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.

Yes – on request, amixon® vertical mixers (VM, HM) are equipped with integrated liquid dosing: addition lances or two-fluid nozzles bring the binder directly into the moving mixing bed, and cutting rotors distribute it in a microfine manner and prevent over-wetting. Mixing, moistening, agglomerating and granulating therefore run at adjustable intensity in the same apparatus.

Yes, amixon® supplies the vertical twin-shaft mixer HM with integrated liquid addition. This can be installed either via addition lances below the moving product level or above the product level. Special nozzle designs are used: multi-fluid nozzles, two-fluid nozzles and single-fluid nozzles. The more uniform the wetting, the more efficient the agglomeration.

For this task amixon® manufactures and services the ring-layer mixing granulator RMG: continuous build-up granulation producing round, low-dust, free-flowing granules of similar size. Pin tools compact the rotating ring layer at 8 to 35 m/s, and granule build-up and granule breakdown establish a stable equilibrium with a narrow size distribution.

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® solves this with precision mixers (KS, HM, VM) that produce a technically ideal random mixture – independently of the fill level from 10 to 100 %. Low circumferential speeds of approximately 0.8 m/s keep the mixture cool. The GMP-compliant hygienic design from amixon® allows residual discharge of 99.997 % and better. The coefficient of variation of the mixing quality is below 5 %; even values around 1 % are achievable.

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® scales ring-layer granulation with the RMG 10, whose mixing chamber is particularly round and machined by cutting. The mixing tools glide across the mixing chamber at a defined clearance. In addition, amixon® ensures precise dosing of the solid and liquid components.

amixon® solves this by design with three alternatives: the KoneSlid® mixer (KS) and the vertical single- and twin-shaft mixers (VM and HM). They are welded and ground free of joints, and the mixing tool is supported at the top only, with no lower shaft passage. Clever-Cut® inspection doors with OmgaSeal® sealing, dead-space-free discharge fittings and integrated programmable washing lances enable validatable cleaning – wet as well as dry – in accordance with EHEDG, FDA and 3-A.

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. In Paderborn alone, 35 test units are available, and further amixon® test mixers can be used in India, China, the USA, Thailand, Japan and Korea. Test blends are usually carried out with 400-litre batches.

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 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® solves the scale-up problem by design: the mixing principle remains congruent from the pilot-plant mixer through to the production plant. This also applies to the geometry of the SinConvex®/SinConcave® helical ribbon tools and to the flow pattern. The mixing function is independent of the fill level. Sizes are adapted to the respective requirement in 100-litre increments, and batch sizes of up to 50,000 litres can be selected. On request, mixing quality is verified in advance in the pilot plant.

amixon® turns scale-up into a secured transfer: pilot-plant and production mixers work with the same mixing principle using the SinConcave®/SinConvex® tool, so that mixing quality is independent of the fill level. Sizes can be selected in 100-litre increments up to 50,000 litres, and 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® 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® 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.

amixon® precision mixers produce the technically ideal random mixture – not further improvable in practice, and independent of the fill level from 10 to 100 %. Component ratios of up to 1:100,000 are homogenised, and gentle circumferential speeds from 0.8 m/s avoid heat input. Target RSD values are verified in advance in the pilot plant with the original product and a sampling plan.

On request, amixon® vertical mixers (VM, HM) are equipped with integrated liquid dosing: addition lances or two-fluid nozzles bring the binder directly into the moving mixing bed, and cutting rotors distribute it in a microfine manner and prevent over-wetting. Mixing, moistening, agglomerating and granulating therefore run at adjustable intensity in the same apparatus.

Scaling up ring-layer mixing agglomerators is extremely difficult. There is a lack of well-founded knowledge about which effects in the ring layer lead to agglomeration – and which effects break up the agglomerates that have formed.

amixon® solves this with the combination of the space-controlling SinConvex® mixing tool and a cutting rotor: the liquid is dosed via a lance or two-fluid nozzle directly into the action zone of the cutting rotor and distributed in a microfine manner – the mixing chamber remains free of build-up. Temperature-controlled double jackets keep fats reliably low in viscosity throughout the process.

amixon® solves this with the AMK continuous mixer: it builds up agglomerates with high porosity and thereby improves wettability, solubility and dispersibility – that is, the instant properties. Liquids are introduced in a microfine manner, throughput and residence time can be set independently of each other, and the mixing chamber is temperature-controlled. The design is established through trials with the original product in the amixon® pilot plant.

amixon® combines the SinConcave®/SinConvex® helical mixing tool with cutting rotors for this purpose: oil and fat are added via a lance or two-fluid nozzle directly into the action zone of the cutting rotor – giving microfine distribution without local over-wetting, and the mixing chamber remains free of build-up. Temperature-controlled liquid vessels keep fats reliably low in viscosity throughout the process.

amixon® scales via physical similarity rather than rules of thumb: a constant circumferential speed of 0.8 to 3.5 m/s instead of a constant rotational speed, an identical SinConvex® mixing principle across all sizes, and mixing quality independent of the fill level. Considerations based on dimensionless numbers such as Froude similarity are verified by pilot-plant trials with the original product – never replaced by them.

