Extrud-O-Mix
Low Pressure Extruder
Mix. Knead. Extrude. All in One Step.
The Bepex Extrud-O-Mix low-pressure mixing extruder bridges the gap between mixing/blending and particle enlargement equipment. It uniformly mixes powders and liquids to produce pastes or consistent, free-flowing pellets or granules. The Extrud-O-Mix combines the mixer, kneader, and extruder into a single unit, simplifying your process flow.
Combine Processing Operations
Mix, knead, form, and extrude, all in a single unit. The Extrud-O-Mix continuously mixes powder and liquid streams, eliminating prewetting or kneading the feed material before extrusion. Mixing and forming or extrusion are completed in a single process step.
Low Pressure, Dust-Free Processing
Low-pressure mixing is ideal for combining powders and liquids to produce a paste or dough for consistent extrusion. Using the minimum force necessary produces a dust-free material with good particle integrity and excellent dispersibility.
Control Particle Size and Solubility
Control particle size and shape to specific granule or pellet surface areas. The Extrud-O-Mix produces pellets of low to medium density and strength, with excellent solubility characteristics, ranging from 0.8-10 mm in diameter.
Advantages
Multiple Extrusion Options
Multiple extrusion plate configurations are available. Customized orifice or die plates allow for special shapes and sizes.
Pellet Size Control
Easily size the finished products with a shaft-mounted or auxiliary driven cut-off-knife.
Dust-Free Production
The Extrud-O-Mix accepts fine solids and outputs a dust-free extrudate, particle, or granule.
Waste Recapture
Convert your nuisance waste or process dust into value-added products.
Adjustable Internal Mixing
Optional internal orifice plates increase mixing inside the unit, ensuring a homogeneous paste.
Thermal Control
Optional jacketed design heats or cools material during mixing to induce or control a reaction, melt a binder, or heat materials to facilitate processing.
Multiple Extrusion Options
Multiple extrusion plate configurations are available. Customized orifice or die plates allow for special shapes and sizes.
Pellet Size Control
Easily size the finished products with a shaft-mounted or auxiliary driven cut-off-knife.
Dust-Free Production
The Extrud-O-Mix accepts fine solids and outputs a dust-free extrudate, particle, or granule.
Waste Recapture
Convert your nuisance waste or process dust into value-added products.
Adjustable Internal Mixing
Optional internal orifice plates increase mixing inside the unit, ensuring a homogeneous paste.
Thermal Control
Optional jacketed design heats or cools material during mixing to induce or control a reaction, melt a binder, or heat materials to facilitate processing.
How does it work?
The Extrud-O-Mix is designed to combine mixing, kneading, and extrusion in a single unit.
The Extrud-O-Mix consists of a single horizontal shaft with a row of hammers arranged in a spiral pattern.
Solid feeds are metered into the inlet where screw-flighting begins forming a mass and conveys it forward to the mixing zone.
Liquid binders are introduced via specialized ports along the vessel. The screw-flighting on the shaft turns into hammers that help agitate the solids and liquids, beginning to form a paste. Stationary anvils and orifice plates attached to the housing interrupt the hammers, promoting mixing.
Optional internal orifice plates provide additional mixing intensity and shear when needed to form a more consistent paste. The vessel can also be heated or cooled to aid in processing.
The intense mixing produces a homogeneous paste that is forced through an application-specific orifice or die plate at the discharge. When both particle length and diameter are critical, a shaft-mounted or separately driven cut-off knife shears the pellets to a consistent length.
All-in-one processing cuts time, cost and hassle
Discover the Extrud-O-Mix advantage: Mix, knead, form, and extrude all in the same machine.
Simplify processing while producing pastes, pellets, or granules. Gain complete control over particle size, shape, surface area, density, and solubility.
Contact a Bepex processing expert to learn more.
