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42 / January 2021 powderbulk.com FOCUS PRODUCTS Mixing and Blending This product summary profiles just some of the mixing and blending equipment available. The information reported here is furnished by the manufacturers; no product endorsement is intended. PBE Pneumatic blender allows blending cycle customization Pneumatic blender efficiently achieves homogeneous batches of powdered, granular, fragile, or abrasive materials. Blender allows for customization in the blending cycle to best suit an application. Simplified blender consists of a casting and six removable air-injection valve assemblies, which are mounted in a circular pattern on the unit. Blender's valve assemblies are externally accessible and can be quickly and easily replaced or repaired on-site. Blender features a low-maintenance blend cone, moving parts that don't contact the material, and a blend head that can be combined with a transport pressure pot to reduce system redundancy. Nol-Tec Systems, Lino Lakes, MN 651-780-8600 www.nol-tec.com Mixer handles abrasive sinter material for steel manufacturing Ploughshare mixer is suitable for mixing and granulating abrasive sinter material for the steel industry that consists of iron ore, limestone, coke, sinter return fines, and binder. Mixer achieves homogeneity and optimum granularity, which increases the capacity of the sintering plant. Mixer shown has a drum volume of about 15,000 gallons, a 36-foot length, and a processing capacity of more than 1,488 t/h of raw sinter mix. Lödige Process Technology, Florence, KY 859-594-3640 www.lodige-pt.com Vertical ribbon mixer achieves three-dimensional mixing effect, regardless of material ECD (Easy Clean Design) vertical ribbon mixer offers fast and reliable powder and bulk solids mixing. Mixer is available with monorotor and birotor mixing shafts designed for hygienic and sanitary applications in the food, dairy, and pharmaceutical sectors. Mixer's spiral mixing blade provides mixing results via a three-dimensional effect, regardless of the material being mixed, using the central blade's helical movement, which creates an upward movement on the periphery and a downward flow in the center. Mixer's bearings are located above the mixing media and don't contact the blended material. Palamatic Process, Philadelphia, PA 215-498-9303 www.palamaticprocess.com