When to choose
- Your material needs more intensive blending than a ribbon agitator provides
- You process powders or granules with a liquid addition
- A cylindrical horizontal drum fits your layout
Industrial Mixers
Ploughshare Mixer
A horizontal drum mixer with plough-shaped paddles for fast, thorough blending of dry and moist solids.
What it does
Process role
A ploughshare mixer rotates plough-shaped paddles on a horizontal shaft inside a cylindrical drum. The paddles throw material through the drum volume, which supports blending of powders, granules and moist solids.
Configuration points
- Drum volume and working fill level
- Paddle layout and wall clearance
- Discharge arrangement
- Whether auxiliary dispersing devices are needed
- Contact material and surface finish for the product
Inputs to share
- Material moisture and any liquid addition
- Target batch size and cycle time
- Powder and granule blending
- Blending with liquid addition
Request for quotation
Discuss a Ploughshare Mixer configuration.
Send your material, batch or vessel size, operating conditions and drawings. The configuration is reviewed per project.