Principle:
It's a “Tumbling Mixer”.
It works on the mechanism of Diffusive Mixing.
Construction:
Also called “Twin Shell Blender”.
It consists of two vessels which are attached at the ends at 70 to90 degree angle as shown in the figure.
It is made up of stainless steel or complete plastic.
The blender is mounted on a metal frame on which it can be rotated.
Sometimes baffles are attached inside for thorough mixing.
The openings are used as inlet ports while it is unloaded through the discharge port at the bottom.
Working:
The materials to be mixed are introduced to the mixer through one of the ports.
The mixer is loaded approximately two thirds of the volume to allow tumbling of the powders.
When the mixer is started, it rotates along the axis and when the V is inverted, the material splits into two portions and undergoes tumbling.
The tumbling movement during rotations causes mixing.
The speed of the mixer plays an important role in the mixing,
If rotations are slow: Mixing will not take place as materials will just glide over one another.
If rotations are very fast it will cause generation of centrifugal forces hence powders will remain adhered to the walls and hence no mixing will take place.
For better results the V cone blender needs to be operated at an optimum speed.
Uses:
For mixing a variety of powders and granules.
Advantages:
Minimum attrition and hence good for fragile granules.
Easy to clean, load and unload.
Minimum maintenance cost.
Available in different sizes.
Disadvantages:
More space is required.
No application of shear and hence not useful for materials with large particle size distribution.
Suitable for free flowing powders and granules only.
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