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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Full Scale Mix Recipe Optimization in Lancaster K4 Mixers

This is the third video in our lab and testing series. The Lancaster Products Lab is equipped with a production-sized K4 mixer to test and optimize mix recipes at full scale. In this video, we are testing a clay type of material for pelletization.

The K4 mixer introduces a third tool, the low-speed plow, which, along with the rotating pan, transports material to the high-speed rotor. You can see how the high shear counter-current movement creates a rolling action which agglomerates the materials into pellets. The K4 mixer has a bottom discharge; the plow allows for the rapid and complete evacuation of the mixing cavity. After the mixer is fully evacuated, the bottom discharge closes, and reseals ready for the next batch.

Prototype Mix Recipe Optimization in Lancaster K3 Mixers

This is the second video in our lab and testing series. The Lancaster Products lab is equipped with a small production-sized K3 mixer to test and optimize mix recipes at a prototyping scale. In this video, we are testing a clay type of material for pelletization.

Looking inside of the mixing cavity, you see the counter-current mixing action. The pan rotates clockwise, and the high shear mixing tool spins counterclockwise. The mixing pan actively transports material to the primary mixing tool. Slowing the action down gives us a good view of how the Lancaster mixing action creates a tumbling that promotes agglomeration by rolling the particles much the same way as a snowball growing larger by rolling down a hill.