In accordance with presently disclosed embodiments, systems and methods for efficiently handling dry additives to be mixed with bulk material in a blender are provided. The systems may include a support structure used to direct bulk material from one or more portable containers on the support structure to a first outlet location, and a combined metering/transferring system for directing dry additives from another portable container to a second outlet location. Specifically, the metering/transferring system may output a metered flow of dry additives to the blender mixer to be combined with bulk material that is released from the portable containers. The metering/transferring system may utilize a gravity feed outlet coupled to a metered screw or other conveying device to move the dry additive from the portable container to the second outlet location.

The present disclosure is directed to an agitating system having a sub-hopper configured to receive particulate material, an agitator disposed within the sub-hopper and configured to promote movement of the particulate material through the sub-hopper, and a deflector configured to block a portion of the particulate material from exerting a force onto the agitator as the particulate material flows through the sub-hopper. The deflector is positioned such that the agitator extends beyond a first distal edge and a second distal edge of the deflector along a lateral axis.

A production module for producing solid medicaments in individual batches, comprising a supplying device for supplying powdered starting materials, a mixing device connected to the feeding device and is intended for working the supplied powdered starting materials into a product, a final working device connected to the mixing device and is intended for the final production of an end product from the worked starting materials, and a control device for automatically controlling the supplying device and the mixing device and the final working device. Diverters allow a batch to be passed on from the supplying device to the mixing device and from the mixing device to the final working device without any backmixing. Data of all the process sensors and quality sensors of the production module are linked with the respective batch by the control device such that tracking and tracing of the batches is made possible.

A production module for producing solid medicaments in individual batches, comprising a supplying device for supplying powdered starting materials, a mixing device connected to the feeding device and is intended for working the supplied powdered starting materials into a product, a final working device connected to the mixing device and is intended for the final production of an end product from the worked starting materials, and a control device for automatically controlling the supplying device and the mixing device and the final working device. Diverters allow a batch to be passed on from the supplying device to the mixing device and from the mixing device to the final working device without any backmixing. Data of all the process sensors and quality sensors of the production module are linked with the respective batch by the control device such that tracking and tracing of the batches is made possible.

Disclosed are a stirring process and a stirring system for a neodymium-iron-boron powder and a process for manufacturing a neodymium-iron-boron magnetic steel. The stirring process for the neodymium-iron-boron powder mainly comprises the following aeration, feeding and stirring. Specifically, the aeration refers to filling a mixer with nitrogen and/or an inert gas, with the internal space of the mixer closed; the feeding refers to placing a neodymium-iron-boron powder to be stirred into the mixer and keeping the internal space of the mixer closed; and the stirring refers to introducing the mixer with a pulsed air stream, which is an intermittently jetted air stream formed by nitrogen and/or an inert gas, and by which the neodymium-iron-boron powder can be repeatedly blown up and down to mix and stir the neodymium-iron-boron powder.

Disclosed are a stirring process and a stirring system for a neodymium-iron-boron powder and a process for manufacturing a neodymium-iron-boron magnetic steel. The stirring process for the neodymium-iron-boron powder mainly comprises the following aeration, feeding and stirring. Specifically, the aeration refers to filling a mixer with nitrogen and/or an inert gas, with the internal space of the mixer closed; the feeding refers to placing a neodymium-iron-boron powder to be stirred into the mixer and keeping the internal space of the mixer closed; and the stirring refers to introducing the mixer with a pulsed air stream, which is an intermittently jetted air stream formed by nitrogen and/or an inert gas, and by which the neodymium-iron-boron powder can be repeatedly blown up and down to mix and stir the neodymium-iron-boron powder.

A powdery-material mixing and feeding system is configured to feed a machine configured to execute a post process with mixed-powdery materials obtained by mixing a first powdery material and a second powdery material discharged from powdery-material feeding devices at a required ratio, wherein when a flow rate of the first powdery material discharged from the first powdery-material feeding device departs from a target value by a predetermined amount or more, a controller increases or decreases the flow rate of the second powdery material discharged from the second powdery-material feeding device such that the ratio of the first powdery material to the second powdery material contained in the mixed-powdery materials is kept within a desired range.

An agricultural incline conveyor having belt guards extending longitudinally through a curvilinear portion from a tail inlet to a head outlet. The belt guards protect linear edges of a belt within the curvilinear portion during mixing operations. A plurality of mixing baffles positioned within the curvilinear portion induce turbulent backflow of a metered stream of seed being transported through the curvilinear portion. The longitudinal guards prevent the loss of transported seed from entering between the belt and a trough of the curvilinear portion.

An agricultural incline conveyor having belt guards extending longitudinally through a curvilinear portion from a tail inlet to a head outlet. The belt guards protect linear edges of a belt within the curvilinear portion during mixing operations. A plurality of mixing baffles positioned within the curvilinear portion induce turbulent backflow of a metered stream of seed being transported through the curvilinear portion. The longitudinal guards prevent the loss of transported seed from entering between the belt and a trough of the curvilinear portion.

A system for continuously processing pulverulent products includes at least two system inlets for pulverulent products. A mixer is provided that continuously mixes the pulverulent products received at a mixer inlet into a product mixture that is dispensed at a mixer outlet. A production machine having a filling apparatus continuously processes the product mixture from the mixer outlet into end products dispensed at the machine outlet. A conveyor apparatus conveys the product mixture from the mixer outlet to the machine inlet. The conveyor apparatus includes a first fill level sensor that measures a product mixture fill level in the filling apparatus of the production machine and a second fill level measures a product mixture fill level in a conveyor reservoir. A control apparatus receives measurement data from the first fill level sensor and the second fill level sensor and controls at least one production parameter based on the measurement data.