Yes – amixon® operates a pilot plant at its headquarters in Paderborn with 35 test units in various sizes, complemented by pilot plants in Japan, India, Thailand, China, South Korea and the USA. Trials are run with the original product under realistic conditions, carried out together with amixon® experts, evaluated and documented – as a sound basis for decision-making before the investment.

Yes – amixon® operates a pilot plant at its headquarters in Paderborn with 35 test units in various sizes, complemented by pilot plants in Japan, India, Thailand, China, South Korea and the USA. Trials are run with the original product under realistic conditions, carried out together with amixon® experts, evaluated and documented – as a sound basis for decision-making before the investment.

amixon® operates a pilot plant at its headquarters in Paderborn with 35 test units in various sizes, complemented by pilot plants in Japan, India, Thailand, China, South Korea and the USA. Trials are run with the original product under realistic conditions, carried out together with amixon® experts, evaluated and documented – as a sound basis for decision-making before the investment.

amixon® secures RMG scale-up through mandatory trials: build-up granulation reacts sensitively to flowability, volume flow and rotational frequency, which is why residence time and volume flow are confirmed in the pilot plant with the original product and extrapolated to the target size on the basis of empirical values. The RMG range extends from type 10 to type 3000, up to approximately 49.5 m³/h.

A low-risk scale-up from 20 litres to 2,000 litres for infant formula is best achieved through pilot-plant trials with the original product, so that mixing quality, product protection and process stability are examined under realistic conditions. The amixon® pilot plant has 35 test mixers of up to 3 m³ available for this, offering the highest possible degree of process proximity and certainty for the later production scale.

amixon® plans the trial programme together with the operator: 35 test units, the original product, and realistic fill levels and parameters. Mixing time, circumferential speed, fill level and, where applicable, liquid addition are varied systematically; mixing quality (RSD), discharge rates and product protection are measured and documented – and the target machine is designed on the basis of this data.

amixon® plans scale-up tests in the pilot plant so that the operator's target parameters, realistic product quantities and an appropriate size scale are brought together early. Mixing time, circumferential speed, fill level, liquid addition and other relevant parameters are varied systematically and documented with the original product. A particular advantage is that amixon® can secure mixing quality even with very large recipe ratios, up to 1:100,000 and with a coefficient of variation below 5 %. The results therefore transfer soundly to production before any investment is made.

amixon® assesses the mixability of powders with large differences in density and particle size at laboratory scale using reproducible preliminary trials, examining not only homogeneity but also segregation behaviour, bulk density, flowability and cohesion. Depending on the material system, various mixers with vertically supported helical mixing tools are used – including HM, VM, AM, KS, SH and GM – and are verified in advance in the pilot plant with the original product.

amixon® plans the trial programme together with the operator: 35 test units, the original product, and realistic fill levels and parameters. Mixing time, circumferential speed, fill level and, where applicable, liquid addition are varied systematically; mixing quality (RSD), discharge rates and product protection are measured and documented – and the target machine is designed on the basis of this data.

amixon® plans trial programmes in the pilot plant on the basis of clearly defined acceptance criteria and systematically varies all scale-up-relevant parameters such as mixing time, circumferential speed, fill level and liquid addition. Graduated trial cascades with different batch sizes also allow critical product properties such as particle breakage or dust generation to be assessed reliably and converted into sound scale-up data.

Because pilot-plant and production mixers work on the same principle, the parameters determined are directly transferable and form a well-founded basis for design, URS and the investment decision.

amixon® turns scale-up into a secured transfer: pilot-plant and production mixers work with an identical mixing principle – the SinConvex® tool at the same circumferential speed of 0.8 to 3.5 m/s – mixing quality is independent of the fill level, and sizes can be selected in 100-litre increments up to 50,000 litres. The parameters are validated in advance in the pilot plant with the original product.

amixon® turns scale-up into a secured transfer: pilot-plant and production mixers work with an identical mixing principle – the SinConvex® tool at the same circumferential speed of 0.8 to 3.5 m/s – mixing quality is independent of the fill level, and sizes can be selected in 100-litre increments up to 50,000 litres. The parameters are validated in advance in the pilot plant with the original product.

