PRODUCT ADVANTAGES
- Homogeneous 3D Powder Mixing
- Gentle, Low-Shear Blending
- Reduced Cross-Contamination
- Faster Cleaning and Changeover
- Ideal for Medium Batch R&D
- Repeatable Process Control
- Multiple Safety Interlocks
- Suitable for Difficult Powder Blends
- Multiple Container Options
- Scale-Up Friendly
SOLVING ALL OF YOUR POWDER BLENDING CHALLENGES
TYPICAL APPLICATIONS
MANY CONTAINERS, MULTIPLE OPTIONS
The Alphie 10 Liter Powder Blender is designed to work with a wide range of interchangeable containers, from small vials and sample bottles up to 10 liter effective capacity blending vessels. This flexibility allows laboratories to process very small R&D samples, formulation trials, and larger laboratory batches using the same mixing platform. Containers can be supplied in multiple materials to match the application, including plastic, glass, and several grades of stainless steel. For stainless steel vessels, multiple polishing and surface-finish options are available, including finishes suitable for applications requiring cleanability, corrosion resistance, or electro-polished product-contact surfaces. By blending material inside a dedicated removable container, each batch remains isolated from the machine and from previous formulations, helping reduce cleaning time, protect sample integrity, and minimize the risk of cross-contamination between batches.
ONE MIXER – MANY SIZES
The mixer can accommodate containers of different sizes by using interchangeable holders and adapter inserts that fit securely inside the main container cradle.
This flexible setup allows operators to use larger process vessels directly or place smaller containers into precision-fit adapters, keeping each vessel stable and properly centered during mixing.
As a result, the same mixer can handle a wide range of batch sizes, from small sample quantities to larger production-scale volumes, without sacrificing mixing consistency, safety, or efficiency. This versatility is especially useful for product development, testing, and specialized processing where different container sizes are needed for different materials or run volumes.
ALL STAINLESS, GMP MODEL AVAILABLE
- Front Plexiglas safety guard
- Safety interlock
- Machine stops when guard is opened
- HMI/PLC with 21 CFR Part 11
- Electropolished containers
GLOVE BOX INTEGRATION FOR CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE POWDER BLENDING
For glove box powder blending, the Alphie 3D mixing principle offers a major advantage over traditional mixer designs. The Alphie can be custom configured so the mixing arms, holder, basket, and sealed container operate inside a stainless steel glove box, allowing powders to be processed in a controlled environment without exposing the material to outside air or the operator. Conventional mixers are often difficult or impractical to place inside a glove box because they require open vessels, internal blades, shafts, seals, or large cleaning areas.
The Alphie is different: the powder stays sealed inside its own removable container while the mixer gently moves the container through a 3D inversion motion. This makes the Alphie one of the only practical mixer designs for contained glove box blending, especially for battery materials, advanced ceramics, metal powders, pharmaceutical compounds, and other oxygen-sensitive, moisture-sensitive, or hazardous powders. The result is gentle mixing, reduced exposure, easier cleaning, improved operator safety, and batch processing with minimal risk of cross-contamination.
FUNCTIONAL PRINCIPAL
The Alphie 20 Liter Powder Blender operates using a 3D inversion mixing principle, where the sealed mixing container moves through a multi-directional tumbling motion to continuously reposition the powder bed. Instead of using internal blades, paddles, or agitators, the material is gently blended inside a detachable container as it rotates and inverts through changing angles. This motion helps powders, granules, liquids, and suspensions achieve a uniform blend while reducing shear, minimizing product contact with the machine, and lowering the risk of cross-contamination between batches.
LIQUID DOSING SYSTEM
Optional
he 3D inversion mixer can be integrated with a liquid dosing system to add liquid ingredients directly into the mixing container during the blending cycle. Instead of adding the full liquid volume at the start, the dosing system can introduce liquid at controlled intervals, with variable timing and adjustable dosing amounts based on the process requirements. This allows the Alphie mixer to gradually wet powders, coat particles, add binders, introduce solvents, or control moisture content while the material is continuously moving through the 3D inversion motion.
By dosing liquid in stages, the system can help improve distribution, reduce localized overwetting, prevent clumping, and create a more uniform final blend. This is especially useful for applications where liquid addition rate, total volume, and timing have a direct impact on product consistency, flowability, granulation, coating quality, or process repeatability.
RENTAL OPTIONS AVAILABLE
Renting a Glen Mills mixer gives your team the ability to test mixing and blending directly in your own laboratory, using your actual material, process conditions, and analytical methods. This allows you to evaluate performance, confirm homogenity, and determine 3 dimensional mixing is the right solution before making a capital equipment purchase.
Rental units are especially useful for short to long term projects, feasibility studies, process development, and customer trials where flexibility and speed are important. By testing in-house, your scientists and engineers can better understand how the material blends, reducing project risk and helping justify the correct equipment configuration for future production needs.
TECHNICAL DATA
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Capacity (L) |
35 |
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* Effective Capacity @ 80% (L) |
28 |
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Max mixing mass (kg) |
40 / 60 |
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Motor Power |
1.0 / 1.5 hp |
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Power Supply |
Offered in either single phase 110 V, or 3 phase 220 V |
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Container Revolution (rpm) |
10 – 40 |
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Max Container Size |
Dia 305 mm x 535 mm Long |
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Machine Weight (kg) |
390 |
