miniBLEND Liquid Polymer Make Down System

Aulick’s miniBLEND Liquid Polymer Make Down System can be custom designed for individual applications. Neat polymer is extremely viscous due to consisting of many longer chains bound up together. The most effective way to maximize efficiency of neat polymer is to allow these long chains to unwind before use. The proper method of doing this is using a polymer blending make down system. Neat polymer is fed from a bulk polymer tote to a peristaltic pump mounted on the polymer blending system. Pressurized water is then supplied to the polymer blending system. The neat polymer is injected into a water stream and enters a blending chamber to be unwound. The neat polymer feed rate and water feed rate are adjusted to produce a 0.5%-1% make down solution at the discharge of the polymer blending system. This polymer solution is then plumbed to a polymer day tank.