Octagonal Blender, due to its octagonal shape is designed to process larger volume of material.
The machine basically consists of shell welded with conical Octagonal shape ends and supported with sturdy supports on both side.
Working volumes upto 70% of the total volumes.
The blending takes place at low speed during operation. It is well balanced even in higher capacities. It is very useful for pharmaceutical industries wherein gentle blending of dry granules of powder is to be done. It is a slow speed blender and has removable type baffles mounted on a rectangular shell
Dust free charging system is also incorporated, which is a completely closed system for charging and discharging of powders or granules.
The material to be mixed is charged in machine either manually from top or bin charging system or vacuum charging system and then the port is locked positively. Then blender is started to preset blending time. At the end of process, machine is stopped and the product is transferred to process containers by opening the butterfly value.
Widely used in API’s due to irregular shape yielding higher blending actions in short times.