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Brochure MIXACO Container Mixer i4

Brochure MIXACO Container Mixer i4

Brochure MIXACO Container Mixer i4

Product catalog summary
Overview
The MIXACO Container Mixer i4 is designed for the Industry 4.0 and IoT era, offering easy cleaning and maximum flexibility. It features optimized extraction, a flat mixing head, and a lifting device for container positioning, eliminating the need for a floor plate and guide fork. The mixer is dust-protected and includes patented injection technology.

Key Advantages
  • Accommodates different container sizes with one mixer.
  • Minimized cleaning effort and maximum flexibility for varying batch sizes.
  • Efficient handling of frequent recipe changes and short delivery times.
  • Low circumferential speeds (4-15 m/s) for moderate temperature increase and excellent mixing quality.
  • Innovative liquid injection through the shaft and minor wear on mixing tools.
  • High energy efficiency with frequency-controlled motors.

Technical Details
  • Dust-protected components reduce maintenance and cleaning needs.
  • Dedusting equipment extracts fine dust post-mixing.
  • Temperature sensors in the mixing head for product temperature monitoring.
  • ATEX/NEC compliance for explosive applications.

Tool i4
The i4 tool is designed for use with a flat mixing head, ensuring good vortex formation at moderate speeds. It allows cleaning while installed and minimizes material build-up.

Control System
  • Controlled by Siemens S7 PLC or Allen-Bradley components, ensuring optimal integration.
  • Remote maintenance via VPN for quick troubleshooting.
  • Up to 99 mixing programs can be created with the Siemens TP700 touch control panel.

Applications
The mixer is suitable for a wide range of applications, including masterbatches, color mixing, additives, powder coating, toner, food, and animal food.

Additional Features
  • Compatibility with existing systems and containers.
  • Stainless steel design and wearing protection for tools.
  • Temperature measurement and innovative liquid injection options.
  • AGV compatibility and ATEX/NEC execution options.

Technical Data
Available in various sizes, the mixer supports batch sizes from 3 to 960 kg with mixing times of 3-6 minutes per batch.

Industry Experience
MIXACO has extensive experience across various industries, offering tailored solutions and comprehensive consultation for new projects and optimization of existing plants.

Contact Information
MIXACO is headquartered in Germany with a branch in the USA, providing global support and expertise in mixing technology.
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Brochure MIXACO Container Mixer i4-1

Container Mixer i4 The mixer concept in the era of Industry 4.0 and IoT EASIEST CLEANING | MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY

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Brochure MIXACO Container Mixer i4-2

The advantages of the MIXACO Container Mixer i4 MIXACO has been innovation leader in the mixing industry for more than 50 years. Many of our inventions and patents were developed together with our customers and became an industry-wide standard. Short delivery times, frequent recipe changes, decreasing batch sizes, innovative recipe components, and high quality standards as a matter of course are only some of the challenges that our customers face on a daily basis. These challenges take on an ever-increasing importance in the era of Industry 4.0 / IoT. For this reason, we developed the Container...

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Brochure MIXACO Container Mixer i4-3

Details No floor plate Flat mixing head Dust-protected machine components Dedusting The dust-protected machine components also contribute to lower maintenance cycles as well as minimum need for cleaning. Dedusting equipment on the mixing head that extracts the fine dust generated in the mixing container after the mixing process. The container mixer can be designed in compliance to ATEX for the operation of potentially explosive applications according to customer specifications. Temperature sensor in the mixing head to determine the product temperature during mixing. The temperature is indicated...

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Brochure MIXACO Container Mixer i4-4

Tool i4 Best mixing quality for a wide variety of applications MASTERBATCHES | COLOR MIXING | ADDITIVES | POWDER COATING | TONER | FOOD | ANIMAL FOOD | AND MUCH MORE The MIXACO mixing tool i4 was developed specifically for use in a mixer with a flat mixing head. The innovative design of the i4 tool enables a good mixing vortex formation, even at moderate circumferential speeds. Depending on the application, these speeds range from 4 to 15 m/s. An outstanding homogenization and excellent color output are guaranteed. Given the large distance to the mixing head bottom, the tool can be cleaned while...

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Brochure MIXACO Container Mixer i4-5

Control Our mixing equipment is controlled with a Siemens S7 PLC and meets today‘s requirements for safety, efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Since the control is developed and programmed by one and the same company, it is virtually ensured that the mixer components are optimally integrated. As an alternative, it is also possible to use Allen-Bradley components (incl. Panelview operating unit). Control can also be designed according to UL / NEMA. Additionally, the control can be equipped with an interface for data exchange with higher-level control. Allen Bradley • Using the touch control panel...

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Brochure MIXACO Container Mixer i4-6

Best mixing quality for a wide variety of applications MASTERBATCHES | COLOR MIXING | ADDITIVES | POWDER COATING | TONER | FOOD ANIMAL FOOD | AND MUCH MORE Multi-method Maximum functionality For a wide variety of mixing processes: • Homogenizing • Wetting • Dispersing Additional expansion options: • Three different container sizes possible with a single mixer • Compatibility with existing systems and containers • Expanded stainless steel design of the Container Mixer • Wearing protection for the tools • Temperature measurement of the mix • Innovative liquid injection • Option of adding material...

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Brochure MIXACO Container Mixer i4-7

Experience in Many Industries MIXACO has been offering solutions for a wide variety of industries for many decades. This means the requirements on the mixing technology are correspondingly varied. MIXACO has profound expertise across many industries and can precisely and positively adapt the wide product range to each individual mixing solution. Particularly when it comes to Container Mixers, customers can benefit from comprehensive consultation and the development of customer-specific solutions. Whether new projects or the optimization of existing plants, MIXACO will be at your side up to the...

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MASCHINENBAUGood ideas are conceived. But the right solutions are put to the test. Contact us for your mixing trials and benefit from the extensive experience of our technicians and process engineers: • Tests on various mixing systems • Adaptation of mixing parameters • Recording and documentation of mixing tests • Analysis of mixing results MIXACO Dr. Herfeld GmbH & Co. KG MIXACO USA LLC

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