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Marion Mixers Inc. will be showing a 30 cu.ft working capacity horizontal mixer with paddle-style agitator at the PTXI in Chicago on May 4th-6th 2010. This versatile, sanitary mixer is ideal for process industries such as of food, dairy, chemical, plastic and mineral applications where sanitary conditions are important.

It features a T304 stainless steel trough with internal product contact surfaces polished to #120 and internal fillet welds ground to a minimum #80-grit finish for easy clean-out. The paddle agitator consists of T 304 SS welded arms and welded paddles with a blade clearance set at .030 from the bottom centerline of the trough, considered one of the tightest in the industry. The mainshaft seal is an easy-clean, adjustable, split stuffing box seal with air-purge provision designed to prevent shaft run-out in the seal area, not to exceed .005". The discharge port consists of an 8" diameter butterfly, lever-actuated discharge valve. The powertrain consists of a 20 Hp TEFC, 3P, 60-Hz motor with Dodge shaft mounted reducer. This mixer also includes a stainless steel air manifold system mounted on the down-sweep side of trough and piped into seals with low-pressure regulators and gauges for each mainshaft seal and high-pressure regulator filter for inlet.

Optional features include one high-speed 7.5 Hp chopper motor with tulip-shaped chopper blades. Choppers are often used in conjunction with paddle agitators to

• reduce product size
• incorporate colorants or other minor ingredients
• disperse lumps and agglomerates
• break up liquid-rich shot balls
• open up matted fibrous materials
• disperse pigments

Benefits of the Marion Paddle Mixer

• Thorough mixing - A superior product may be achieved with the combination of the chopper and the unique time-tested paddle blade design.
• Faster mixing - Combines process functions. Mixes and disperses in one operation which means higher production volume.
• Utility Cost Savings - Save on your electric expense by using premium efficient motors and adjustable speed drives in your processing operations.
• Reliability - Proven in use in major processing systems.

Applications

• Mixing blocks of solid shortening (or liquid shortening) into bakery mixes.
• Mixing agglomerated pigments into plastic powder.
• Mixing PVC resins, oily plasticizers, fillers and pigments.
• Mixing resin into compacted asbestos, synthetic fiber, or fiberglass.
• Mixing dry pharmaceutical preparations with thick liquid binders. The choppers break up the liquid-rich lumps and coat the particles to produce a homogenous, compatible mix.

About Marion Mixers
Since 1938 Marion Mixers has been the "brand of choice" for horizontal mixing and blending, batch and continuous process equipment. Recognized globally as the innovation leader in custom designed mixing equipment, Marion Mixers is the only mixer manufacturer that offers a unique Performance Guarantee. In process industries such as of food, chemical, plastic, mineral, energy, recycling, waste management and more Marion Mixers is unsurpassed in quality, customer-support and machine durability.

SOURCE: Marion Mixers