Plump up your particles

Agglomeration, or particle size enlargement, is central to many processes. Among the many common applications that benefit from agglomeration are pharmaceutical tablet-making operations; waste dust concentration reductions; filter cake processing; iron ore pellet production and other mineral processing applications; and fertilizer pellet and other basic chemical manufacture. The pin mixer can be a major piece of equipment, serving as a preconditioner to high-value agglomeration processes. The transport of fines into molds and dies of tableting, pelleting and briquette machines is much more difficult than is the transport of larger particles. The pin mixer makes larger particles and enhances the filling operation of such machines by increasing material flowability into the mold.