A packaging for a flexible container, in particular for a disposable bag for use in a bioreactor, including a bottom part for fixing a first portion of the container, a ceiling part for fixing an opposite second portion of the container, a receiving space which on a first side is defined by the bottom part and on an opposite second side is defined by the ceiling part, and struts arranged between the bottom part and the ceiling part, which fix a defined distance between the bottom part and the ceiling part.

An agitator includes: an agitation tank that accommodates a fluid to be processed containing particles; a flow blade that agitates the fluid to be processed accommodated in the agitation tank; and a shear blade disposed inside the flow blade at a bottom of the agitation tank to disperse the particles. The shear blade 16 includes a base portion rotating around a predetermined axis and a plurality of blades provided at an edge of the base portion. An angle formed on a downstream side in a rotation direction of the base portion between the blade and a tangent line to an outer periphery of the base portion and each of the blades is 15 degrees or more and 60 degrees or less.

A pulping machine includes a frame, a mixing device, and a dispersing device. The frame has a mixing chamber and a dispersing chamber, the mixing device is accommodated in the mixing chamber, the dispersing device is accommodated in the dispersing chamber; the dispersing chamber has a liquid inlet, the mixing chamber has a liquid outlet, the liquid inlet, the dispersing chamber, the mixing chamber and the liquid outlet are sequentially communicated; the mixing chamber also has a powder material inlet, the powder material inlet, the mixing chamber and the liquid outlet are sequentially communicated along a flow direction of powder material; the liquid outlet is connected with a filter device.

A mixing device suitable to mix substances or liquid or semi-liquid compounds to increase the volume thereof, including a hub which develops along a central axis and three mixing spokes connected to the hub, wherein each of the spokes comprises an external lateral fin and two upper and lower connection segments, which connect respective upper and lower ends of the lateral fin to the hub.

A mixer (1) comprises a drum (2) having at least one inlet (6) and one outlet (7). The mixer (1) furthermore comprises a drive (3) and a stirring shaft (4), which is arranged in the drum (2) and is coupled to the drive (3). Furthermore, the mixer (1) comprises a conveying device (5), which is arranged in the drum (2) and which is arranged on one and the same axis as the stirring shaft (4).

The present invention describes a rotor blade 1 intended for a rotor in a mixer, said rotor blade 1 having a main body 2 and multiple rotor wings 3 extending out from one side 2a of the main body 2, wherein at least one of the multiple rotor wings 3 has a protrusion 4 provided along the extension of said at least one rotor wing 3, wherein, in a front side of the rotor wing 3 in a rotational direction, said at least one rotor wing 3 extends through a point A2 being a point furthest away from the rotational direction and further up extends through a point A1 being a point furthest into the rotation direction, and wherein the point A1 is provided as a most vertical top end point of the protrusion 4 or at least in a horizontal top end plane of the protrusion 4.

Described is a stirrer for liquid, semi-liquid or semi-solid products, including at least the following, in combination: a central shaft; a plurality of radial supports, connected to the central shaft; a plurality of mixing and centring elements, each configured to be connected to a radial support so as to define a first operating configuration for processing liquid or semi-liquid products; a plurality of vanes, each configured to be connected to a mixing and centring element so as to define a second operating configuration for processing semi-solid products.

A method of coating particles includes dispensing particles into a vacuum chamber to form a particle bed in at least a lower portion of the chamber that forms a half-cylinder, evacuating the chamber through a vacuum port in an upper portion of the chamber, rotating a paddle assembly such that a plurality of paddles orbit a drive shaft to stir the particles in the particle bed, injecting a reactant or precursor gas through a plurality of channels into the lower portion of the chamber as the paddle assembly rotates to coat the particles, and injecting the reactant or precursor gas or a purge gas through the plurality of channels at a sufficiently high velocity such that the reactant or precursor a purge gas de-agglomerates particles in the particle bed.

A mixer includes a drum having at least one inlet and one outlet. The mixer furthermore includes a drive and a stirring shaft, which is arranged in the drum and is coupled to the drive. Furthermore, the mixer includes a conveying device, which is arranged in the drum and which is arranged on one and the same axis as the stirring shaft.

A reactor for coating particles includes a stationary vacuum chamber that has a lower portion that forms a half-cylinder and an upper portion and that holds a bed of particles to be coated, a vacuum port in the upper portion of the chamber, a paddle assembly, and a gas injection assembly that includes a vaporizer to convert a first liquid to a first reactant or precursor gas, a manifold to receive the first reactant or precursor gas from the vaporizer, and a plurality of channels leading from the manifold to a plurality of apertures located in the lower portion of the chamber.