Development of a Peristaltic Mixing Conveyor with a Radial Independently Deformable Closing Mechanism

In this paper, we propose a peristaltic mixing conveyor for continuous mixing and conveying of powder materials and solid-liquid mixtures in the production of food and pharmaceutical products, which generates complex low-friction flow in axial and radial directions by unsymmetric blockage in the radial direction of the pipe. In conventional devices mix the liquid penetrates the solid by squeeze flow in the axial direction within the device, and there are conditions that prevent mixing from progressing. On the other hand, the proposed device is expected to accelerate mixing by generating a combined axial and circumferential flow.