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Solid-Solid Mixing Class Notes

Mixing is a crucial unit operation in various industries, defined as the combination of different materials to achieve a homogeneous product. Applications span across chemical, pharmaceutical, and food industries, utilizing various mixing equipment such as kneaders and blenders. The choice between batch and continuous mixing depends on factors like material quantity, desired homogeneity, and operational requirements.

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Solid-Solid Mixing Class Notes

Mixing is a crucial unit operation in various industries, defined as the combination of different materials to achieve a homogeneous product. Applications span across chemical, pharmaceutical, and food industries, utilizing various mixing equipment such as kneaders and blenders. The choice between batch and continuous mixing depends on factors like material quantity, desired homogeneity, and operational requirements.

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MIXING OF SOLIDS

Dr. Asim H. Rizvi


Assistant Professor
Institute of Chemical Engineering &
Technology
University of the Punjab
Mixing
• Mixing is defined as a unit operation whereby two or more different materials are

combined to create a product that is fairly homogenous.

• Modern industrial processing almost always involves some form of mixing.


Some Applications of Mixing:
• Chemical Process Industry: Mixing and blending of
specialty chemicals, explosives, fertilizers, dry powdered
detergents, glass or ceramics, and rubber compounds.
• Pharmaceutical Industry: Blending of active ingredients of a
drug with excipients like starch, cellulose, or lactose.
• Foodindustry: Preparation of spices, flavors, cake mix,
cereals, soft drink premixes.
Shear Blending
Material properties affecting mixing
Solid-Solid Mixing/Blending Equipment

Kneaders, banbury mixers, roll mill, pug mill, mixer extruders.


Modes of Operation of Mixing Equipment
Continuous mixing and batch mixing are the two modes of mixing operation.

While some types of mixers are only suitable for either batch or continuous
operations, some other types can be adapted for operation in both batch
and continuous modes.

The selection of batch or continuous mixer depends on several factors which


include:
• quantity of the material to be mixed
• desired standards of homogeneity of product mix
• pre-mixing operations and material handling equipment, post-mixing
operations and any multiple product formulation requirement.
Batch Mixing Continuous Mixing
Tumbler Blenders
Double Cone Blender
V Blender
Advantages
Disadvantages
Convective Blenders
Horizontal Ribbon Blenders/ Paddle Blenders
Vertical Ribbon Blender
Vertical Cone Screw Blender
Plow Mixer
Twin Shaft Paddle Mixer
General design features of mixing equipment

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