{"id":55,"date":"2017-02-07T04:52:43","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T04:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/powdernotes.com\/testing\/?p=55"},"modified":"2017-02-07T06:20:32","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T06:20:32","slug":"solids-mixing-blending-handling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/powdernotes.com\/testing\/education\/solids-mixing-blending-handling\/","title":{"rendered":"Solids Mixing, Blending &#038; Handling"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/powdernotes.com\/testing\/education\/solids-mixing-blending-handling\/\"><span style=\"color: #cc9900;\">Solids Mixing, Blending &amp; Handling<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,.87); max-width: 28cm; display: inline-block;\"><strong>An<\/strong> in-depth, two-day course focusing on the mixing, blending, and subsequent handling of powders and their blends. Offered upon sufficient request.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,.87); max-width: 28cm; display: inline-block;\"><strong>Topics<\/strong> include differences of mixing free-flowing powders versus cohesive powders; the impact of powder characteristics; ordered versus random mixes; main mixer types &amp; their selection &amp; scale-up; mixer performance based on mix variance; proper system design to enhance and maintain a quality mix; proper sampling techniques; segregation issues and fixes in transporting blends, as well as related topics in solids handling and reblending.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,.87); max-width: 28cm; display: inline-block;\"><strong>Course<\/strong> content includes fundamental differences of mixing free-flowing versus cohesive powders; the impact of powder flow characteristics on effective mixing; particle mobility; ordered versus random versus segregated mixes; main mixer types, common combinations, and mixer selection; using mixture variance to measure a mixer\u2019s performance; proper system design to enhance a quality mix; impact of scale of scrutiny on mixture variance; effect of moisture and sprays on mixture variance; proper sampling techniques; fundamental approaches to mixer scale-up; segregation issues and fixes in transporting blends.<br \/>\n<strong>Mixtures<\/strong> should be preserved, so additional lectures will address the causes of de-mixing; proper handling of the final mixture; evaluation of samples to determine if the mixer or the process is affecting mix quality; and solutions to de-mixing if it occurs, as well as related topics in solids handling and reblending.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,.87);\"><strong>Course material:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,.87); max-width: 25cm; display: inline-block; padding-left: 6pt;\">\n<li>\n<p style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,.87);\"><em>Day 1 &#8211;<\/em>\u00a0 Free-flow powders, cohesive powders, powder flow characteristics as they apply to mixers, random versus segregated mixing, mixer types &amp; selection, mixture variance, scale of scrutiny, system design.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,.87);\"><em>Day 2 &#8211;<\/em>\u00a0Statistics of mixing, hands-on calculation examples, sampling techniques, analysis considerations, mixing scale-up. Proper sampling to understand mixer versus downstream process affects, correct downstream design, segregation and its causes, solving segregation issues, related solids handling topics.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"color: rgba(0,0,0,.87);\"><em>Evening sessions &#8211;<\/em>\u00a0Flow characterization demonstrations, DEM modeling &amp; simulations<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a class=\" button_grey button_small  \" href=\"http:\/\/powdernotes.com\/testing\/sample-page\/contact-us\/\" target=\"\">Request One<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solids Mixing, Blending &amp; Handling An in-depth, two-day course focusing on the mixing, blending, and subsequent handling of powders and their blends. Offered upon sufficient request. 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