Mixing systems having disk assemblies
AssigneeVermeer Manufacturing Company
InventorsAndy Strobel, Nathan Meyer, Thor Anderson, Conner Converse, James W. Skinner
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Abstract
Mixing systems that include a mixer housing and one or more disk assemblies for mixing and processing materials is disclosed. The disks rotate to mix an additive into the material and to carry agglomerated solids toward a discharge of the mixing system. The disks may have a plurality of fingers or lobes which extend from a central portion of the disks.
Claims33
A mixing system comprising:
- a mixer housing having a closed floor, front wall and first and second sidewalls, the mixer housing having a longitudinal axis that extends through the front wall and a discharge end of the mixer housing;
- an inlet for introducing material into the mixer housing, the inlet being disposed toward the front wall of the mixer housing;
- a plurality of disk assemblies disposed within the mixer housing, each disk assembly comprising:
- a rotatable shaft that extends from the first sidewall to the second sidewall;
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- a plurality of disks connected to the rotatable shaft that rotate with the shaft;
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- a discharge for discharging material from the mixer housing, the discharge being disposed toward the discharge end of the mixer housing.
A method for aggregating a slurry in a mixing system, the mixing system comprising a mixer housing having a front wall, a discharge opposite the front wall, and a floor that extends from the front wall to the discharge, the method comprising:
- adding a slurry to the mixer housing;
- adding a solidifying additive to mixer housing;
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- rotating a plurality of disks disposed in the mixer housing to mix the solidifying additive into the slurry, the disks having fingers or lobes that extend radially outward from a central axis of the disk, the solidifying additive causing the slurry to aggregate into particles, wherein the disks cause a portion of the aggregated particles to be propelled toward the discharge and at least a portion of the slurry to be propelled toward the front wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.