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Versatile Batch Mixer

This 45 cubic foot paddle mixer was custom designed for toll blending a variety of proprietary food recipes. The machine efficiently mixes powders, granules, pastes or slurries. The paddle style agitator can mix fragile ingredients like nuts, fruits and vegetables without breakage. All internal surfaces are ground smooth and polished for easy cleaning. The 304 stainless steel construction is corrosion resistant. High speed choppers are available for incorporating minor ingredients or size reduction of lumps. The one-piece cover is hinged with a pneumatic actuator and simplifies operation by ensuring the lid forms a dust tight seal when closed. This mixer is ideal for mixing a wide variety of recipes and batch sizes.

Jacketed Cooker Mixer

This 30 cu foot, custom-fabricated, stainless steel paddle-style mixer with cylindrical trough is ideal for blending a variety of dry bulk product applications with liquid additive dispersions. It comes equipped with an integral-dimpled jacketed trough baffled for hot oil, hot water or steam and includes an external insulation blanket for superior temperature control. It also includes a 316 stainless steel spraying system with fluid-driven, clean in place tank washing nozzles, (2) liquid inlet ports, thermal well ports and drains located at each end of the trough. Polished welded arm/welded blade agitator paddles and bolted end plates allow for quick and convenient clean-out and maintenance. For safety, we provide fabricated, flanged inlet covers with grates and safety locks.

Coloring & Drying Batch Mixer

This rugged, carbon steel industrial mixer features bolted-arm, field-adjustable paddle blades with high yield colorant and drying system. A powerful 17,000 BTU forced air, thermostatically-controlled, wash down-rated and corrosion-resistant heater with high-intensity 10 HP blower dries material within 5 minutes of batch cycle. The coloring application includes a dual color metering system consisting of two SP-15 peristaltic pumps with 300 gph maximum capacity. Also includes hosing and suction wands for drum extraction and adapters for tote pumping. The system is powered by a 1½ HP 460V TEFC gear-motor with dual output shafts. An automatic control system coordinates the color pump timer cycle by batch.

Flexible Food-Grade Sanitary Mixer This 30 cu foot, paddle-style mixer with variable frequency drive is custom-designed for flexibility. A real workhorse, it can be used in a wide variety of applications where product versatility is important. It includes a high speed chopper for controlled, high shear mixing and comes equipped with a liquid spray manifold to incorporate both solids and liquids. Added electric controls provide mobility for relocation anywhere within the production facility. The variable frequency drive for blending fragile ingredients slows down the shaft speed by 50% to prevent damage. The pneumatically actuated knife gate also allows the operator the ability to meter the product into totes. This “operator-friendly” manually adjustable, mixer is ideal for custom variations in batch blending.

Sanitary Mixer for Baking Ingredients

This 40 cubic foot mixer was designed for toll blending a variety of proprietary food recipes. The ribbon- style agitator is excellent for blending low density, free flowing materials. Two inner spirals move the product away from the discharge, while the two outer flightings move the material back toward the actuator-controlled discharge opening. There are no gaps in the flighting to interrupt product flow and create "pockets" of stagnant material. All internal surfaces are ground smooth and polished for easy cleaning. The 304 stainless steel construction is corrosion resistant. The additional high-speed chopper motor was added for size reduction and dispersion of liquids via a spray manifold system with (4) nozzles.

Sanitary Lab Batch Mixer

This 15 cu foot, custom-designed paddle-style mixer is ideal for blending granulated materials. It comes equipped with an electric, actuated tilt-tub which provides 120° of rotation from vertical and infinitely positionable through the range of rotation. The chopper motor and drive motor are disabled once the tub begins to tilt. As a sanitary, batch mixer our design will meet your FDA quality standards. It includes a high speed chopper for controlled, high shear mixing and comes equipped with a liquid spray manifold to incorporate both solids and liquids. Added electric control features include timers, ammeter, and alarm system. This “operator-friendly” mixer is ideal for custom variations in batch blending.

Sanitary-Compliant Batch Mixer Marion Mixers will be exhibiting a 30 cu. ft. Sanitary Batch Mixer with welded arm/welded paddle agitator for thorough cleanout. Also featured is a high-speed chopper assembly for additional blending options and regulated air manifold system which both cools and prevents product invasion from the shaft seals. We can discuss your next custom design, sanitary-compliant production mixer from 1.5 to 600 cu.ft. capacity.

High Intensity Batch Mixer Marion Mixer’s HIGH INTENSITY batch mixers are designed to minimize cycle times. Pre-weighed ingredients are gravity fed from the top. A paddle style agitator pulls minor ingredients into the path of high-speed choppers. HIGH INTENSITY mixing from choppers, rotating at 3600 RPM, provides thorough distribution of minor ingredients and size reduction of agglomerates. A pneumatically actuated drop-bottom door completely discharges product from the mixer in less than 3 seconds. When faster mixing of hard-to-handle ingredients is your main concern, consider Marion Mixer’s HIGH INTENSITY batch mixers.

