Chemical aggregation process using inline mixer
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsMilan Maric, Alan E.J. Toth, Thomas E. Enright, Marko D. Saban
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Abstract
A process including: agitating a mixture including a liquid and a plurality of resin particles within a vessel at a first shear condition; circulating a portion of the mixture from the vessel through a mixer; adding not all at once an aggregating agent for the resin particles and mixing the aggregating agent with the circulating mixture portion within the mixer at a second shear condition more intensive than the first shear condition to result in a post-mixer circulating composition; and returning the post-mixer circulating composition to the vessel wherein the post-mixer circulating composition undergoes the agitating at the first shear condition.
Claims16
A process comprising:
- agitating a mixture including a liquid and a plurality of resin particles within a vessel at a first shear condition;
- circulating a portion of the mixture from the vessel through a mixer;
- adding not all at once an aggregating agent for the resin particles and mixing the aggregating agent with the circulating mixture portion within the mixer at a second shear condition more intensive than the first shear condition to result in a post-mixer circulating composition;
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- returning the post-mixer circulating composition to the vessel wherein the post-mixer circulating composition undergoes the agitating at the first shear condition.
A process comprising:
- agitating a mixture including water, a plurality of resin particles, and a colorant within a vessel at a first shear condition;
- circulating 100% by volume of the mixture from the vessel through a mixer;
- adding not all at once an aggregating agent for the resin particles and mixing the aggregating agent with the circulating mixture portion within the mixer at a second shear condition more intensive than the first shear condition to result in a post-mixer circulating composition;
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- returning the post-mixer circulating composition to the vessel wherein the post-mixer circulating composition undergoes the agitating at the first shear condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.