Trough Mixer
Trough Mixer

Trough Mixer

The trough mixer is a horizontal mixing unit designed for damp fine powders, highly viscous materials, pastes, and solid–liquid mixtures. Unlike gravity-driven mixers such as V-type and double-cone mixers, it uses rotating mixing blades to stir and homogenize materials.
The machine has a compact structure and a simple unloading design. It is suitable for standard production workflows in the pharmaceutical, food, chemical, pesticide, and daily-care product industries.
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Main Components

 

U-Shaped Mixing Trough
The trough is made of 304 or 316L stainless steel, with rounded inner corners. The smooth interior surface helps reduce material adhesion and residue, making routine cleaning and batch changeover easier.


Mixing Blade Assembly
The unit is fitted with U-profile mixing blades. During operation, the blades lift, turn, and circulate material inside the trough. This mechanical agitation allows the mixer to handle materials that cannot be blended effectively by gravity tumbling alone.

Horizontal mixer

 

Variable-Speed Transmission Unit
The trough mixer is driven by a high-torque geared motor. It provides stable power output for viscous and damp materials. A variable-frequency drive can be used to adjust rotation speed according to process requirements.


Tilt-Discharge Setup
Manual or motorized tilting discharge is available. The trough can tilt to a large angle, which helps improve discharge efficiency and reduce material residue inside the cavity.


Shaft Sealing and Control Cabinet
The shaft sealing structure helps reduce material leakage during operation. The control cabinet supports timed mixing, speed adjustment, and standard start–stop operation for batch production.

Trough mixer

 

Features

 

  • Suitable for moist powders, pastes, sticky materials, and solid–liquid mixtures
  • Recommended filling ratio: 50%–75%, depending on material and mixing process
  • Stainless-steel trough with polished inner surface for easier cleaning
  • Stable operation under heavy-load and high-viscosity conditions
  • Can be used for dry mixing, wet mixing, powder wetting, and pre-mixing

 

Working Principle

 

During operation, the drive motor rotates the U-shaped mixing blades at an adjustable speed. The blades move the material along the trough while also circulating it from the center to the sides.
Wet agglomerates and sticky materials are gradually broken up and redistributed. Liquid components are evenly incorporated into the solid material, producing a uniform mixture. The mixer is suitable for damp, sticky, and poor-flowing materials that are difficult to process in conventional tumble mixers.

 

Technical Parameters

 

Taking the CH-500L trough mixer as an example:

Volume

500L

Agitator motor power

7.5KW/380V

Discharge motor power

2.2KW/380V

Agitator speed

24r/min

Discharge angle

105° (adjustable)

Dimensions

2100×800×1420mm

 

Applications

 

The trough mixer can be used for wet blending and pre-processing in various industries:

  • Pre-granulation wet mixing (pharmaceutical)
  • Raw-material compounding and paste preparation (food)
  • Slurry and adhesive preparation (chemical)
  • Pesticide and veterinary product compounding
  • Cosmetic raw-material preparation
  • Detergent manufacturing
  • Moisturizing pre-treatment for powder materials

 

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