A = Excellent

B = Good

C = Fair

D = Poor

MIXER ATTRIBUTES/ CHARACTERISTICS	BATCH MIXERS			CONTINUOUS MIXERS
	Rotary Batch Mixer	Rotary Batch "Mini" Mixer	Ribbon, Paddle & Plow Blenders	Rotary Continuous Blender	High Intensity Continuous Blender	Ribbon, Paddle & Plow Continuous
Abrasives	A	A	C	A	C	C
Abrasive materials	A	A	C	A	C	C
Brittle materials	A	A	D	A	D	D
Chips	A	A	C	A	C	C
Coatings	A	A	C	A	C	C
Complete discharge	A	A	C	A	A	C
Critical mixes	A	A	C	A	C	C
Crystals	A	A	C	A	C	C
Emulsions	C	C	B	C	A	B
Fibrous materials	B	B	B	B	B	B
Fragile materials	A	A	D	A	D	D
Gentle blending	A	A	C	A	A	C
Glass cullet	A	A	C	B	D	C
Granulars	A	A	B/C	A	B/C	B/C
Interlocking materials	B	B	B	B	B	B
Irregular chips	A	A	C	A	C	C
Large Variance in Particle Sizes	A	A	D	A	C	D
Low maintenance	A	A	B	A	A	B
Lowest energy/amt of material blended	A	A	C	A	B	C
Lowest initial cost	B	B	A	B	C	A
Minor liquid adds	A	A	B	A	B	B
Pastes	D	D	B/C	D	B	B/C
Pellets	A	A	C	A	D	C
Powders	A	A	B	A	B	B
Rapid blending	A	A	C	A	A	C
Rapid sanitizing	A	A	C	A	A	C
Slurries	D	D	B	D	A	B
Sticky/tacky materials	D	D	B/C	D	B	B/C
Uniform blending	A	A	C	A	A	C
Uniform liquid additions	A	A	C	A	A	C