Lancaster Products K1-Lab Mixer: A new dimension to your mixing and pelletizing process.

The Lancaster Products K1-Lab Mixer is our flagship product used for testing, experimentation, and development of new processes and products. An economical and rugged machine, the K1-Lab Mixer can also be used for small production work. The K1-Lab Mixers have repeatedly proven to be a minimal investment with maximum dividends in product development.

Mechanical Design Features

Removable stainless steel mixing pan with 0.5 cu.ft. capacity for easy clean up
Large viewing port on the pan cover for adding process materials, observing the mix, and taking samples during the mixing process.
Touch screen control on independent control stand
Thermocouple mix temperature reading
Dual hand safety buttons for operating mixing head

OPTIONAL FEATURES: pan heating and cooling, various rotor styles

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EASY TRANSITION FROM PROOF-OF-CONCEPT TO FULL PRODUCTION

The K-1 Lab Mixer not only provides value during proof of concept testing but throughout the entire product development and production process. Scaling up to production sized volumes is seamless as the Lancaster K3-10 Series mixers operate with the same counter-current high shear mixing action as the K-1 Lab mixer. This allows for efficient transfer of process specifications requiring only minimal adjustments to the mix design. In addition, the K-1 Lab Mixer facilitates the ability to optimize formulations and experiment in smaller batches, without having to disrupt production for development work or waste large amounts of material from experimenting in a K4-K10 sized mixer.

HOW IT WORKS

The K1-Lab Mixer has the same counter-current mixing design as all Lancaster Mixers with the clockwise rotating pan bringing material into the counterclockwise high speed rotor. The rotor and pan speed are infinitely variable.

This mixing design provides not only improved mix quality but can pelletize in one process step. In addition, processing times can be greatly reduced while providing a more homogeneous batch.

These features, combined with the rugged construction and the various styles of rotors available, make the Lancaster K1-Lab the mixer of choice for almost any type of batch mixing.

SPECIFICATIONS

The K1-Lab Mixer is designed with a touch screen control for easy programming and data viewing. A thermal probe gives a report of temperature in real-time. There is a resettable elapsed mixing timer that provides for total mix process cycle times. A pre-programmable mix design can be input into the control. The control can also store and repeat mix cycles as well as communicate with other devices.

Features:

Electronic individually controlled speeds of pan and rotor, switchable from ft/sec to m/sec.
Timer that starts/stops with the machine.
Pre-programmable mix design times
Input or adjust pan and rotor speeds before or during operation
Data record of operating functions can be exported to a USB or other device
Pan heating and cooling available.

Attribute	Imperial	Metric
Pan Volume	0.7 cu.ft	20 Liters
Working volume	0.5 cu.ft	15 Liters
Pan motor	¾ Hp	0.6 Kw
Pan speed	Variable to 50 rpm
Rotor motor	3 Hp 2.25 Kw
Rotor speed	Variable to 3000 rpm
Weight	1100 Lbs	500 Kg
Overall Dimensions	Length 40”	100 cm
Width	30”	75 cm
Height	53”	135 cm

LAB SERVICES & MORE

The K-1 Lab Mixer has the same counter-current mixing design as all Lancaster Mixers which provides improved mix quality and can pelletize in one step.

Lancaster Products also provides full-scale lab services – from proof of concept testing to large-scale toll processing – as well as equipment rental units allowing customers to try equipment in their own facilities over a period of time.

Lancaster Products
920 Mechanic Street
Lebanon, PA 17046

Local: 717.273.2111
Toll Free: 800.447.7351

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Office Hours:
Mon - Fri: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

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Proof of Concept Testing in Lancaster K1 Lab Mixers

Lancaster Products is dedicated to optimizing our customers’ mixing processes and recipes. This 3 part video series will focus on our on-site lab and testing capabilities. In this first video, we demonstrate proof of concept testing with a chicken litter material for a fertilizer product.

We use our K1 lab mixer during these initial tests. We load the K1 mixer with the test material and then program the steps and feeds. After the mixer begins, we add a liquid binder to it to allow the material to agglomerate into granules or larger pellets.

Rotary Table Feeders Turn Batch Processing to Continuous Batch Processing

Rotary table feeders act as a critical piece of equipment in Lancaster Mixers continuous batch processing lines. They provide a mechanical conduit to continuously meter and feed materials from each batch of material processed to the next process in line. The cone and cylinder over the table is used as a surge hopper to temporarily store the material batch while the table feeder continuously discharges the material. Their role may seem simple compared to the processing equipment they’re connected to, but is significant to maintaining continuous throughput and ensuring overall system performance.

Lancaster Products’ high shear mixers process materials in batches which allows for tight control over the physical properties of the end product and thus, higher on-size, homogeneous yields. Most batches are processed completely and ready for discharge in a matter of minutes. By positioning a Lancaster rotary table feeder under the mixer’s discharge chute and feeding product downstream to the next piece of equipment, the batch processing is converted to a continuous process.