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APS Mixing & Blending Equipment from ABM
American Process Systems [APS] specializes in industrial blending and processing equipment and manufactures a complete line of equipment for material processing including; Bag Dump Workstations, Elevation Stations®, Fluidizing Paddle Blenders, Fluidized Zone Mixers, Paddle Blenders, Paddle Ribbon Blenders, Pneumatic Bag Compactors, Ribbon Blenders, Plow Blenders, Dryers & Reactors, Viscous Pumps and High Speed Finishers for processes under normal atmosphere, pressure or under vacuum.

APS supplies single machines and complete turn-key plants for material processing in a wide range of industries such as; Agriculture - Food - Speciality Food - Fodder - Animal Food - Sanitary Applications - Building Materials - Ceramics - Chemicals - Technical Chemicals - Pharmaceuticals - Ashes/Dusts/Sludges.
 
See below for a sample of the blending equipment available from ABM Equipment.
Plow Blenders 

From the traditional Plow Blender to the shorter but larger diameter Turbulent Mixer series,
APS offers tailor-made solutions to today's mixing challenges.

Mixers & Reactors

  • Capacities from 2.5 to 1,200 ft³
  • Batch or continuous operation
  • Stainless or carbon steel,or specialty alloys
  • Corrosion, erosion or abrasion resistant internal coatings

Quality Workmanship

  • Solid agitator shafts
  • FDA, USDA and 3A Dairy approved designs
  • Custom Tailored Solutions
  • Over 25 years of process experience
  • Unlimited options
  • Fully equipped test lab or test at your facility
  •  
    ASME Certified Facility
  • Full vacuum mixers
  • Pressures to 700 psi (48 bar)
  • Temperatures to 700°F (370°C)

 

Optima II Blend Fluidizing Zone Mixer

Money Saving
  • Lowest cost per volume mixed
  • Low power consumption
  •  
    Lower initial investment for smaller mixer
  • High mix efficiencies (1:1,000,000)
  • Short mixing times (10 to 60 seconds)

Space Saving

  • Rapid mix cycles require smaller unit for same throughput

Gentle

  • Minimal product degradation
  • Low rotor speeds
  • Constant tip speed
  • No shear or shear with optional high speed chopper
  • No heat generation
  • Mass flow discharge


Standard APS Design Enhancements
Improve Your Bottom Line

  • Solid agitator shafts will not break
  • Split packing glands for easy removal and maintenance
  • Stub shaft assembly for rotor removalthrough the top
  • Shafts lathed to £0.004
  • Total indicator runout to assure optimal sealing surfaces

 

Viscous Pumps 

Pumping - Metering - Extruding
Reduce Operating Costs
  • Eliminate multiple handling & toting
  • Feed cold blocks (butter, shortening) without tempering
  • Eliminate air pockets
  • Meter accurately
  • Maximize blender capacity
  • Deduce mix times
  • Tool-less disassembly for easy cleaning

Versatile, Mobile
  • Feed to or discharge from multiple mixers with one unit
  • Meter accurately (+/- 1%)
  •  
    Extrude/co-extrude
  • Ropes
  • Blocks
  • Logs
  • Any custom shape
  • Feed other equipment

Save Time & Money
  • Handle products up to 20 million cps without airpockets
  • Accurately meter additions for batch or continuous processes
  • Extrude directly from upstream process
  • Transport product through piping without product loss
  • Application specific controls
  • Modular construction to meet product specific requirements
  •  
    Removable, counter-rotating augers and feed roller
  • Cold block shortening being fed, pumped, and extruded

 

 OptimaBlend Fluidizing Paddle Mixer 

OptimaBlend

The newest and most innovative addition the the industry's most comprehensive line of mixing equipment offering a balance of mixing speed and efficiency with low equipment cost and consumed power.

Innovative Technology

  • Ideal for manual and automated systems

High Efficiency Design

  • Fliidization assures homogeneous mixes independent of large range particle size, shape or density
  • 30-60 second mix times typical
  • Low Cv - Coefficient of Variation values
  • Low consumed power and HP/Ton

Increased Production Capacity

  • Up to 10 times the throughput verses ribbon blenders

Low Shear Design

  • Extremely gentle with fragile ingredients
  • Minimal heat generated due to internal friction

High Particle Movement

  • Fast even liquid addition & coating
  • Ideal for agglomerating

No Over Mixing!

 

Bag Dump Stations 

Comply With Safety Regulations

  • Keep dust away from workers
  • Provide a clean work enviroment

Reduce Clean-Up

  •  
    Efficient dust removal and filtration


Save Raw Materials

  • Filters collect dust for full product recovery

Low, Easy Maintenance

  • On-line filter cleaning via alternating blasts of air
  • Easy, tool-less filter replacement
  • Product changeover typically in less than 2 minutes


Easy Process Integration

  • Modular design
  • Free standing or flange mounted
  • Lift up or drum dump doors
  •  
    1, 2 or 4 filter cartridges
  • Retrofitting

 

Continous Blenders


Choice of Agitators
  • Ribbons Paddle Plow


System Integration

  • Feeders, Conveyors, etc.

Design Flexibility
  • Cooking, Ccooling
  • Mix dry solids or pastes
  • Vacuum and pressure capable
  • Low, medium, or high intensity
  • High or low shear

 

Agitators

The Best Warranty In The Industry:
Guaranteed For Life
APS agitators are designed to exceed torque and twist of the drive and any deflection due to rotor and batch weight and are guaranteed not to break for the life of the mixer.

Easy Maintenance Through
  • All continuous internal and
    external welds
  • Split packing glands for easy
    access
  • Single weldment mixing tank
    without seams
  • Flange free rotor construction many other standard features


The Best Mixer For Your Product

  • Choice of agitator style: double ribbon, paddles, or inner ribbon - outer paddle combination
  • Choice of tank style:
    Ushaped ,cylindrical, or semi-cylindrical
  • Stainless or carbon steel construction
  • Dairy, USDA and FDA compliant
    designs