Founded in 1842, Charles Ross & Son Company is a leading manufacturer of mixing, blending, and dispersion equipment. With over 180 years of innovation and experience, ROSS serves customers across pharmaceutical, chemical, food, cosmetic, coating, adhesive, and advanced materials industries worldwide. The ROSS Test & Development Center in Hauppauge, New York provides application testing and process development support and is an invaluable resource for customers looking to improve their mixing processes.
Designed for high-intensity mixing, emulsification, homogenization of liquids and slurries, ROSS Batch High-Shear Mixers (HSM) are widely used in a variety of industries.
Manufacturer of industrial mixing equipment, ROSS Mixers, and AutoRICH, provider of advanced automation solutions, are collaborating at The Battery Show.
The ROSS 250-gallon retention mixer is designed to provide continuous agitation during storage and unloading while maintaining product uniformity, preventing material settling, and improving reaction yields.
The Double Planetary Mixer Model DPM-10 from ROSS is engineered for high-viscosity and specialty material processing in laboratory and pilot-scale operations.
The ROSS CDA-200 Dual Shaft Mixer is a versatile and cost-effective solution for processing formulations that require both thorough agitation and high-speed dispersive mixing.
Engineered for applications requiring advanced mixing capabilities, the ROSS VMC-300 combines three independently driven agitation systems in one unit.
Through an innovative concentric-shaft configuration, this advanced system effectively blends, disperses, and homogenizes materials by combining two synergistic agitation technologies.
The ROSS HSM-100LH-3 is equipped with a 2.5" diameter rotor/stator head that allows particles to be sheared and expelled at a high velocity into the surrounding mix, breaking up agglomerates and producing fine dispersions.
The ROSS CDA-300 Dual Shaft Mixer is engineered for accurate processing of high-performance formulations across a wide range of rheologies, solids loading, operating temperatures, and pressures.
The ROSS V Cone Tumble Blender utilizes diffusion mixing to deliver low-impact, highly accurate, and repeatable mixing of powders, high-density powdered metals, granules, pellets, and other free-flowing solids.
The custom-built ROSS FDA-3500 has a maximum working capacity of 3,500 gallons, a two-zone stainless steel dimpled jacket for heating/cooling, a 4” pneumatic discharge valve, and an explosion-proof load cell system rated for up to 20,000 lbs.
As an external mixer, the Inline SLIM can be piped to the recirculation loop of virtually any size vessel. The 3A-compliant machine–featuring tri-clamp connections–can be cleaned in place, but is also quick to disassemble for deep cleaning and sanitation.
The manufacturer of specialty mixing and blending equipment offers multiple technical resources on its revamped site, including case history articles, videos, white papers, and various other mixer literature.
A new design allows an operator to safely empty bags of powder through a bar grating while a contiguous vibrating tray assembly catches foreign debris and off-spec ingredients.
Charles Ross & Son Co. engineers custom blending systems incorporating ergonomic material handling accessories, including bag dump workstations.
The system reportedly allows for convenient movement of the mix vessel along V-groove tracks, as well as easy transport of each piece of equipment.
Tailored to individual process needs, this double-planetary mixer from Charles Ross & Son Co. comes with an optional weighing system for quick and precise measurements throughout the batching procedure.
As continued research and development races to meet the growing appetite for sustainable adhesives, manufacturers must also push innovations in processing that reduce both waste and energy consumption.
Manufacturers and scientists are continually pushing the envelope on eco-friendly adhesives, sealants, coatings, and potting and encapsulation compounds. Demand for green and sustainable formulations is expected to keep growing due to tightening legislation, consumer awareness, and new opportunities.
A reverse lift in the double-planetary mixer reportedly facilitates improved rigidity and more uniform blade-to-vessel clearances without relying on the floor to be completely level.
Charles Ross & Son Co. recently announced that its double-planetary mixer is available in a reverse-lift design that raises the vessel to the mixing position, rather than lowering the agitator assembly.
A mobile skid allows these mixers to be used anywhere in a plant, saving time and money by eliminating the need for multiple mixers separately dedicated to each vessel or product.
ROSS inline high-shear mixers from 1-250 HP reportedly accelerate mixing, emulsification, and homogenization in both recirculation and continuous modes.
A recently completed vessel features a full holding capacity of 20,000 gal, measuring 10 ft, 6 in. x 30 ft long.
Charles Ross & Son So. recently announced that it has the capacity to manufacture ancillary storage tanks, pressure vessels, and reactors up to 100,000 gal at its Ross Engineering fabrication plant.
The company reports that the unit’s jacketed mixing vessel and special high-viscosity blades are a dynamic combination for producing thick gels, pastes, putties, and other semi-solids under precise temperatures.
Charles Ross & Son Co. recently announced that its double-planetary mixer is available in a “super sanitary” turnkey configuration, featuring a common stainless steel workbench for both the mixer and matching discharge system.
According to Ross, SLIM incorporates powder or liquid phases directly into the rotor-stator mix head, causing instant wet-out as it rotates at 3,600 rpm.
The latest 600-gal Ross VersaMix model VM-600 is reportedly capable of high-speed subsurface powder induction with the proprietary Ross solids/liquid injection manifold (SLIM).