What are the pros and cons of a batch mixer?

Advantages

• Applicable with discontinuous process flows,
• Quick change of recipe. Product also leaves the mixer discontinuously, so that different batches / recipes can be kept separate from each other,
• Process can easily be interrupted for inspection, sampling or adding manually,
• Very reliable recipe accuracy.

Disadvantages

• Larger design for the same capacity than a continuous mixer,
• More expensive than continuous mixer due to installation size.