The PAPENMEIER^® range of mixers is a well established name in all sectors of the plastics industry. In conjunction with Loedige's KM and CB continuous mixers and the FKM batch mixers,  PAPENMEIER^® systems are able to provide highly efficient and reliable solutions to any polymer mixing requirement.

	Compounding
	Cooling
	Powder Coatings
	Wet Mixing Technology
	Friction Mixing
	Masterbatches

Here is a selections of some of the successful applications for PAPENMEIER® Mixers
	Rigid PVC processing
	Casement sections		Foam formulations
	Pipes and fittings		Bottles
	Cable ducts		Other profile sections
	Panels
	Flexible PVC processing
	Cables		Profile sections
	Foils		Tubes
	Commissioning		Floor coverings
	PVAL processing
	Cold and hot water soluble foils
	Processing polyolefines
	Continuous basis stabilization of PE/PP		PP/wood dust compound
	Cross-linked PE		Talcum and chalk filled compounds
	Colouring
	Processing EPS
	Continuous and batch coating with additives		Recycling foamed mould parts
	Masterbatches / Powder Paint
	Cold colouring		Bonding powder paint
	Coating powders or granulates with pigments		Dry-blending powder paint
	Colouring with the introduction of friction heat
	Processing rubber and caoutchouc
	Tyre recycling		Asbestos-free seals
	SBS compounds		Pulverized caoutchouc
	Powder Injection Moulding
	Ceramic Injection Moulding		Metal Injection Moulding
	Processing adhesive containing solvent
	Rubber solution		Plaster adhesive
	Adhesive containing solvent		Medical plaster with active agent
	Acrylic resin dispersions		Hot Melts
	Bitumen		Molten plastic masses
	Plastisol

Mode of Operation

High-Speed Mixers Typ TSHK, operate on the principle of friction mixers. Due to the geometry of the mixing container, in coordination with specially shaped mixing elements and optimal speed, the mixing product is accelerated both radially to the outside and in an upward spiral to produce a clearly defined  vortex. The three dimensional product movement, with intensive friction, heats the entire batch gently and uniformly in the shortest possible time. The selection of mixing elements depends in each case on the field of application. Product heated in this way is cooled gently within the cycle by downstream vertical (KGU) or horizontal (HKB) cooling mixers designed for each project in accordance with the user specification.

In the vertical KGU cooler, a three-arm mixing element rotates close to the wall with minimum clearance from the bottom of a vertical mixing container. The special shape of this element and its peripheral speed are coordinated in such a way that the mixing product is circulated as a vortex and thereby accelerated horizontally and vertically. This mode of product movement assures rapid, intensive mixing, even in the case of components with widely varied rheological features or mass fractions. If necessary, a separately driven chopper backs up the mixing effect and disperses lumps.

In the horizontal HKB cooler, Ploughshare^® shovels rotate in special arrangement along the horizontal shaft inside a horizontal, cylindrical mixing drum. The size, number, positioning, geometric shape and peripheral speed of the mixing elements are coordinated for three-dimensional movement of the components inside the mixing drum. The resultant turbulence, with constant, total product mobility caused by the mixing elements, prevents the formation of dead or static zones and results in precision mixing within the shortest possible time.

	KM-Series continuous mixer

KM-Series continuous mixers are also employed in the polymer industry, especially where high volume continuous operation is required. More information on this type of mixer can be found under Continuous Mixing.
 

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