Horizontal Batch Mixer with Adjustable Paddle Blades Ideal for Powder Bulk Applications

This mixer is ideal for any powder bulk application. It mixes and disperses in one operation which means higher production volume by combining process functions for faster mixing. The combination of the optional chopper motor and the unique time-tested paddle blade design will produce a superior product mix. Save on your electric expense by using premium efficient motors and adjustable speed drives in your processing operations. Our mixers are proven in use in major processing systems in 1,000’s of applications in the food, chemical, plastic, mineral, energy and recycling industries. This horizontal mixer features field-adjustable, bolted paddle blades with a clearance set at .030 from the bottom centerline of the trough, considered one of the tightest in the industry. With high-intensity choppers you can reduce product size, incorporate colorants or other minor ingredients, disperse lumps and agglomerates, break up liquid-rich shot balls, open up matted fibrous materials and disperse pigments.

Cylindrical Tank - Paddle-Style Mixer Mixing Under Pressure

This carbon steel cylindrical tank paddle-style mixer was designed for pressurized mixing of an application subject to heat by its temperature-controlled jacketed heat vessel. In chemical processing, industrial mixers are used for more than just blending. Mixers are designed to heat or cool in order to create chemical reactions. Pressure or vacuum mixing vessels are used to contain or extract gases. Various configurations of agitators are used for size reduction or agglomeration. Designing chemical processing equipment requires experience and proven test methods. Marion’s paddle-style agitator was an ideal solution for gentle mixing and efficient clean-out required for this application.

Batch Mixers with Chopper Motors Our batch and continuous style mixers are available in carbon steel or corrosion resistant stainless steel. Equipment designs with high intensity choppers for size reduction or dispersion of minor ingredients are available. Atomized spray manifolds can be designed for coating or agglomeration of ingredients. Rugged cast arms that mechanically fastened to the agitator shaft. Field adjustable paddles that allow clearances between the agitator and trough to be tightened to compensate for wear.

Custom Designed Sanitary Mixer for Plastics Industry

This 30 cu. ft. standard batch paddle mixer with sanitary finish stainless steel was designed to blend plastic pellets and pigment @ 40 pp cf. No matter if you are dealing with powders, flakes, pellets or liquid coatings, Marion has a mixing solution for your application. Paddle style agitators are ideal for blending dissimilar sized ingredients like pellets with mold release powders. Batch mixers up to 600 cu. ft. in capacity are ideal for collection and standardization of extruded plastic pellets for blow molders. Each agitator is hand built to conform to the shape of the trough, giving our equipment superior clean-out performance between batches.

Plastic resins need to be consistently blended without damage. Extruded plastic pellets need to be collected in large quantities and then standardized in a mixer durable enough

to start under load. Compounds with color additives must be processed in equipment that will not carry-over from batch to batch. Marion products are ideally suited for use in the plastics industry. Our company has designed and built 100’s of mixers for major producers of plastics around the world.

Durable Industrial Mixer for the Chemical Industry

This industrial batch paddle-style mixer with durable, carbon steel finish was custom designed to mix detergent pellets for diesel additives at a 60 cu. ft. mixing capacity. It features an 8” butterfly discharge valve with handle for controlled product discharge. A custom built inlet is designed to interface with the mating equipment on site. An internal liquid spray manifold system provides for additive dispersion for this application. Bolted paddle blades allow for field adjustments and easy replacement. Our batch and continuous style mixers are available in carbon steel or corrosion resistant stainless steel. Equipment designs with high intensity choppers for size reduction or dispersion of minor ingredients are available. Atomized spray manifolds can be designed for coating or agglomeration of ingredients.

Applications

Sanitary Batch Mixer for the Beverage Industry

This stainless steel, sanitary batch mixer was designed for drink mix applications. The U-shaped trough has a 100 cu. ft. mixing capacity and 10 ft. long by 42" in diameter interior. Other features include cover with bag dump system with grates/switches/air pickups, welded arms and welded paddle blades.

Paddle-Style Mixer for Processing Tea Mixtures

This industrial batch paddle mixer blends flavored tea products at 20 cu. ft. density. Product is mixed with (6) welded, paddle blades for superior trough wall scraping, producing excellent blending between batches. This mixer also features a liquid

spray manifold. For maintenance, the end plates are flanged, bolted and seal welded for easy access.

Continuous Process Mixer for Hydrated Rice & Flavored Oils

This food processor chose Marion to custom design a continuous mixer to blend hydrated rice with flavored oils. The paddle-style stainless steel, food-grade mixer features a liquid spray manifold system to coat the product at up to 3.0 cu.ft. per moment mixing. Product is discharged through a 6" Salina vortex valve discharge with actuator.

Stainless Steel Sanitary Mixer with Dual Chopper Motors

This heavy-duty, stainless steel paddle-style agitator has (6) welded-arm/welded paddle blades for easy cleanout and food-grade, sanitary compliant. It also uses (2) high-speed chopper motors for additional high-shear mixing with attached jet spray nozzles on each chopper to disperse ingredients.

Powder Bulk Mixer

Designed to mix starch powders, the Industrial batch, ribbon agitator mixer with stainless steel finish features pneumatic valve discharge, all continuous exterior welds, #120 grit interior finish, 13.5X36" hinged opening with switch.

