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Ribbon Blender Machine

Ribbon blenders have been the workhorses for blending applications and are very common in the chemical, pharmaceutical, and food industries. This article explains the construction, operation and applications of a ribbon blender. It elaborates on the design options that make the equipment versatile.

Applications of Ribbon Blenders

Ribbon blenders can be designed to operate in both batch and continuous modes. Batch type blenders can be built up to capacities of 50 m3. The ribbon blender's versatility for blending solids combined with it ability to perform heating, cooling, coating, and other processes make it a very popular blender. The following are the applications of the Ribbon Blender:

• Blending large volumes of dry solids.
• Dry powder to wet phase mixing.
• Mixing of bulk drugs, chemicals, and cosmetic powders.
• Dry Blending of capsule formulations.
• Lubrication of dry granules in large quantity.
• Heating, cooling, and drying of materials.
• Coating solid particles with small amounts of liquids to produce formulations.