CASE NO: 109
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Insecticides and fertilizers. Disperse proprietary solids into water and provide emulsions with sub-micron particle size. Also, immediate wet out of Xanthan Gum as suspension agent for dispersions. |
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PROBLEM: |
Hard to wet solids - gum formed "fish eyes" due to floating on liquid surface. |
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RESULT: |
Successful! Placed mixer in water, operated in down-mode and fed solids and gum into vortex for immediate wet out and predispersion. Then reversed into up-mode to complete dispersion.
Followed same procedure for various emulsions. |
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AB MIXER: |
SOLD - Model CJ-4B laboratory unit to new division of large corp. Production mixers two C-5-2, 60" immersion, 25 HP X.P. motors. |
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EQUIPMENT REPLACED: |
Sawblade dispersers |
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