A method of producing plant milk enable batch production and may be implemented in a system of low complexity. The method comprises introducing water, plant material and one or more enzymes into a mixing chamber of a mixing unit; operating the mixing unit to generate a slurry that comprises the water, the plant material and the one or more enzymes; transferring the slurry from the mixing unit to a separation unit, which separates the slurry into a liquid component and a sludge component; transferring the liquid component into the mixing chamber of the mixing unit; adding vegetable oil to the liquid component; and operating the mixing unit to produce, in the mixing chamber, plant milk that comprises the vegetable oil and the liquid component.

The present disclosure relates to a foldable stirring cutter, to resolve technical problems that a fixed blade structure of a current stirring cutter is easy to be damaged in use by a lever force generated after collision with a stirred material, and is easy to be jammed by a large heterogeneous stirred material. The foldable stirring cutter includes a base having a cutter assembly rotationally disposed at a top. The cutter assembly includes a bearing component that is detachably disposed on an outer edge surface and a shaft. The bearing component includes a bearing plate and at least two extension plates that are fastened to an outer edge surface of the bearing plate in a ring-shaped equidistant array. Two sets of force-controlled cutter components that are movably connected to the extension plates are disposed on the bearing component. Connection holes are provided inside the extension plates, and movable connection assemblies that are used to movably connect the force-controlled cutter components to the extension plates are disposed inside the connection holes. The force-controlled cutter components deflect and unfold around axes of the movable connection assemblies under action of a centrifugal force. The present disclosure has the advantage of reducing damage to the cutter and preventing the cutter from being jammed by the stirred material.

A mixing device includes a base, shaft, impeller sleeve, and impeller blades. The base can be constructed for releasable attachment to an opening of a container, such as a 55-gallon drum. The shaft extends from the base and is coupled thereto such that rotation can be transmitted to the shaft by way of or through the base. The impeller sleeve is mounted on the shaft and supports the impeller blades. Each impeller blade includes an attachment leg and a stirring leg extending from the attachment leg. The impeller blades are supported so as to transition from a collapsed position with the stirring leg proximal to a central axis of the shaft to an extended position with the stirring leg distal from the central axis when the shaft is rotated. Each impeller blade can be formed of a plastic, such as a glass-filled polypropylene or glass-filled nylon.

A fluid mixing system includes a container, such as a flexible bag, bounding a compartment. A flexible drive line is disposed within the compartment, the drive line having a first end rotatably connected to a first end of the container and an opposing second end rotatably connected to a second end of the container. At least one mixing element, such as an impeller, can be coupled with the flexible drive line. Rotation of the drive line facilitates rotation of the impeller within the container.

A drum assembly, including a generally cylindrical barrel portion having a proximal end and a distal end and defining an interior storage volume therebetween, and a generally conical bottom member connected to the barrel portion at the distal end and a generally flat top member connected to the barrel portion at the proximal end, wherein the barrel portion and the top and bottom members enclose the interior storage volume. The bottom member defines conical shape extending towards the distal end. A top chime is operationally connected to proximal end and extending away from the distal end, and a bottom chime is operationally connected to the distal end and extending away from the proximal end. A first plurality of spaced first ribs protruding from the top chime, wherein any two respective first ribs are spaced sufficiently far apart to accept a third first rib therebetween. A second plurality of spaced second ribs protruding from the bottom chime, wherein any two respective second ribs are spaced sufficiently far apart to accept a third second rib therebetween.

A paddle (30), a paddle rail (20), a mixer shaft (10) for a mixer (1), a mixer (1) and a method for mixing a product to be conditioned in a mixer (1). As the mixer (1) starts up, a product to be mixed is retained in a starting region of the mixer shaft (10), for instance, until the desired mixing or conditioning is achieved, so that loss-free start-up is made possible. That is to say disposal or recycling of the product when the mixer starts up becomes unnecessary.

A method of producing a saccharified solution, in which saccharified slurry is obtained by hydrothermally treating cellulosic biomass slurry in a supercritical state or a subcritical state by a continuous reactor. The method reduces the risk of a pressure reducing valve becoming clogged when the high-temperature and high-pressure slurry is flash-evaporated after being hydrothermally treated. Also provides an apparatus for producing a saccharified solution and a continuous reactor. At the time of hydrothermally treating the cellulosic biomass slurry by the continuous reactor continuously, the slurry is intensely stirred in a front part of the continuous reactor, and stirred in a rear part of the continuous reactor by a stirring device with low propelling force, such that the plug flow in the axial direction is kept while the slurry is being uniformly mixed with respect to the cross section perpendicular to the mixing axis.

A device for treating material in a container which is equipped with a stirrer that can be rotated about a central axis has a first deflecting device which is arranged in the container above the stirrer in order to deflect a material flow transported by the stirrer to the container center. The stirrer has a coaxial axle element, the diameter of which in the region of the stirrer is at least a quarter of the diameter of the stirrer. The container has a base below the stirrer, and the distance between the base and the deflecting device is maximally half the maximum diameter of the container between the base and the deflecting device. The base can also be designed as a perforated sheet.

An agitator device, in particular a non-close-clearance agitator device, in particular with respect to a vessel wall, in particular for mixing low-viscosity to medium-viscosity media, having at least one agitation shaft and having at least one outer agitation blade which is held on the agitation shaft and which in at least one section is implemented so as to be arm-shaped.

The agitator device has an inner agitation blade which conjointly with the outer agitation blade implements at least one van-type conveying unit which is at least configured for conveying a medium in at least one direction parallel with the agitation shaft and in particular in at least one further direction perpendicular to the agitation shaft.

Problem: A mixing device is provided which can solve problems resulting from friction between a vessel and a stirrer, which can generate a circulatory flow even below the stirrer, and which allows a desired number of stirrers to be arranged at desired positions. A discharge device provided with the mixing device, and a discharge method are also provided. Solution: The mixing device includes a stirrer incorporating a magnet, a stirrer holding mechanism that specifies a position of the stirrer by exerting a magnetic force on the stirrer from the lateral side, and a rotation mechanism that rotates the stirrer holding mechanism, wherein the rotation mechanism rotates the stirrer holding mechanism, thereby rotating the stirrer. The discharge device includes the mixing device, and the discharge method is carried out using the discharge device.