5 THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING AN INDUSTRIAL MIXER

When manufacturing products for the food, nutrition, bakery and chemical sectors, it is likely that you will need to blend a mix of powder ingredients. In the majority of applications, blending is the most important process to increase the value of the product.  If you are handling a wide range of ingredients, some of these may pose an allergen risk and whilst several manufacturers are willing to make significant investments by installing the highest speed mixers and packing lines, it does not necessarily mean it will deliver a strong return on investment and long-term efficient solution.

The most important thing to consider is whether to batch or continuously manufacture. If you need to swap recipes on a regular basis or produce the same product day in day out, then your application will be better suited to certain blender types.

Do you need to blend a variety of products?

If you only have a requirement to manufacture one recipe in a large volume with no regular changes needed then you should continuously process with a fixed mixer coupled to the upstream and downstream processes. However, with more manufacturers finding that consumers are requesting recipe variety, changes need to be made quickly and efficiently. If you are finding that you need to change recipes and use varied ingredients regularly then batch processing would be the best way to manufacture.

Even if you are an experienced powder processing professional, technology moves on and the choice of mixers continues to expand. To help you select the right industrial mixer for your application, we have listed 5 key considerations for manufacturer’s who are looking to select an industrial powder mixer for blending as part of a batch processing programme.