Existing mixers were unable to output the 150-plus tons per month needed to expand the operation, so the general manager installed a 90 cu ft Rotary Batch Mixer from Munson Machinery.
Since installing the Munson machine, volume is up fivefold, labor is down by half, airborne dust is down 90 percent, homogenous blends are achieved in less than six minutes, and 9-month production backlogs were cleared within 60 days.
The horizontal vessel is devoid of agitators or internal shafts or bearings that contact the product, and instead rotates on external trunnion rings located at each end, causing internal mixing flights to gently tumble, turn, cut and fold the material with no heat generation or product degradation, and direct it toward and through the mixer’s stationary plug gate valve
With a capacity of 90 cubic feet—or 2,549 liters—the mixer is larger and faster to load and discharge than an existing conical blender, while producing homogenous blends more quickly and with less dust.
