Ploughshare® Food Mixer for batch operation (Hygienic Design)

Product catalog summary

Overview
The Lödige Ploughshare® Food Mixer is designed for batch operations with a focus on hygienic design. It offers high-quality mixes in short times, gentle product treatment, reliable reproducibility, and combines multiple processes in one machine. The mixer is designed for maximum availability and low maintenance, with easy access to all internal parts.

Mode of Operation
The mixer operates on a mechanical fluid bed principle, using Ploughshare® shovels arranged on a horizontal shaft within a cylindrical drum. This setup ensures a three-dimensional movement of components, preventing dead zones and allowing for quick, gentle, and precise mixing. The design supports the addition of liquids and particle coating, with optional high-speed choppers for enhanced mixing.

Range of Application
The Ploughshare® Mixers are versatile, used across various industries, particularly in the food sector. Applications include oven-ready flour mixes, dried soups, spice mixes, muesli, tea mixes, soluble drinks, sweets, cheese spread ingredients, and more. Over 30,000 machines have been supplied worldwide in the past 70 years.

Equipment Features
Custom solutions are available, including options like high-quality surface finishes, heavy-duty and stainless steels, chopper units, heated/cooled components, and dosing devices for various additives. The mixer sizes can be customized up to a total volume of 30,000 liters.

Catalog excerpts

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PROCESS TECHNOLOGY Ploughshare® Food Mixer for batch operation (Hygienic Design) ■ Highest quality mixes in short mixing times ■ Gentle treatment of the product ■ Reliable reproducibility of the mix quality ■ Combined processes in one single machine ■ Maximum availability ■ Low maintenance design ■ Easy accessibility to all inside parts of the mixer LODIGE - ALWAYS THE RIGHT MIX

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Further sizes available on demand up to a total volume of 30000 I. Mode of Operation The Batch Mixer operates on the principle of a mechanical generated fluid bed introduced by Lodige to the mixing technology and technical literature. Ploughshare® Shovels rotate as mixing elements arranged systematically on the mixer shaft in a horizontal, cylindrical drum. The size, number and positioning, geometric shape and peripheral speed of the mixing elements are coordinated in such a way that they produce a threedimensional movement of the components. The mechanically generated fluid bed prevents the...

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