Refitting

of
Conical Orbital Screw
- Mixers
- Dryers
- Coolers
- Reactors
with the AVA Helix System

Refit
AVA is a leader in the field of vertical cone mixers and dryers. The AVA helical mixing system has proven
itself in industrial applications and has considerable advantages over the orbiting screw system. To give
the owners of existing installations with orbiting screws and internal gear a chance to upgrade without
having to purchase new machines, AVA has developed a technique allowing the integration of helical agi-
tators into existing conical screw mixer and dryer vessels.

Practical experience has demonstrated the following advantages of the modification:

Maintenance and repair costs practically eliminated as the angular geared boxes systems are re-
moved.

Increase in useable volume of the existing mixer / dryer of up to 60%.

Shorter mixing times due to use of the AVA mixing helix.

Treatment times reduced by up to a factor of 4 when drying, cooling and heating due to use of the
AVA mixing helix.

Additional option to utilise choppers directly in the product room in order to achieve a finer particle
size and speed drying performance.

AVA helix requires only one drive in comparison to the two drives required on an orbital arm screw
mixer (one for the screw and one for the rotating orbital arm).

Mixer shaft and mixer helix can also be heated which enables approximately 5 – 6 times faster
treatment times when drying, cooling and heating.

The cost intensive conventional The AVA Helix System

maintenance parts
Two drive units

Expensive and
failure sensitive sealing
systems

Maximum filling level =

a lot of unused vessel
volume

Failure sensitive and Poor drying and mixing

technically complicated efficiency
gear boxes, partially
in oil lubricated design,
which will contaminate
product if they leck
Installation of the Mixing Helix
Orbital arm conical screw mixers and dryers generally have a welded cover / dished boiler head with a
man hole. This man hole is used to insert the completely pre-built helix system where it is then welded to
the container. The old existing flange feed-through for the shaft and seal is maintained for the new system.
A new bearing and drive are mounted for this purpose.

The AVA mixing helix is self-centring and therefore essentially requires no additional bearing at the
bottom. The modification has already been performed extremely successfully on our customer’s machines
for capacities up to 25,000 litres.

Helix-kit in insertable design to be inserted

through the manway.

Retrofitting on-site generally takes between 2 and 5 days, depending on the size of the machine.

If the product is required to agglomerate in the orbital screw apparatus, there is the possibilty to
additionally install a separately powered chopper in the lower part of the machine together with the AVA
mixing helix system.

Chopper in the conical part

 Machines produced by the following manufacturers can be modified:

KMPT (Krauss Maffei)

Hosokawa Nauta

Jaygo, Littleford Day

Bolz / Summix

All other machines that work according to the orbital screw principle.

Experience shows that the required investment for the modification pays itself within a period of maximum
12 – 36 month and that an increase in production is achieved in addition.

Trials
We would be delighted to demonstrate the advantages of the helix system
to you at our technology center. Machines are available with operational
volumes between 30 and 150 litres.

Profit from Innovative Technologies

Minimal risk of contamination
Shaft sealsand bearings do not leak into
the product.
Bevel gear or
helical gear box
Mixing intensity can be adapted to the
product characteristics
Shaft sealing, packing, Gentle blending or intensive mixing can be
mechanical seals,
achieved, depending on the speed and
lip-sealing-rings
and bearings design of the agitator.

Shorter drying times
Dished head Permanent mixing and intensive contact
between product and heated wall ensures
an excellent heat transfer.
Material flow

Shorter mixing times
The entire product volume is part of the
mixing process.

The dryer can be used as an evaporator
Suitably designed agitators are also ideal
Single or double helix for concentrating liquids and slurries.
optionally heated

Increased drying and evaporating
capacities due to heated agitator
The agitator can be heated and shaped in
such a way that an extremely high
evaporation rate can be achieved.

Reliable and trouble-free maintenance
The simple design serves to minimize
maintenance costs.