Horizontal Ribbon Mixer
High-Performance Industrial Mixing Equipment
APEC’s Horizontal Ribbon Mixer is engineered for reliable and uniform blending of powders, granules, and dry mixes across a wide range of industries. Designed for durability and consistent results, this industrial ribbon mixer delivers gentle yet thorough ingredient dispersion for high-quality end products.
Engineered for Industrial Performance
The Horizontal Ribbon Mixer uses a double ribbon agitator mounted with solid spokes to a shaft to provide efficient convective mixing throughout the batch. The shaft sizes range from 2-1/4” to 6” in diameter.
This mixer is ideal as a core component within larger process control systems and pairs seamlessly with automated batching, weighing, and conveying equipment such as batch weighing system integrations. Its versatility makes it suitable for manufacturing lines that also include industrial food processing equipment, coatings systems, and other material handling solutions.
Whether you are scaling up dry mix production, improving quality in industrial food processing equipment lines, or integrating with downstream units such as powder coating equipment, the robust design and flexible options of our mixer can be tailored for your specific plant requirements.
Industrial Ribbon Mixer Product Details
Standard Features
- A Double ribbon agitator mounted with solid spokes to a solid center shaft
- Shaft sizes range from 2-1/4” to 6” in diameter
- Shaft mount reducer eliminates the chain and sprocket arrangements found on other mixers, and simplifies maintenance
- Drive sizes range from 3 to 60 HP
- All mixers are constructed with a 3/16” or 1/4” thick tub and 1/4” or 3/8” end plates
- All mixers use ball bearing flange or spherical roller bearings to support the main shaft
Available Discharges
- Full length drop bottom (pneumatically actuated)
- Standard pneumatic-end slide gate
- Optional center-pneumatic slide gate
Available Options
- Mild or stainless steel discharge surge
- 50 Hz motors
- Explosion-proof motors
- Mild or stainless steel liquid sparger bar
- Load cell weighing assemblies
- Discharge conveyor
With such a strong foundation of standard features available for our industrial ribbon mixer, and such a wide variety of sizes, capacities, discharges options, finishes, and additional custom options, APEC is confident that we can fit your operations with a horizontal industrial ribbon mixer that will integrate smoothly into your business’s processing line.
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Horizontal Ribbon Mixer Case Study
Customer: West Michigan Automotive Raw Material Supplier
Industry: Automotive Raw Material Supplier
Problem or goal: This customer uses horizontal ribbon mixers to apply liquid oil to plastic pellets. The finished material is then shipped to various suppliers as raw material used in plastic part extrusion. The nature of their business, along with trying to maintain margins, lead them to invest in used machinery. Due to this business plan they experienced frequent downtime due to the mixer agitator and/or shafts breaking. The customer approached APEC with their requirement for a robust horizontal ribbon mixer that would not experience breakdowns or problems.
What APEC provided: APEC redesigned the standard 3-ton mixer ribbon assembly to include a heavy-duty drive shaft, thicker ribbon flighting, larger diameter posts and gussets for the posts.
How we solved their Issue/met their goal: The improved design has allowed this manufacturer to run trouble free since 2007 with no downtime reported.
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