Sanitary Mixer for Tobacco Industry

This 30 cubic foot sanitary mixer was designed to evenly disperse liquid flavorings onto a leafy food product without degrading the ingredients. 3600 of the cylindrical trough design is wiped clean by the rotating paddle style agitator, thus eliminating unmixed pockets of materials. An integral dimpled jacket is used to heat ingredients to improve flavor. The flavored ingredients are then cooled within the same vessel before being discharged to the packaging line. Vinyl protected insulation is fitted around the trough and end plates to conserve energy. Clean-in-place tank washing nozzles are inserted through tri-clover fittings in the top of the mixer to sanitize the machine between batches. Marion ribbon and paddle style mixers are proudly designed and built in the USA.

Sanitary Mixer for Flavored Coffee

This standard batch, stainless steel mixer was designed to blend ground flavored coffee with a bulk density of approx. 20 lbs./cu.ft. The semi-cylindrical-shaped trough uses a 8" flanged inlet for product feed, SS bearing plates, gussets and tubular support frame. Also includes a liquid spray manifold system for flavoring the product, and an actuated contour slide gate discharge valve.

Designed to Blend Cereal Premixes

This mixer was designed to blend a variety of cereal premixes. This food-grade sanitary steel mixer features (2) 10 HP high speed chopper motors @ 3600 RPM, 304 SS finish in a 80 cu.ft. mixing capacity U-shaped trough with welded arms and (8) bolted, field-adjustable paddle blades, magnetic saftey grate under a bag dump system.

Sanitary Mixer for Pharmaceutical Industry with Tilt Tub Discharge

This sanitary batch mixer with 304 SS finish was designed to blend pharmaceutical grade granulations having a bulk density of approx. 40 #/cu.ft. It features an electric actuated tilt tub design with control panel and timer, liquid spray manifold, and 10hp chopper motor tulip style chopper blades and safety grate.

Sanitary Mixer designed to Process Cheese Products

This mixer was designed to mix a processed cheese product and meet USDA requirements. This standard batch, paddle mixer features a foot-mounted reducer; the processing RPM can be modulated for the desired blend. With stainless, welded arms and blades and a trough featuring 316 SS interior plating, this 12 foot mixer is sanitary.

Continuous Mixer for Flavored Coffee Ingredient Processing

This 30 cu.ft. Continuous, paddle, stainless steel mixer was designed for mixing flavored coffee at 25 ppcf. It features a 54" long U-shaped trough with welded arms and welded paddle blades plus butterfly pneumatic actuator discharge valve. The end plate is supplied with three 1-1/2" NDT half couplings for customer level probes.

Designed to Mix Pharmaceutical Powders

Mixers- This standard batch paddle-style mixer with sanitary stainless steel finish was designed to mix proprietary pharmaceutical powders. It features a 10 cu. Ft. mixing capacity trough, SS leg supports, 304SS finish, welded arms and blades, butterfly

discharge valve with lock handle, control panel and bag dump hood.

Heavy Duty Industrial Mixer Designed for Plastic Composite Materials

This heavy-duty industrial mixer with ribbon style agitator was designed with a carbon steel finish to mix 5200 lb. batches of PVC powders with a bulk density of 45 ppcf and 120cu.ft. mixing capacity. It includes an integral dimpled jacket in hi-temp enamel paint. Consistency, durability and clean ability… these three concepts are crucial when selecting mixing equipment for the plastics industry. Plastic resins need to be consistently blended without damage. Extruded plastic pellets need to be collected in large quantities and then standardized in a mixer durable enough to start under load. Compounds with color additives must be processed in equipment that will not carry-over from batch to batch. Marion products are ideally suited for use in the plastics industry. Our company has designed and built 100's of mixers for major producers of plastics around the world.

Continuous Process Paddle Mixer Designed for Polypropylene Powders

This Continuous Process, paddle-style agitator and carbon steel mixer was designed for continuous blending of polypropylene powders @ 1225 lbs. per hr. It features durable, bolted arm and bolted paddle blades for field maintenance and replacement. Custom-designed product inlets with overflow discharge with weir for product discharge. Also included are air-actuated main shaft seals, angle support legs, and hinged door with safety grate. Let Marion Mixers help you specify your next mixer. Our online "build a mixer" tool will help quantify your requirements and identify design features that add long term value.

Designed for Mixing Flour Blends with Seasonings

Designed for batch mixing flour blends with seasonings, this sanitary finish stainless steel mixer features a welded arms and welded paddle blades, a 6" dia. (2) Split-body butterfly discharge valves with handle kits, 10 HP motor, 2 piece split & hinged cover with tubed grating, support legs with cross-bracing.

Designed to Mix Dry Sugar and Fructose

This sanitary batch mixer is designed to mix dry sugar and fructose @ 40# per cu.ft. The agitation system consists of a paddle agitator with welded arms and (4) welded blades used to blend a product at a 20 cu. ft. mixing capacity. It also features (2) hinged cover doors, #120 grit finish, shaft mounted gear motor for variable speed modulation and a flanged product inlet opening.