sizes and shapes should be designed and manufactured per USDA-sanitary design standards suitable for the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and chemical industries. Blenders should be Mill-Certified, inspected, and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)-certified. Vacuum conveyors should be designed for cleaning and sanitation requirements for the industry being served.
All documentation and testing is consistent with standard cGMP (Current Good Manufacturing Practices) quality controls. Calibration and Material Certification(s) are also available.
Safety standards for combustible dusts (NFPA 652) and control of static electricity (NFPA 77) are also applied.
There are two (2) seal options available, standard packing and/or a mechanical seal design.
The standard packing options are easy to install, with a lapped tolerance of less than one micron (0. inches). Vacuum dryer systems have extremely low RPMs, making them better for packing.
The mechanical seal design is sensitive to installation errors so measurements must be precise. Any vibration or shaft deflection can cause catastrophic results. When cleaning and servicing the units, fluid can solidify, crystallize, or become viscous when the mixer/dryer is not running.
The mechanical seal design does not generate much heat and seldom requires cooling. Newer face materials and the latest elastomers are chemically compatible with a wide cross-section of chemicals and cleaners. Mechanical seals are better than packing when designing a high-speed shaft application.
Packing is best for slow-speed or high-temperature applications. Packing seals and mechanical seals will hold the same vacuum and maintain the same transfer leakage rate.
Vacuum tumble drying is approximately three times faster than tray drying.This approach provides low temperature drying for heat sensitive materials and allows for inert atmospheres without oxygen contact.
Vacuum tumble drying is approximately three times faster than a tray dryer. This approach provides low temperature drying for heat sensitive materials and allows for inert atmospheres without oxygen contact. Vacuum tumble-drying systems allow product mobility without segregation or classification of fines. Depending on the application, it can also provide low final moisture content, produce predictable, repeatable, and scalable results, and limit any potential for contamination. Additionally, the vacuum pump can be located in separate mechanical room, up to 500 ft (15m) away from the blender, saving floor space and noise in the blending suite.
The critical element in determining vessel shape for drying is the ratio between heated surface area inside the vessel and the volume of material load inside the unit. The lower the load level, the better the ratio and the faster the drying.
Albeit slight, double cone units have consistently larger surface areas versus V-shapes for the same working volume. However, the V-shape has a somewhat more significant advantage over double cones.
Slant cone units have slightly more surface area than similar double cone units. Accurate scale-up of tumble dryers is possible using this ratio. As the ratio goes down with larger units (more material, less surface area), the time required to dry will increase.
A dummy hose station is for operator safety. A direct charge loading system may be equipped with optional dummy hose stations. These devices are wired to the blender control panel and integrated into the loading sequence programming. When blender loading is completed, operators must connect both the vacuum hose and convey hose to the respective dummy hose station.
Each hose station is designated for a different sized hose to prevent a mismatch. If both vacuum hoses are connected correctly, the blender can begin tumbling. If one or both vacuum hoses are not connected, or connected incorrectly, the operator will be prompted to correct the hose connections before the tumbling will be permitted.
A dummy hose station also provides a sanitary benefit by closing off the end of the hose when not in use, discouraging dropping the hose couplers on the floor which may damage the coupler or ferrule.
Direct charge blender loading technology automates blender loading by eliminating manual lifting and dumping. It is important to inspect convey hoses after each use and check for leaks of powder due to internal or external abrasion or excessive bending. Since this technology incorporates dilute phase vacuum conveying (not pressure conveying), any leaks are inward. Other routine maintenance includes inspection of dust filter(s) on the blender loader filter separator, and inlet adaptor on the front of the blender loader filter separator. Clean the interior of the blender loader filter separator in accordance with your sanitation and quality control procedures. This may be as frequent as following each usage, or simply when the ingredients in the blend are changed. On a quarterly basis, inspect the polytube compressed air tubing for leaks or any loose connections, as well as the ports on the vacuum vent valve.
Direct charge tumble blender loading eliminates the vacuum receiver&#;s conventional loading and discharge cycle. The system transfers all material in and out of the tumble blending vessel without spills and fugitive dust, keeping everyone safe, clean, and housekeeping at a minimum. Material transfer, and precise blending and drying are all completely automatic, with no manual handling of the material, no operator trying to figure out blending times or recipes, no operator exposure to dust or harmful materials, no ingredient loss or waste, and no contamination. Material can be drawn from floor level via hose or tubing, from bulk bags, or mezzanines and discharged into the tumble mixer or dryer. The system is packaged with timing controls and automatic pulse filter cleaning. Controls for mixing and drying, and controls for the vacuum pump can all be remotely located and monitored.
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