The invention relates to a device for incorporation of dust-explosive pulverulent materials into readily inflammable liquids, wherein the device includes the following: at least one liquid circuit (10), wherein the liquid circuit comprises at least one liquid vessel (11), a pipeline system (12), and at least one pump (13), and wherein the liquid circuit is designed to accommodate a combustible liquid; at least one powder vessel (30) designed to accommodate at least one pulverulent material (31) to be incorporated into the liquid, and wherein the powder vessel is connected to the liquid circuit, especially to the pipeline system, in a fluid-conducting manner via a powder feed conduit (32).

A method for thermal separation of a substance flowing into a treatment chamber by use of a separation apparatus includes a vessel and a heating device. The vessel has a vessel wall with an inner surface enclosing a treatment chamber of a length l.sub.c, a height H and a width W. The vessel includes at least one substance inlet and at least one first outlet and at least one second outlet for non-evaporable and evaporable parts, respectively. The heating device is arranged outside the treatment chamber and a rotary mechanism includes a rotatable axle arranged within the treatment chamber directed along the treatment chamber's length h and a mixing device of radial diameter d.sub.md and axial length I.sub.md fixed to the rotatable axle and extending perpendicular to the rotatable axle. The method includes: A. heating the inner surface (la) by use of the heating device to transfer thermal energy to a minimum peripheral volume (V.sub.p) of the treatment chamber confined between the mixing device and the inner surface (la), B. rotating the rotary mechanism by use of a rotary drive operably fixed to the rotatable axle to a peripheral rotation velocity (v.sub.p) measured at a radial outer boundary of the mixing device's which exceeds a minimum peripheral rotation velocity (v.sub.p,mm) of 5 meters per second, C. feeding the substance into the treatment chamber through the at least one substance inlet using a feeding device, wherein the substance includes two or more components, where at least one of the components is evaporable at an evaporation temperature (T.sub.e), and D. adjusting at least one of an input power of the heating device, the flow of the substance fed into at least one of the at least one substance inlet, an input power of the rotary drive and an output flow of a non-evaporated part of the substance released from the at least one first outlet, such that a total thermal energy transferred into at least part of the minimum peripheral volume (V.sub.p) results in an operational temperature (T.sub.op) that exceeds the evaporation temperature (T.sub.e) during operation, and wherein the amount of thermal energy transferred into the part of the minimum peripheral volume (V.sub.p) by the heating device constitutes more than 60% of the total thermal energy transferred.

The manufacturing apparatus includes a first capsule containing a first formulation; a second capsule containing a second formulation; a receiving device configured to receive the first and second capsules; a mixing machine including a receiving housing configured to receive the receiving device equipped with the first and second capsules, and a control unit configured to control the operation of the mixing machine; and a detection device configured to detect the presence of the receiving device in the receiving housing.

An apparatus for controlling blending of a gas mixture containing known components, including first, second, and third control valves for controlling the flow of first, second, and third components, respectively, a first gas density sensor to measure the density of a first mixture of the first and second components, a second gas density sensor to measure the density of a second mixture of the first mixture and the third component, and a controller to determine based on data from the first and second gas density sensors the relative compositions of the first, second, and third components in the second mixture, and to control the first, second, and third control valves to obtain a desired relative composition of the first, second, and third components in the second mixture.

A fuel delivery arrangement for a generator can include a throttle-mixing assembly including a mixer body defining a main port extending between an air inlet end and a mixed air-fuel outlet end and defining a fuel inlet port extending into the main port, a Venturi structure located within the main port and being configured to mix fuel received from the fuel inlet port with air received from the air inlet end and to deliver an air-fuel mixture to the air-fuel outlet, a fuel control valve assembly, mounted to the mixer body, including a first valve and a first actuator arranged to control a flow of the fuel passing through the fuel inlet port, and a throttle control valve assembly, mounted to the mixer body, including a second valve and a second actuator arranged to control a flow of the air-fuel mixture passing through the main port.

A dispensing machine for dispensing fluid products comprising a dispensing zone (15) in which elongated support means (12) are disposed, configured to support a plurality of removable containing units (11) of the fluid products in a stationary manner along a longitudinal axis (X) is disclosed. The dispensing zone (15) further includes translation means (20) configured to allow moving a receptacle (18) positioned on a metering unit and disposed on the translation means (20) substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction (X) to delivery positions substantially vertically below said containing units (11) and measurement means (16) configured to meter a quantity of fluid product that is delivered from a containing unit (11) to the receptacle (18) in a delivery position corresponding to the respective containing unit. Also disclosed is the use of such dispensing machine for preparing customized formulations of fluid products as well as a method for preparing user-defined target formulation from a plurality of dispensable fluid products.

Provided are a method for supplying water of specified concentration, including: a step of adding at least two liquids, a conductive first liquid and a non-conductive second liquid, to ultrapure water to produce water of specified concentration containing a first liquid-component and a second liquid-component at specified concentrations, in which a mixed solution in which the first liquid and the second liquid are mixed at a specified mixing ratio in advance is prepared; and the mixed solution is added to the ultrapure water so that a conductivity or specific resistance of the ultrapure water after the addition satisfies a specified value, and an apparatus therefor.

A mixer base assembly is provided comprising: (a) a body having an upper end including a mating face for mixing vessel connection; a lower end including a cavity; a first side wall, a second side wall, a third side wall, and a fourth side wall; an inlet port arranged in the first side wall; an outlet port arranged in the third side wall; a sampling port arranged in the fourth side wall; a probe port arranged in the third side wall; and, a fluid mixing chamber having a bottom wall; (b) an impeller seat arranged in the cavity in the lower end of the body; and, (c) a levitating magnetic impeller arranged in the impeller seat, the impeller comprising a magnet, a base, and at least two blades, wherein the at least two blades extend above the bottom wall of the fluid mixing chamber into the fluid mixing chamber.

Disclosed are various embodiments of a rocker-style treatment tank equipped with instrumentation. In one embodiment, a rocker treatment tank includes a dasher configured to oscillate within treatment liquid in the rocker treatment tank. The dasher includes a dasher shaft, one or more dasher arms coupled to the dasher shaft, and at least one dasher blade coupled to the dasher arm(s). The rocker treatment tank also includes one or more sensors configured to provide data directly or indirectly indicating a torque transmitted to the dasher to effect oscillation.

Various methods and systems are provided for mixing and dispensing viscous materials for the creation of additive structures. As one example, during a mixing and dispensing operation of a multi-dimensional printing apparatus, one or more liquids may flow into a mixing chamber via one or more material inlets arranged in a wall of the mixing chamber below a high pressure bearing of a mixing rod positioned within the mixing chamber; and movement of a mixing rod positioned within the mixing chamber is adjusted based on an operating condition of the printing apparatus.