Continuous Mixer Gericke GCM
What this video shows
The Gericke GCM is a continuous mixer in which ingredients are fed gravimetrically into the mixing chamber and mixed while they flow through. Gericke designs it to provide the optimum combination of radial and axial mixing (dispersion), with throughput ranging from 10 l to 150,000 l/h, from 1 kg/h in pharmaceutical use to 100,000 kg/h in processes such as plastic extrusion.
What the footage shows
The video shows the Gericke GCM continuous mixer, in which ingredients are fed gravimetrically and continuously into the mixing chamber instead of being mixed batch by batch.
Demonstrated solution
Gericke states that the GCM continuous mixers are designed to provide the optimum combination of radial and axial mixing (dispersion). Throughput ranges from 10 l to 150,000 l/h, spanning 1 kg/h for pharmaceutical applications to 100,000 kg/h for industrial processes such as plastic extrusion. Liquids can be sprayed onto the bulk material inside the mixer.
Technical overview
Key features
- •Continuous gravimetric feeding of ingredients into the mixing chamber.
- •Optimum combination of radial and axial mixing (dispersion).
- •Throughput ranges from 10 l to 150,000 l/h.
- •Optional spraying of liquid additives onto the bulk material.
- •Optional extractable tools for short cleaning times.
Benefits
- •Small mixing chamber combined with short mixing times significantly reduces energy consumption
- •Fully automated operation without manual intervention
- •Reduced segregation risk through direct downstream integration
- •Compact design maintaining high productivity with minimal footprint
Typical applications
- •Solid-solids mixing for fine or variable particle-size materials
- •Solids with liquids, spraying additives onto bulk material
- •Liquids with solids, mixing solid streams into larger liquid flows, such as cereal bar production
- •Pharmaceutical continuous manufacturing and plastics extrusion
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About this video
Gericke GCM Continuous Mixer
This video presents the Gericke GCM continuous mixer. Instead of filling, mixing and discharging a batch, the GCM takes a continuous stream of ingredients and mixes them while they pass through the chamber.
How continuous mixing works here
Ingredients are fed gravimetrically and continuously into the mixing chamber. Gericke states that the GCM continuous mixers are designed to provide the optimum combination of radial and axial mixing (dispersion). Radial mixing distributes material across the chamber cross section, axial mixing evens out fluctuations along the direction of flow, and the second part is what compensates for short term variation in the feed.
Throughput range
The GCM covers throughputs from 10 l to 150,000 l/h. In mass terms Gericke names applications from 1 kg/h for pharmaceuticals up to 100,000 kg/h for industrial processes such as plastic extrusion.
Three mixing tasks
Gericke documents three uses. Solid-solids mixing handles fine or variable particle-size materials. Solids with liquids means spraying additives onto bulk material inside the mixer. Liquids with solids covers mixing solid streams into larger liquid flows, for example in cereal bar production.
Why continuous instead of batch
A small mixing chamber combined with short mixing times significantly reduces energy consumption compared with holding a full batch in motion. Operation is fully automated without manual intervention. Because the mixer can be integrated directly into the downstream process, the mixed material is used immediately, which reduces the risk of segregation that occurs when a homogeneous batch is transferred, stored and handled again.
Cleaning and footprint
The compact design maintains high productivity with a minimal footprint. Optional extractable tools allow short cleaning times, which is the practical condition for running product changes on a continuous line.
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