An apparatus for mixing a particulate material with a liquid in a container is adapted for tumble blending. The apparatus comprises a mixing device and a liquid injection nozzle. The mixing device includes mixer elements adapted to mix a particulate material by mechanical action. The nozzle is disposed to direct liquid in the direction of the mixer elements when mixing is taking place and ingress of material is prevented from entering into the nozzle.

An apparatus for mixing a particulate material with a liquid in a container is adapted for tumble blending. The apparatus comprises a mixing device and a liquid injection nozzle. The mixing device includes mixer elements adapted to mix a particulate material by mechanical action. The nozzle is disposed to direct liquid in the direction of the mixer elements when mixing is taking place and ingress of material is prevented from entering into the nozzle.

A mixing device includes a mixing container rotatable about a first axis of rotation for receiving mixing material, which has a mixer opening and a mixer cover which can be reciprocated between an opened position and a closed position. The mixer cover in the closed position closes the mixer opening and in the opened position exposes the mixer opening. The mixing container is rotatably mounted to a machine stand. The mixer cover is so fixed to the machine stand that the mixing container in the closed position of the mixer cover is rotatable relative to the mixer cover about the first axis of rotation. The machine stand has a stationary element and a pivotal element, wherein the pivotal element is mounted pivotably about a pivot axis relative to the stationary element. The mixing container is mounted rotatably to the pivotal element and the mixer cover is fixed to the pivotal element.

An anti-segregation mixer for a bed of material, the anti-segregation mixer comprising: an elongate and substantially cylindrical shell having an inner surface; and a plurality of independent lifting means provided within the shell, wherein the plurality of lifting means each comprise a vane with a leading end and a trailing end, and are arranged with respect to the cylindrical shell such that the vane is spaced apart from the inner surface and the entire lifting means may pass through the bed of material.

A granular coating conveyor system for coating granular particles carried in compartments along a tubular conveyor member. Coating fluid is fed over the granular particles through radial nozzles located inside a co-axial rotating blender with tubular member upstream discharge port and tubular member downstream return ingress port for the granular particles. The blender is a drum having a helicoidal spiral screw integrally mounted to an interior peripheral wall face of the drum and extending therealong radially outwardly of the tubular member mixing in the drum in tumbling fashion the granular particles with coating fluid and guiding same therealong, so as to dynamically form a kidney shape mass of granular particles.

A mixer system comprising a sealed tube (2) provided with inlets and outlets (4,5) for a process fluid which is rotatable in arcs around the longitudinal axis of the tube (3) and contains one or more blades (11) mounted at each end on a blade carrier (10) supported within the tube (3) in a manner that allows the one or more blades (11) to rotate in the same direction and angular velocity (in degrees per second) as the tube (3) rotates in arcs and the use of such a system as a reactor and/or for mixing.

Method and apparatus to facilitate recycling of at least one fraction of bitumen-containing materials. This can be accomplished by dissolving the at least one fraction, for example, maltenes or asphaltenes in roofing shingles, into at least one solvent. In one aspect, the apparatus comprises a dissolution vessel, a tumbler positioned therein, and at least one solvent distributor. The tumbler is configured to facilitate wetting the bitumen-containing materials with solvent. In a second aspect, a system comprises the apparatus, a solid-liquid separator, for example, a vibratory screen, and at least one solvent-fraction separator, for example, a flash drum. The at least one solvent can comprise one or more solvents useful to extract the at least one fraction. In a third aspect, a first fraction is extracted from the bitumen-containing materials with a first solvent composition, then a second fraction is extracted from the remaining bitumen-containing materials with a second solvent composition.

A positive active material manufacturing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a step of preparing a lithium-containing compound; a step of manufacturing a coating liquid including at least one coating element; a step of mixing the lithium-containing compound and the coating liquid to form a coating mixture of a clay or slurry state; and a step of agitating the coating mixture. Further, a manufacturing apparatus of a positive active material according to an exemplary embodiment includes a rotation container, a cover, a nozzle, and an agitation wing.

A manufacturing method of a particle aggregate aggregated with wet particles in which active material particles and conductive particles are evenly dispersed and a manufacturing method of an electrode body including the particle aggregate are provided. The manufacturing method of a particle aggregate includes a first step of obtaining a first mixture by mixing conductive particles with a binder dispersion in which binder is dispersed in a dispersion medium, a second step of obtaining a clay-like mixture by kneading the first mixture with active material particles, and a third step of obtaining the particle aggregate aggregated with wet particles formed of the clay-like mixture.

A continuous ready mix joint or texture compound manufacturing system and a method for continuously manufacturing a ready mix joint or texture compound includes a continuous mixer having an inlet and an outlet, a pump disposed at the outlet of the continuous mixer, and a disperger having an inlet and an outlet. The continuous mixer is adapted to receive at least one dry ingredient and at least one wet ingredient at the inlet and continuously mix the at least one dry ingredient and the at least one wet ingredient to form a mixed composition. The pump is adapted to pump the mixed composition from the outlet of the continuous mixer to the inlet of the disperger. The disperger is adapted to receive the mixed composition and apply a shear force to the mixed composition to form a homogenized, disperged composition.