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Stainless steel horizontal ribbon blender on a support frame, with an open top charging port, a bottom discharge into a hopper, and a bulk material feed station in the background.

Top List

Top Mixing and Blending Systems for Bulk Powders

A researched ranking of three mixing and blending equipment suppliers for powders, granules, and pastes, scored on verifiable evidence, not marketing claims.

Three sizes of flanged flameless explosion venting devices with layered flame-arresting mesh, dust collector in the background

Top List

Best Flameless Explosion Venting Solutions 2026

REMBE, VIGILEX by STIF, and Camfil APC lead this evidence-checked shortlist of flameless explosion venting solutions. REMBE's Q-Rohr established the.

Explosion-proof stainless steel industrial vacuum with grounded antistatic hoses on a powder plant floor

Top List

Best Industrial Vacuum Systems for Combustible Dust 2026

VAC-U-MAX, Ruwac, Depureco, and IEDCO lead this evidence-checked shortlist of industrial vacuum systems for combustible dust. What separates a legitimate.

Round stainless steel vibratory sieve with clamped screen decks and powder on the mesh in a hygienic plant room

Top List

Best Industrial Screening & Sieving System Suppliers 2026

Gericke, AViTEQ, Netter Vibration, IEDCO, and Hecht lead this evidence-checked shortlist of industrial screening and sieving suppliers. The right choice.

Technical selection

Guides

Flameless explosion venting device with flame-arresting mesh mounted on an indoor vessel flange with clearance zone marking

Guide

Flameless Explosion Venting: Selection and Design Guide

Flameless venting combines a conventional explosion vent with a flame-arresting element that quenches the fireball and retains burning dust, allowing.

Twin-screw loss-in-weight feeder on load cells with refill hopper above

Guide

Feeding & Dosing Systems: Selection and Design Guide

Choose feeding technology by the accuracy the process actually needs: volumetric feeders meter by device speed and suit stable materials with tolerant.

Paddle mixer with blended powder and sampling cups in an engineering trial room

Guide

Mixing & Blending Systems: Selection and Design Guide

Select a powder mixer by working backward from the recipe: define the blend-quality target and batch logic, characterize the ingredients for fragility.

Cartridge dust collector with explosion vent and inlet ducting outside a plant

Guide

Dust Collection Systems: Selection and Design Guide

Dust collection design starts at the emission points, not at the collector: define every capture point with its airflow, design duct velocities that keep.

Decision support

Comparisons

Open U-trough powder mixer with a continuous double helical ribbon agitator, a paddle agitator shaft on a stand beside it

Comparison

Ribbon Blender vs Paddle Mixer: Which Powder Mixer Fits?

Ribbon blenders and paddle mixers share the same horizontal trough — the agitator decides the duty. Ribbons convect material in two counter-current.

Comparison

Volumetric Feeding vs Gravimetric Feeding

Volumetric feeders meter powder by displacement; gravimetric feeders correct output from weight feedback. See when each fits and how to verify feed accuracy.

Editorial split illustration comparing vacuum conveying equipment with a positive-pressure pneumatic conveying system

Comparison

Vacuum Conveying vs Positive Pressure Conveying

Vacuum or positive-pressure conveying? Compare topology, containment, material behavior and filtration, and see what test evidence a sound selection needs.

Comparison

Dense Phase vs Dilute Phase Conveying

Dense phase conveys solids at low velocity to limit attrition and wear; dilute phase suspends particles in more gas. See how material data drives the choice.

Applied knowledge

Case Studies

Photorealistic industrial process installation representing HighCon Powder Handling.

Case Study

Pfizer HighCon Powder Handling Case Study

What Pfizer’s HighCon high-containment plant in Freiburg establishes about contained powder handling, and which performance proof must remain project-specific.

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Gericke AG

Continuous Mixer Gericke GCM

Gericke shows the GCM continuous mixer, which combines radial and axial mixing for throughputs that range from 10 l to 150,000 l/h.

Gericke AG

See Gericke's Leading Bulk Mixing Technology in Action

Gericke shows its bulk mixing portfolio in operation, from laboratory scale double shaft mixers to continuous mixers that cover inline mixing from 1 kg/h to more than 100,000 kg/h.

Gericke AG

Batch Mixer Gericke GMS Compact

Gericke shows the GMS Compact double shaft laboratory mixer, a small scale version of the GMS family for recipe development, pre mix formulation and small production batches.

VAC-U-MAX

VAC-U-MAX: Signature Series Packaged Vacuum Conveying Systems

With over 65 years of experience in pneumatic conveying and more than 10,000 powders and granular materials handled, VAC-U-MAX packages its Signature Series vacuum conveying systems as complete units: receiver, UL-listed controls, convey hose, filters, and vacuum producer.

VAC-U-MAX

VAC-U-MAX: Model 1050 Continuous-Duty Industrial Vacuum Cleaner

This VAC U MAX video explains the Model 1050 portable continuous duty vacuum system for dense material recovery. It helps define the system boundary and major components. Capacity, filtration, pressure loss, discharge and combustible dust suitability depend on the material and complete installation.