Post by stoneme on Oct 6, 2008 1:20:53 GMT -5
reading tippy1's post about his 600lb tumbler made me recall a discussion a coworker and I had about a mixer which we were operating at the time. We were brainstorming about converting this mixer into a rock tumbler( but unless the company goes under that ain't gonna happen 
),anyway this is a Munson batch mixer, I believe it has a capacity of 4 yards of dry material (cement/sand), the barrel is approx. 7' in dia. and about 10' in length, an spins at about 4 rpms on a 5hp(3 phase) motor. I'm not sure on the weight this thing could handle, we only do 2,500 lbs at a time, but I know it can handle plenty more. I know something like this is probably way out of reach for just about all of us (~$30,000+/- made to order), but just imagine being able to tumble rocks on a mass production industrial scale.
),anyway this is a Munson batch mixer, I believe it has a capacity of 4 yards of dry material (cement/sand), the barrel is approx. 7' in dia. and about 10' in length, an spins at about 4 rpms on a 5hp(3 phase) motor. I'm not sure on the weight this thing could handle, we only do 2,500 lbs at a time, but I know it can handle plenty more. I know something like this is probably way out of reach for just about all of us (~$30,000+/- made to order), but just imagine being able to tumble rocks on a mass production industrial scale.
