Mobile creates a stir
21 Sep 2006
Gwent-based Base Handling Products Ltd has developed a mobile system to simplify mixing and weighing operations. The unit was designed to meet the requirements of a major pharmaceutical client and is now attracting further commercial interest.
Mixing of liquids traditionally involves placing a drum on a weighing machine and adding liquids in the required amounts. The drums — often weighing up to 1,000kg — are then manually transferred to a mixing station and a mixer introduced. After mixing, the drums containing mixed product are transferred elsewhere in the plant.
Built around Ytron Quadro's Ytron Y Mixer, Base developed a manually operated hydraulic hoist to raise and lower the mixer into each drum via a simple lever. Each hoist incorporates a four-cell weighing platform so that liquids can be added to the pre-positioned empty drums in the required ratios.
According to Base, the design simplifies the manufacturing process by eliminating the need for separate weighing and mixing stations, plus the manual transfer of filled drums from the weighing to the mixing station. Because the filled drum is already in situ, the mixer is just hydraulically lowered into it for mixing to be completed.
"The weighing and mixing process is quicker, safer and more labour efficient," while the mobile machine "can be used in whatever factory location is required," the company claims.
Mixing of liquids traditionally involves placing a drum on a weighing machine and adding liquids in the required amounts. The drums — often weighing up to 1,000kg — are then manually transferred to a mixing station and a mixer introduced. After mixing, the drums containing mixed product are transferred elsewhere in the plant.
Built around Ytron Quadro's Ytron Y Mixer, Base developed a manually operated hydraulic hoist to raise and lower the mixer into each drum via a simple lever. Each hoist incorporates a four-cell weighing platform so that liquids can be added to the pre-positioned empty drums in the required ratios.
According to Base, the design simplifies the manufacturing process by eliminating the need for separate weighing and mixing stations, plus the manual transfer of filled drums from the weighing to the mixing station. Because the filled drum is already in situ, the mixer is just hydraulically lowered into it for mixing to be completed.
"The weighing and mixing process is quicker, safer and more labour efficient," while the mobile machine "can be used in whatever factory location is required," the company claims.
