A blender apparatus is disclosed having a chassis, a mixer positioned on the chassis, and a transfer pump positioned on the chassis. The mixer has a mixer housing defining a first mixer inlet, a second mixer inlet, and a mixer outlet. The first mixer inlet receives a liquid component, and the second mixer inlet receives a dry component. The mixer pressurizes at least the liquid component within the housing and discharges the liquid component through the mixer outlet at a first pressure above hydrostatic pressure. The transfer pump has a pump housing defining a pump inlet, a pump outlet and is devoid of an inlet configured to receive a dry component through a gravity feed. The transfer pump receives the liquid component through the pump inlet, pressurizes the liquid component within the pump housing, and discharges the liquid component through the pump outlet at a second pressure above hydrostatic pressure.

A system provides building materials including a packaging, a lifting device and a mixing and conveying device. The packaging can be positioned by the lifting device via the mixing and conveying device in such a way that a total height of the system is less than 230 cm.

A system for passive permeation of a biological material is disclosed. The system may include a main channel extending between an upper portion and a lower portion; a main reservoir connected to the upper portion of the main channel and in fluid communication with the main channel; a bottom reservoir connected to the lower portion of the main channel and in fluid communication with the main channel; at least one secondary channel disposed in at least one position between the upper portion and the lower portion of the main channel such that fluid communication is established in the at least one position between the at least one secondary channel and the main channel; and at least one secondary reservoir respectively connected to an upper portion of each of the at least one secondary channel and in fluid communication with the respective at least one secondary channel.

A well material distribution method includes obtaining at least one material-containing sack containing at least one well material, placing the at least one material-containing sack in an automatic sack cutting machine, opening the at least one material-containing sack and dispensing the at least one well material by operation of the automatic sack cutting machine and distributing the at least one well material from the automatic sack cutting machine directly into a mixing vessel configured to simultaneously handle a plurality of well materials. Well material distribution systems are also disclosed.

A well material distribution method includes obtaining at least one material-containing sack containing at least one well material, placing the at least one material-containing sack in an automatic sack cutting machine, opening the at least one material-containing sack and dispensing the at least one well material by operation of the automatic sack cutting machine and distributing the at least one well material from the automatic sack cutting machine directly into a mixing vessel configured to simultaneously handle a plurality of well materials. Well material distribution systems are also disclosed.

At a device for treating a product in a receiving trough (1) which has at least one opening (5) for receiving the product, the treatment of the product is to take place by inner and outer blades (8; 9) which are arranged in the receiving trough (1) and can be driven separately by drives (14; 16). The drive (14) for the at least one inner blade (8) should be located on the same side of the receiving trough (1) as the drive (16) for the at least one outer blade (9).

A food processing system presents a recipient configured for receiving food ingredients and a lid presenting upwards and downwards sides configured to engage with the perimeter of the recipient thereby at least partially closing the recipient, and a driving arrangement confined within a casing and adapted to drive a tool support arranged inside of the recipient, whereby the lid presents a single lid opening advantageously presenting a generally circular form and disposed, e.g., centrally relative to the lid, whereby the upwards side of the lid presents a first surface extending on a generally outer region of the lid and further presents a second surface extending around the opening and developing at a lower level in respect of the first surface, and whereby the lid further presents a flow guiding unit arranged next to the lid opening and adapted to provide a streamlined flow of a fluid poured into the second surface into the recipient when the lid is placed thereupon.

Embodiments of a system and a method for continuously manufacturing a joint compound can be used to produce ready mix joint compound. The system includes means for continuously mixing wet and dry joint compound ingredients together and means for homogenizing multiple volumetric units of mixed joint compound to reduce variation in at least one joint compound material property (e.g., viscosity) across multiple successively produced volumetric units of mixed joint compound (relating to standard commercial packaging sizes for joint compound, such as five-gallon pails, for example) relative to the material property of the respective multiple volumetric units before passing through the means for homogenizing.

An automatic fluid mixing and dispensing apparatus using a minimum of two powered actuating mechanisms to retrieve fluids from a plurality of fluid containers, mix said fluids, and dispense said fluids into a plurality of dispensed fluid containers. Fluids are stored until requested and mixed in accordance with operator input.

Systems and methods for managing bulk material efficiently at a well site are provided. The disclosure is directed to a container support frame that is integrated into a blender unit. The support frame is used to receive one or more portable containers of bulk material, and the blender unit may include a gravity feed outlet for outputting bulk material from the containers directly into a mixer of the blender unit. The blender unit with integrated support frame may eliminate the need for any subsequent mechanical conveyance of the bulk material (e.g., via a separate mechanical conveying system or on-blender sand screws) from the containers to the mixer. As such, the integrated blender unit may be lighter weight, take up less space, and have a lower cost and complexity than existing blenders.