Flow Aids: ProBlend™ Zone Blender for Hoppers and SilosThe ProBlend Zone Blender is used for blending and homogenizing any free flowing bulk material, within a hopper or silo. It can be used for mixtures of many ingredients and is frequently employed by compounders, recyclers, and others who require a uniform blend of materials at the use point.  |
Request Quote | Contact Rep Download Spec SheetsSpec Sheets require Adobe’s Acrobat Reader to view. If you are already logged in with your |
With its special geometry in the silo hopper, the ProBlend™ Zone Blender provides ten different flow zones in which the material passes through the silo at different velocities and residence times.
As a result, the discharged material contains a blend of material from throughout the silo or hopper. The Zone Blender uses a combination of mass flow (first in - first out) with funnel flow (last in - first out) to provide a homogenous blend and eliminate the effects of segregation, even with dissimilar materials.
Zone Blender Applications and Benefits
- May be used in a once-through or recirculating system design, to provide a homogenous blend of material from throughout the silo.
- Appropriate for batch or continuous systems.
- Allows re-use of off-spec or recycled material by blending it into the major component.
- Suitable for mixtures of many ingredients.
- For the compounder, the resulting homogeneity provides uniformity of color and uniformity of other desired material properties.
- When installed above the process or packager, it reduces any chance of segregation at the use point – no more variability in the end product.
- Continuous concept with no time delay required between material feed and blending.
