The invention provides devices for generating pre-templated instant partitions. The devices may include a shearing mechanism, such as a vortexer, a holder for holding a vessel containing a liquid onto the vortexer, and a temperature control unit for modulating a temperature of the vessel by convection. The invention also provides methods of using such devices to process analyte inside the pre-templated instant partitions.

A homogenous mixing apparatus comprises: a circulation unit, a dynamic mixing unit, wherein a feeding port of the first-stage dynamic mixing device communicates with the discharging end of the circulation unit, a discharging port of the third-stage dynamic mixing device communicates with the feeding end of the circulation unit, and each of the dynamic mixing devices comprises a dynamic mixer; and a control unit, configured to be capable of controlling the dynamic mixing unit, so that the dynamic mixers of the first-stage, the second-stage dynamic mixing device, and the third-stage dynamic mixing device are capable of being independently started and shut down and operated at independent rotating speeds, wherein the dynamic mixers each comprise a stator and a rotor, rotating speed ranges of the dynamic mixers of the first-stage, second-stage, and third-stage dynamic mixing device increase in sequence, and distances between the rotors and the stators decrease in sequence.

A horizontal mixer for mixing bulk material, such as agricultural material, is provided. The horizontal mixer includes a mixing container for accommodating bulk agricultural material to be mixed. The mixing container includes side walls connected at their bottom edges by a trough; a front wall spanning a front side of the container; a rear wall spanning a rear side of the container; and an exit door through which mixed agricultural material can exit. Further, one or more bottom augers situated longitudinally in the trough, wherein at least one of the one or more bottom augers is a ribbon auger; and one or more top augers situated longitudinally in the mixing container stacked above the one or more bottom ribbon augers. The trough has a shape to accommodate the one or more bottom ribbon augers.

The present invention relates to a method and an arrangement for dissolving starch. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method for dissolving starch by introducing mechanical force to at least partially gelatinized agueous starch.

A frozen food appliance and related method of making a frozen food product. A rotational drive assembly configured in an axial alignment using a direct drive to produce rotational movement of a blade element to contact a frozen food precursor in a frozen food container associated with the frozen food appliance where the rotational drive assembly omits rotational speed modifying gears and transmissions positioned between a drive motor and the blade element. In another aspect, a rotational drive assembly may be kept in axial alignment with a frozen food container via a multi portioned container mount having a float connector.

The present invention is a composting bioreactor system that continually receives biodegradable solid wastes, waste waters and exhaust gases, automatically recycles the biodegradable wastes into nutrients and heat energy, and automatically supplies the nutrients and heat into an integrated hydroponic or aquaponic system. This invention together with integrated food growing system may be installed onsite such as balconies, backyards and premises of restaurants and food factories etc. therefore may lead to zero mileage targets both for recycling wastes and for supplying foods. This invention integrates composting process and aquaponic technology together and may establish a closed-loop recirculation of both water and gases therefore upgrades aquaponics into compoponics. A compoponic system has both soil and soilless growing beds and mimics nature recirculating nutrients, carbon and energy among human being, animals, microorganisms and plants by way of photosynthesis, slow burning by cellular respiration and burning by combustion.

A high-gravity rotating bed device, including a motor, a rotor and a housing. The rotor and the motor are entirely arranged within the housing. A load-bearing plate is provided within the housing. The load-bearing plate divides the housing into a reaction chamber and a balance chamber. The motor is arranged within the balance chamber. A transmission shaft of the motor passes through the load-bearing plate and is fixedly connected to the rotor arranged within the reaction chamber. A gas inlet, a gas outlet, a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet are arranged on the housing. An externally communicating pipeline is arranged on the balance chamber. Also disclosed is an application of the present high-gravity rotating bed device under high-pressure conditions in operations such as mixing, transferring and reacting.

Agitating device (10) for a digester (1) of a biogas plant (100) having a housing (11) and a driving device (12) for rotatably driving the agitator blades (13-15). The driving device (12) comprises a drive shaft (16) and an electric drive motor (20) wherein the drive motor (20) is accommodated sealed in the housing (11). The drive motor (20) comprises an outer, hollow stator (21) and a rotary rotor (22) which is centrally accommodated therein and is configured at least partially hollow. The rotor (22) is rotatably supported at the housing (11) and comprises a coupling device (23) for non-rotatable coupling with the drive shaft (16) to drive the at least one agitator blade (13-15) by means of the drive shaft (16).

The invention relates to a process for preparing a solid support for a procatalyst suitable for preparing a catalyst composition for olefin polymerization, said process for preparing said solid support comprising reacting a compound R.sup.4.sub.zMgX.sup.4.sub.2-z with a silane compound Si(OR.sup.5).sub.4-n(R.sup.6).sub.n in a solvent and mixing the resulting mixture with a mixing device and at a certain mixing speed in order to give a solid support Mg(OR.sup.1).sub.xX.sup.1.sub.2-x said solid support obtained having an average particle size of at most 17 μm, preferably at most 16 or 14 μm, more preferably at most 12 μm. The invention further relates to a solid support, a process for preparing a procatalyst and said procatalyst as well as polyolefins obtained using said procatalyst.

Shaker comprising a frame, a tray for receiving one or more samples and a drive for the tray, in which a tray shaft is mounted eccentrically in a drivable hollow shaft. The tray shaft is fixedly connected to the tray and secured against rotation relative to the frame.