Yinda V Blender Machine For Your Powder processing Task:

What Is A V Blender?

V blender or twin shell blender is suitable for industrial and laboratory productions. V blenders come in different sizes, capacities, and optional accessories to meet your requirements. Its compact design and ultra-efficient productivity speed help to achieve the desired results and better performance in minimum duration. V blenders ensure high mixing uniformity and fast mixing speed with convenient cleaning options.

Read this guide to learn about the design, working principle, benefits, applications, buying guide, and many other pieces of information.

What Is The Design Of A V Blender?

1# Stainless Steel:

V blender is made up of highly finished stainless steel material. The stainless steel is non-corrosive and offers maximum durability over other materials.

2# Two V-shaped cylinders:

It has two V-shaped asymmetric cylinders that are welded between the angles of 75° and 90°. The cylinders are welded to ensure a diffusive mixing of the entire components, reduce segregation, and drop the mixing duration. Additionally, these V-shaped cylinders also support the easy removal of the material once the mixing process is completed.

3# Inlet Doors:

It has two inlet doors that allow quick entry of material.

4# Digital Panel:

There is a digital panel from where you can monitor controller speed and time.

5# Shaft Axis:

Its shaft axis allows free rotation of V-shaped cylinders to achieve the right homogeneity.

6# High-speed Intensifier:

V blenders also contain high-speed intensifier bars or lump breakers for the disintegration of agglomerates in the charge material. However, the provision of an intensifier bars is fully optional.

The provision of intensifier bar has both advantages and disadvantages. You can achieve dry as well as wet mixing of fine and coarse particles. It produces cleaning problems, adds undesired particle attrition, and sealing problems for shafts.

7# Discharge Valve:

There is a butterfly-shaped valve to maintain manual discharge of products from the V blender. However, it is recommended to fill in the materials in symmetrical layers to ensure smooth mixing and discharge.

How Does V Blender work?

The primary mode of action of V blender is based on the process of diffusion. It is characterized by the random movement of the granules and particles. It generates diffusive blending that supports the movement of the individual particles. This diffusive blending ensures a high degree of homogeneity. As there is no agitator inside the V blender, the rotation of shells generates rotation and optimal mixing of the product.

V blender generates an axial flow that results in a rapid uniform mixing of material without the use of deflating blades. The blending speed plays an important role in the mixing of materials. For example, the shear forces are very low at lower blending speeds. Likewise, higher blending speeds generate high shear forces. The total critical speed of V blenders is approximately 50% to 80%.

It is higly recommended to fill up to 70% of the total internal space of the V mixer to ensure smooth mixing of the powdered and solid particles. The blending time of V blender is based on the blending speed and nature of the particles. Usually, blending time varies from 8 to 10 minutes depending upon the nature of the material to be blended.

What Are The Mixing Parameters Of V Blenders?

Three parameters influence the homogeneity and working capacity of V blenders.

1# Mixing Batch Volume:

As I told you before the V blender must be loaded between 40% and 70% of its total volume. As the V blender has two legs of the cylinder to rotate the solid particles, there must be sufficient space available for free rotation. The overfilling of the V blender requires a longer duration than usual to mix all the solid particles. Hence, appropriate filling of V blender is essential to maintain complete diffusion of materials between the two cylinders of it.

2# Mixing Speed:

The mixing speed of the V blender is proportional to the centrifugal speed generated by its two cylinders. A typical centrifugal force generated by V blenders is approximately 10-25 rpm. The optimal mixing speed lies between 50% and 80% of the critical rotation speed. Likewise, it also promotes shear force. Moreover, the mixing speed is based on the total volume of the V blender. The bigger the size, the slower the speed is.

3# Symmetrical Loading Style:

A symmetrical loading style is very important to cut long mixing time to short. It is recommended to proceed by layers. If you load all the ingredients in the 1^st leg and 2^nd leg does not contain an equal volume of ingredients in it, it will disturb the loading speed and loading time. Always add ingredients in the form of layers to optimize the cycle time in each run.

Benefits Of V Blender:

These are some significant benefits of V blenders over conventional mixers.

1. V blenders are easy to operate, charge, discharge, move, and clean.
2. Its titled and cylindrical body design ensures a complete discharge of product materials.
3. V blenders are safe and reliable to use because of their digital timer, waterproof control box, and overload protection device.
4. V blenders are suitable for a variety of commercial and industrial applications including GMP food and pharmaceutical productions.
5. The optimal filling range of V blenders is approximately 50L to 150L.
6. V blenders are made of rust-free and high-finish SS304, 316L stainless steel material & carbon steel material.
7. As V blender does not have moving blades, it minimizes particle size reduction and attrition.
8. As V blender does not contain shaft projection, it eliminates product contamination.
9. V blenders support internal attachments such as lump breakers and liquid dispensers to diversify its application.
10. Its Bin chagrining system allows a closed and dust-free environment for charging and discharging.
11. V blender is perfect for fragile granules, soft powders, and solid particles.

