Planetary Mixers Manufacturers

Planetary mixers are so named because the mixing shaft is driven by a planetary gear train. As the small planetary gear, attached to the mixing blade, is driven in the indicated direction around the ring gear, it rotates the mixer blade. Therefore, the mixer blade shaft position is rotational as well as the mixer blade itself. This mixer is also a high-shear mixer and is normally build with a variable speed drive. This allows slow blade speed for pre-mixing dry powder and faster speeds for the require kneading action in wet granulating. The mixer shell is a mixing bowl, which is removed from the mixer by either lowering it beneath the blade or raising the blade above the bowl or both, as is the case with the larger size (340 quart) planetary mixers. This mixer may also be operated using a continuous accurate metering of feed materials, uniformity of blend depending on flow properties of the ingredients.