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Many dietary products are available in powder form, quite a few even as powder mixtures. Powder preparation is therefore of special importance. In contrast to liquid preparations, powders have a longer shelf life.
Disperse active ingredients and substances sometimes have an unfavorable consistency when they are wet. Then they are viscoplastic, pasty, highly viscous, lumpy, poor flowing and sometimes even toxic. Products that result from the synthesis of active ingredients sometimes have similar properties.
amixon GmbH spoke to owners of medium-sized feed manufacturing companies about the challenges and advantages in their industry. How can these companies benefit from regionally available raw materials and modern technology?
Pressure and vacuum resistant reactors are required when vacuum drying is to be carried out. Then the wet or moist product must also be heated. This is usually done by giving the mixer a double jacket. A heat transfer medium circulates in the double jacket. This is steam, water, thermal oil or a molten salt (at particularly…
The history of instant food shows how technological advances and societal needs came together to develop convenient and versatile foods.
Depending on the bulk material and application, continuous mixing can be more favourable than batch mixing. This article compares two types of continuous mixing: Continuous pipe flow versus continuous vessel flow.
Baking improvers are highly complex powdered mixed concentrates consisting of more than 10, sometimes even more than 50 different components, which also include liquid additives such as fats, oils, water, molasses, lecithins, syrups, honey, baking extracts, etc.
In the production of detergents and metal soaps, both mixers and synthesis reactors have to be specially designed. amixon® equipment fulfills the specific special tasks of this industry in an exemplary manner.
amixon® mixers guarantee a wide range of benefits for the user, including low-contamination mixing, ideal mixing qualities, largely residue-free and segregation-free discharge, and convenient inspection and cleaning with minimal handling effort.
