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S&C Electric Company of Chicago, Illinois, is a leading supplier of high-voltage fuses and switches throughout the world. Polymer Products Division (PPD) recently reached the threshold at which a fundamental change in production was required to allow faster growth In OEM Sales,

Although PPD was in an excellent competitive position,the business had physically run out of room to grow. Floor space was limited in the plant, and production was maxed out. Producing a high performance epoxy-based Insulating material, operators handled 5 resin and 5 hardener mixes a day, and 30 minutes were lost cleaning the mixers between every batch. Overall, 10 man-hours were dedicated each day to cleaning the equipment.

The company turned to Charles Ross & Son Company for support. For PPD, the answer was to reorganize the mixing and conveying processes In its plant, upgrade

its mixing equipment, and make the plant more productive. The PPD engineering team conducted trials with a variety of mixing, blending and vacuum drying equipment In the Ross Test & Development

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The new VersaMix VMC models are available In standard sizes from 1 to 200 gallons, with a choice of single-, double-, and triple-shaft agitation

Laboratory models, with stainless steel wetted surfaces and many design options, are Ideal for R&D, With excellent design continuity In the product line,scale-up Is highly predictable and reliable.

In sizes from 1 to 4 gallons, lab models feature a can lift design instead of an agitator lift. This lift design allows you to make hard pipe connections for vacuum and charging. The lab model shown here also

The Ross family of VersaMix multi-agitator mixers now features the sleek Series III design that Ross introduced with its family of planetary mixers While the new design retains all of the engineering strengths that made the VersaMix the world's most versatile multi-shaft mixer, the new VMC models are even more efficient, easier to clean and maintain, and easier to handle on the plant floor.

In the new VersaMix VMC models, controls and auxiliary equipment are all enclosed In an integrated mixer housing. All electrical connections are made at a central junction box in the base. Electrical and air connections between the base and the overhead drive system are fully enclosed In a bellows, along with a powerful air-over-oll lift cylinder. The lift Is controlled with a simple push-button Interface

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