In the highly competitive landscape of industrial manufacturing, the ability to optimize formulations efficiently and effectively is paramount. Whether you are involved in producing building and construction materials, ceramics, glass, or fertilizers, the quality of your mix directly impacts the durability, quality, and cost-effectiveness of your products which in turn impacts customer satisfaction and ultimately the profitability of your business.
Lancaster Products offers our customers a strategic advantage to increase their success in achieving these business objectives with our on-site lab, empowering companies to test and refine mixing recipes on a small scale before confidently scaling up to full-size production. See how leveraging Lancaster Products’ on-site lab can revolutionize your industrial mixing processes.
The Importance of Formulation Optimization
Precision in mixing can make or break the quality of a final product so formulation optimization is a critical step. Companies face a multitude of challenges that introduce risk to this process including:
- The balancing act of meeting stringent quality standards while also managing costs.
- Traditional methods of formulation testing can be time-consuming and expensive.
- Scaling recipes from lab-scale to full-scale production can be complex and uncertain.
The Lancaster Products Advantage: On-Site Lab Capabilities
Lancaster Products addresses these challenges head-on with our on-site lab. Our facility is designed to streamline the testing process, allowing companies to optimize their mix design quickly and cost-effectively. Our lab features a K-1 high shear lab mixer, with a capacity of 0.3 cu. ft. (8 liters) and a K-3.5 prototyping/small production mixer, which can handle up to 6 cu. ft. (170 liters). This versatility enables precise testing and scaling, ensuring that the transition from proof of concept to full-scale production is smooth and predictable.
Expertise and Support from Application Engineers
But we don’t just provide the tools; we also offer the expertise needed to use them effectively. Our team of application engineers brings extensive experience mixing a wide variety of materials. For the clients working with us, this means better mixes during recipe testing and ensures customers can move from proof of concept to production with confidence.
Why it is easy to scale up recipes with Lancaster Mixers?
From our smallest K-1 lab mixer to our largest 6,000 liter K-10 the entire line of K-Series High Shear mixers utilize the same mixing principles.
- A clockwise rotating pan brings the material around to a counter-rotating high-speed rotor.
- All K-series mixers have similar energy density per volume of mixing pan which makes accurately extrapolating mix recipes possible.
- The intensity and type of mixing action can be controlled through the use of various style mixing rotors and independently controlling speeds so you can easily fine-tune to achieve perfect results.
Our experienced application engineers work diligently to ensure we understand our customers’ goals, using expertise based on years of mixing experience to help our customers get better material outcomes more quickly than experimenting on their own.
Position Yourself for Success
Ready to optimize your mixing recipes and position your company for success? Contact Lancaster Products today to speak with our team and schedule a test at our on-site lab. Discover how our expertise and innovative solutions can transform your industrial mixing processes and deliver superior results.
