PLANETARY MIXERS

The planetary mixers are normally used for preparation of light to medium to heavy viscosity pastes. It consists of a vertical cylindrical vessel mounted on castors, placed under a horizontal machine head, which is supported on a vertical frame. The machine upright also holds the cylindrical vessel in position.

There are one of two mixing elements & a scrapper arrangement. The mixing elements have dual motion, i.e they rotate around their own axis and also traverse along the vessel wall thus performing a PLANETARY motion. The planetory motion ensures that there is no dead zone and all the ingredients are effectively involved in the mixing process

The scrapper arrangement scrapes the vessel wall to ensure that any material, which tends to stick to the vessel wall, is also brought into the mix.

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