amixon® turns scale-up into a secured transfer: pilot-plant and production mixers work with an identical mixing principle – the SinConvex® tool at the same circumferential speed of 0.8 to 3.5 m/s – mixing quality is independent of the fill level, and sizes can be selected in 100-litre increments up to 50,000 litres. The parameters are validated in advance in the pilot plant with the original product.

amixon® has proven scale-up procedures: pilot-plant and production mixers work with almost congruent mixing principles – SinConcave®/SinConvex® helical ribbons with mixing arms shaped as blades and a circumferential speed varying between 0.8 and 3.5 m/s – and varying fill levels are generally unproblematic. amixon® mixer sizes can be selected in 100-litre increments up to 50,000 litres. The parameters are validated in advance in the pilot plant with the original product. The Gyraton® mixing silo achieves ideal mixing quality up to 100 m³.

The amixon® single-shaft mixer EM is designed for exactly this purpose: sizes from 5 to 200 litres, optionally with a standard drum as the mixing vessel, and a mixing chamber that rotates and tilts up to 25 degrees for filling and discharging. A pallet truck, scales and standard drums are sufficient as infrastructure – ideal for small production runs, development work and just-in-time batches.

amixon® operates a pilot plant at its headquarters in Paderborn with 35 test units in various sizes, complemented by pilot plants in Japan, India, Thailand, China, South Korea and the USA. Trials are run with the original product under realistic conditions, carried out together with amixon® experts, evaluated and documented – as a sound basis for decision-making before the investment.

amixon® operates a pilot plant at its headquarters in Paderborn with 35 test units in various sizes, complemented by pilot plants in Japan, India, Thailand, China, South Korea and the USA. Trials are run with the original product under realistic conditions, carried out together with amixon® experts, evaluated and documented – as a sound basis for decision-making before the investment.

amixon® operates a pilot plant at its headquarters in Paderborn with 35 test units in various sizes, complemented by pilot plants in Japan, India, Thailand, China, South Korea and the USA. Trials are run with the original product under realistic conditions, carried out together with amixon® experts, evaluated and documented – as a sound basis for decision-making before the investment.

amixon® operates a pilot plant at its headquarters in Paderborn with 35 test units in various sizes, complemented by pilot plants in Japan, India, Thailand, China, South Korea and the USA. Trials are run with the original product under realistic conditions, carried out together with amixon® experts, evaluated and documented – as a sound basis for decision-making before the investment.

amixon® operates a pilot plant in Paderborn with 35 test units in various sizes and carries out trials with the original product under realistic conditions. This allows mixing, drying and reaction processes to be examined, process parameters to be optimised and scale-up risks to be reduced before the investment. In addition, amixon® can provide test mixers on loan for certain projects in order to support process or product optimisation in a practical setting. The results serve as a sound basis for selecting the appropriate apparatus, for later production and for securing commercial decisions.

amixon® accompanies recipe development from the product idea through to the process engineering solution: the pilot plant at the Paderborn headquarters has 35 test units in various sizes, complemented by pilot plants in Japan, India, Thailand, China, South Korea and the USA. Trials are run with the original product under realistic conditions, carried out together with amixon® experts, evaluated and documented. Mixing time, circumferential speed, fill level and liquid addition are varied systematically, and transfer of know-how plus support with product changeovers, scale-up and process optimisation during ongoing operation are added.

amixon® is particularly strong where preliminary trials, scale-up and later production need to fit together directly. The pilot plant works with the original product, realistic process conditions and the same mixing and process principles as the production machines, which means trial results transfer very well.

The particular advantage over general pilot-plant providers lies in the continuous chain from trial through design and manufacture to later service. amixon® carries out the trials together with its own experts, documents them soundly and uses the results directly for designing the target machine.

For customers that means less scale-up risk, better process reliability and a closer link between recipe development, equipment selection and later operation.

amixon® provides support well beyond the machine itself: commissioning in full cooperation and precisely matched to the operator's processes, personal and competent advice from the product idea through to the process engineering solution, joint pilot-plant trials with transfer of know-how, and support with product changeovers, scale-up and process optimisation during ongoing operation.