Lödige ploughshare® mixers for continuous operation "Universal Design"

We develop customised solutions, adapted perfectly to your application and product, for any of your tasks.

  • Excellent homogeneity of the final product 
  • Retention/mixing times and granulation processes can be adapted to the specific product
  • Gentle product treatment
  • Consistent reproducibility
  • High availability
  • Easy accessibility of all internal mixer components
  • Low-maintenance mixer concept

Machine type

The continuous ploughshare mixer uses the mixing and fluid process introduced to mixing technology by Lödige. High-quality mixes are achieved through equipment with tools which are adapted perfectly to the respective task.

For the sizes, please refer to the machine flyer.

The ploughshare shovels in special arrangement on a mixing shaft in a horizontal, cylindrical drum rotate closely to the wall. Their peripheral speed and geometric form are coordinated in such a way that the mix is moved out of the product bed against the centrifugal force and in axial direction at the same time. In addition, the shape of the shovels lifts the product particles from the drum wall. The mixing elements having a defined shape and a special arrangement on the shaft, they ensure not only a reliable product conveyance but also a sufficient back-mixing of the product. The so-called “mechanical” fluid bed generated in this way, whereby all the product is constantly involved in the process, ensures a maximum mixing intensity at even the highest throughputs and shortest residence times until the product is discharged out of the mixer via an outlet. The product inside the machine is moved from the inlet to the outlet in a pilgrim step manner: two steps forward, one step back.

The continuous process can be run at filling levels between 20 % and 50 % without influencing the mixing quality.

Choppers can be additionally installed in the mixing drum to increase the turbulence in the mixing process. This also ensures the mixing of fine particles in small quantity and enables the dispersion of product agglomerations and primary particles.

Liquid components can be added into the product in motion by the means of diverse feeding systems. Pipes for large liquid quantity or nozzles for smaller quantity in general are used. Due to exact positioning, moistening of the mixer wall and shaft is largely prevented.

A product is automatically granulated when liquids are added to products which turn sticky in contact with a liquid or if they contain binding agents. This granulation effect can be more or less pronounced.  Usually the bulk density of the product is increased as soon as it is subsequently dried. The particle size can be adjusted in a wide range depending on the product properties. The particle size can be increased too by addition of liquid or powder in a repeated manner. The use of choppers in such granulation processes can be of advantage. The liquid added is initially distributed in an effective manner, then the particle size is built up more homogeneously and finally the structure of each particle is more compact.

The intensive product movement enables the addition of liquid components to ensure coating of the particles. Molten fat for example can be preferably spread in a liquid form onto the particle surface in order to then recrystallize while cooling down. Cooling is performed in an effective manner by using liquid nitrogen or carbon dioxide snow which is added directly into the product. Further coating processes, like reaction coating, are deemed possible too.

The melting of the coating agent in a powdery product is also feasible in a mixer by heating up the powdery product to the melting point of the coating agent and then cooling down.

  • Use of various materials based on their application (from structural steels to stainless steels to special materials) 
  • Chopper devices
  • Jacket for heating/cooling of drum, endplates and shaft
  • Addition of liquids to solids (moistening + granulation)
  • The machines are suitable for nearly all explosion protection zones
  • Cleaning systems (WIP) 
  • Throughput adjustment (manual and automatic) using installed dams
  • Modern, user-friendly control system
  • Machine line components for feeding the mixer

Features "Universal Design"

  • Application-specific wear protection for components in contact with the product
    • Ceramic lining
    • Plastic/rubber lining
    • Tungsten-carbide weld-on welding
    • Wear protection made of different carbide metals
  • Large discharge door for very short discharge times (high throughputs)
  • Easily replaceable mixing elements (optional)

Areas of application

Lödige ploughshare mixers are used for different mixing tasks in practically all industries. We have delivered over 35,000 machines in 80 years. This is a small excerpt of our applications in the

 

    • Processing metal ores
    • Processing sintering mixes
    • Processing carbon and graphite compounds
    • Processing raw materials and compounds in the ceramics industry
    • Processing non-ferrous metals in powder metallurgy
    • Processing glass melts
    • Processing welding and soldering agents
    • Processing raw materials for the production of fire-proof products
    • Processing sanding grain mixes
    • Processing salts
    • Processing EPS
    • Master batches/powder coatings
    • PVAL processing
    • Processing polyolefins
    • Processing (natural) rubber
    • Powder injection moulding
    • Processing solvent-based adhesives
    • Components and additives
    • Plasters/mortars/screed/blast-furnace cement
    • Gypsum and plasterboards
    • Adhesives, fillers and coloured joint mortar
    • Structure protection
    • Insulation systems
    • Plates/stones/finished components
    • Processing sludge and slurry
    • Ground treatment 
    • Processing dust and ash 
    • Processing other raw materials/contaminated substances
    • Production of battery masses
    • Production of friction linings
    • Production of fertilisers
    • Production of animal feed
    • Mixing of pigments and dyes
    • Mixing of fire-proof compounds
    • Production of detergents, wood and ligno substances

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