Disadvantages Of V Blenders:

Although V blenders are suitable for a variety of applications, there are some drawbacks to using V blenders. There are two main disadvantages of using V blenders.

1. V blenders require high headroom to install and operate at an optimal level.
2. V blenders ensure equal size and densities of the mixing particles.
3. V mixer is not designed for particles of varying sizes and densities because they keep apart at the time of removal.

Application Of V Blender:

V blenders are suitable for mixing free-flowing solids, powders, and granules. V blenders are appropriate used for the following industrial and commercial applications:

1. Pesticides & herbicides industries
2. Food processing industries
3. Plastic industries
4. Chemical industries
5. Construction industries
6. Paint industries
7. Cosmetic industries

What Is The Difference Between V Blender & Ribbon Blender?

1# Design:

A ribbon blender has a U-shaped cylindrical design with a laterally placed trough. On other hand, the V blender has two V-shaped cylinders or various cylinder considerations attached to each other.

2# Agitator Or No Agitator:

A ribbon blender contains an agitator. The agitator has both inner and outer helical ribbons. These ribbons help to move the material in counter-clockwise direction. On contrary, V blender usually does not have agitators. Instead of this, there is an intensifier bar or rotator shaft for the movement of materials.

3# Rotatory Movements:

Likewise, axial and radial movements are also involved to mix the materials in a ribbon blender. The V blender allows rotational movement to homogenize the ingredients in it.

4# Working Principle:

A ribbon blender works on the principle of convection and diffusions with a rotational speed of 300 fpm. Likewise, a V blender works on the principle of diffusion with a rotational speed between 5 and 25 rpm.

5# Space For Placement:

A ribbon blender needs appropriate floor space with relatively low overhead requirements. On contrary, require small circular floor prints with significant ceiling height.

6# Suitability:

A ribbon blender is ideal for producing high-quality and lump-free blending mixtures for solid-solid particles. V blender is suitable for granules, soft powders, and solid granules.

7# Heat vs. No Heat:

As a ribbon blender generates more heat, it is not suitable for heat-sensitive applications. On other hand, a V blender generates less heat and suitable for heat-sensitive applications.

In the light of the above-mentioned considerations, the selection criteria between a V blender and ribbon blender is based on the requirements of materials. Note all the differences between V blenders and ribbon blenders to save several thousand dollars before purchase.

Categories:

Yinda Machinery provides three different categories of V blenders. These are as follows:

1# V20-V50L V Mixer:

V20-V50L V Mixer is suitable for mixing granules and soft powders in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and food industries. It is made up of 304 stainless steel, 316L, and carbon steel. Its total equipment volume is 20 to 50 L. It requires 3 to 6 minutes for mixing a batch weight of 8kg to 20kg volume. It needs a 0.55KW-0.75KW power supply to run efficiently. This type of V mixer is suitable for mixing loose dry powder and crystal particles with a specific gravity of 0.1-1.4.

2# V100-V300L V Mixer:

V100-V300L V Mixer reduces blending time with efficient blending speed. It requires 1.1 KW to 1.5 KW drive power to work at optimal speed. This type of V mixer is made up of 304 stainless steel, 316L, and carbon steel. It is suitable for blending loose dry powder and crystal particles with a specific gravity of 0.1-2 to meet smooth mixing of the entire material in the same batch. The 100L to 300L V blenders can mix 40kg to 120kg volume of the dry powder with fast mixing speed.

3# V500-V2000L Bin Blender:

V500-V2000L Bin Blender is suitable for a wide variety of industrial applications due to its versatility. It requires a driving power of 3KW-5.5 KW to ensure fast mixing speed. It takes 6 to 10 minutes for mixing 40kg to 800kg lose dry powder and crystal particles with a specific gravity of 0.1-2. It is easy to clean and offers high mixing uniformity.

How To Choose The Right Type Of V Blender?

When you are buying a V blender for industrial or commercial applications, follow these guidelines to choose the right type of V blender as per your requirements.

• Identify the nature of the solid particles, powders, and granules.
• Identify the size of the V blender to appropriately fill it.
• Identify the expected mixing time for each cycle.
• Identify the discharge time required for each batch.
• Identify the certification of V blender.
• Identify the working capacity and efficiency of it.

Call to Action:

Contact us today to purchase a V blender at competitive rates as per the requirements of your project. We provide a wide range of V blenders to meet ISO/CE/GMP standards. Our technical team members know about particle processing and powder grinding time to help you purchase the right type of V blender. Please send us an email to send your queries and detailed requirements to get custom-made solutions from our experts.

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The bottom line:

V blenders are used for several high-throughput industrial and commercial applications. No doubt, V blenders are efficient, simple to use, easy to clean, and an excellent choice for medium or small-scale industries. It specifically works on the principle of diffusion. It does not contain an agitator and proceeds with slow tumbling speed to ensure a gentle mixing of components without damaging the ingredients. There are multiple varieties of V blenders available in the market. Choose the one that matches the requirements of your projects!

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