Rapid and homogeneous blending
For nearly 50 years American Process Systems® (APS) has been designing and manufacturing ribbon blenders for a wide variety of mixing applications. The unique ribbon blender triple-action agitator ensures rapid, homogeneous blending.
Our sanitary double-ribbon blender, or combination paddle-ribbon blender, consists of a stainless steel, U-shaped mixing tank with a two-piece, removable solid bar shaft agitator. The tank is a one-piece weldment. There are no removable or slotted endplates with seams that can create harborage points for unmixed material to accumulate. Heavy-duty, plasma cut agitator tool support posts, flange free construction and continuous welds ground smooth with large radii throughout add further to the structural integrity and cleanliness of our agitator and housing design.
Application expertise along with engineering and manufacturing flexibility allows us to truly offer tailored mixing solutions
Working capacity: from 3 cubic feet up to 515 cubic feet.
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Choose your shell style
U-shaped shell
The traditional U-shaped shell is found on the majority of ribbon blenders. The full open top allow for ease of access during cleaning. Cover arrangements typically include a flanged, filtered bag dump work station and end cover.
Semi-cylindrical shell
Ribbon blenders with a semi-cylindrical shell lend themselves to cooker/cooler applications where a greater level of heat transfer is needed than can be accommodated in a U-shaped vessel. The 300° cylindrical shell also eliminates pinch points for shear sensitive products.
Choose your agitator
Double-ribbon agitator
The double-ribbon blender agitator is valued for its thorough mixing. It consists of an inner and an outer ribbon providing counter-directional flow while keeping the product in constant motion throughout the vessel. The inner ribbons move materials toward the ends of the ribbon blender whereas the outer ribbons move material back toward the center discharge of the ribbon blender.
Paddle-ribbon agitator
The paddle-ribbon agitator combines inner ribbons with outer paddles. The paddle-ribbon blender is especially well suited for fragile, heat sensitive products. While maintaining counter-directional flow, the outer paddles minimize pinch points at the wall thus introducing less frictional heat than a continuous outer ribbon.
Learn more about our paddle-ribbon blender here.
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Double-Ribbon Blenders, Paddle-Ribbon Blenders, and Paddle Blenders
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Select the right-style blender for your application; a comparison between the fluidizing paddle blender and the ribbon…
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Sanitary design advantages
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We build our APS control panels in our own shop.
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Fully equipped, in-house test lab in Gurnee, IL.