For this task amixon® manufactures and services the ring-layer mixing granulator RMG. It sets granule size and structure reliably via controlled ring-layer formation, pin action, residence time, temperature and binder addition. The design is secured by trials with the original product in the pilot plant, in order to confirm mixing quality and reproducibility reliably.

amixon® implements hygienic design by construction: the mixing chamber and mixing tool are welded and ground free of joints, and the mixing tool is supported at the top only – with no lower shaft passage. Clever-Cut® inspection doors with OmgaSeal® sealing, dead-space-free discharge fittings and washing lances make CIP/WIP cleaning validatable in accordance with EHEDG, FDA and 3-A.

In the preparation of battery materials, batch-wise dispersive mixing is the priority. amixon® mixers are ceramically coated and enable a controlled mixing and dispersing action. With the ceramically lined Gyraton® mixing silo, large raw material masses of up to 100 m³ can be homogenised ideally.

amixon® precision mixers produce the technically ideal random mixture – not further improvable in practice, and independent of the fill level from 10 to 100 %. Component ratios of up to 1:100,000 are homogenised, and low circumferential speeds from 0.8 m/s avoid heat input. Target RSD values are verified in advance in the pilot plant with the original product and a sampling plan.

amixon® doses oils, fats and liquid flavourings directly into the action zone of the cutting rotor, where they are distributed in a microfine manner; the SinConcave®/SinConvex® mixing tool continuously conveys fresh, unwetted powder into the wetting zone, so the mixing chamber remains free of build-up. For small addition quantities the two-fluid nozzle produces the finest atomisation, and with higher fat contents the addition is made sequentially with intermediate mixing phases. Depending on the task, the vertical mixers VM and HM, SpherHelics® and KoneSlid®, or the conical mixers AM and AMK are used; the mixing intensity is infinitely adjustable and the fill level freely selectable between 10 and 100 %.

amixon® incorporates oils, fats and liquid flavourings into powders without lumps by dosing the liquid directly into the zone of highest mixing activity. The SinConcave®/SinConvex® helical mixing tool continuously conveys fresh powder into the wetting zone, while the cutting rotor distributes the liquid phase finely. Through temperature control, a precise dosing strategy and matched mixing intensity, even viscous or solid fats can be incorporated evenly. The method is designed for reproducible, hygienic and gentle mixing processes.

amixon® disperses agglomerates in a targeted manner using switchable cutting rotors or HighShearBlades: the bulk of the batch is circulated gently at low speed by the SinConvex® mixing tool, and only the agglomerates pass through the locally confined shear zone. Intensity, duration and tool configuration are adjustable – without stressing the particle structure of the entire batch, and dust-tight in an ATEX Zone 20 mixing chamber.

On request, amixon® vertical mixers (VM, HM) are equipped with integrated liquid dosing: addition lances or two-fluid nozzles bring the binder directly into the moving mixing bed, and cutting rotors distribute it in a microfine manner and prevent over-wetting. Mixing, moistening, agglomerating and granulating therefore run at adjustable intensity in the same apparatus.

The RMG continuous mixer can be equipped with suitable process instrumentation for monitoring and for reproducible granulation; amixon® does not develop sensors of its own, but does handle their project-specific integration. Torque, power consumption, product temperature, moisture, solids mass flow and the quantity of granulating liquid added can all be used; imaging online measurement methods that continuously record particle size and particle shape are particularly informative. Which measured variable reliably marks the granulation end point depends on the formulation, the raw material quality and the process management, and is compared against analytically determined granulate properties. amixon® manufactures and services these apparatus and supplies spare parts for them in the long term; development work today concentrates on precision mixers with vertically or obliquely arranged mixing shafts.

amixon® scales via physical similarity rather than rules of thumb: a constant circumferential speed of 0.8 to 3.5 m/s instead of a constant rotational speed, an identical SinConvex® mixing principle across all sizes, and mixing quality independent of the fill level. Considerations based on dimensionless numbers such as Froude similarity are verified by pilot-plant trials with the original product – never replaced by them.

amixon® scales from the laboratory mixer to the large-volume production plant via a defined restratification frequency, constant geometry and pilot-plant trials, thereby ensuring ideal mixing quality down to component ratios of 1:100,000.

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® 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® implements hygienic design across the entire product range, including the VM, HM, AMK, AM, SH, KS and Gyraton® silo mixers. Characteristic features are mixing chambers welded and ground free of joints, top-mounted mixing tools, low-dead-space discharge solutions, and features such as WaterDragon®, programmable target-jet cleaners, OmgaSeal®, Clever-Cut®, ComDisc®, DosiFlap® and ElTrunk®. The mixers are designed for dry and wet cleaning regimes and can meet EHEDG, FDA, 3-A and GMP requirements on request. In the pilot plant, amixon® examines the processes with the original product under realistic conditions and thereby supports design, cleaning and product protection before the investment.

amixon® implements hygienic design by construction: the mixing chamber and mixing tool are welded and ground free of joints, and the mixing tool is supported at the top only – with no lower shaft passage. Clever-Cut® inspection doors with OmgaSeal® sealing, dead-space-free discharge fittings and washing lances make CIP/WIP cleaning validatable in accordance with EHEDG, FDA and 3-A.

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.