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Why Choose Marion for Pet Food Mixing and Processing?

In the competitive pet food manufacturing world, processing equipment's quality and efficiency play an essential and central role. Manufacturers strive for consistency, safety, and excellence in the final product, ensuring that each product that...

5 Things to Look for in a Quality Cover for a Mixer

When it comes to choosing a mixer, things like trough size and agitator design tend to be the features people think about first. While these are important features to consider, mixer covers should also be top of mind.

Mixer Refurbishment — Refresh and Reset for Improved ROI

Facing a dwindling budget for capital expenditures? Need to improve the performance of your existing equipment? Even firms with the capital to spend find supply chain issues can delay new plant and processing equipment purchases or force a change in...

How Marion Makes Cleaning Food Processing Equipment Easy

What does it actually mean when you say "clean?"  After all, every industry, environment, product line and process will involve somewhat different definitions of the words: clean vs. sanitary vs. 3A certified vs. contamination-free and more....

Mixers and Blenders for the Chemical Processing Industry

Manufacturers are presented with numerous choices when it comes to process mixers and blenders for the chemical industry. Some mixers last 20, 30, 40 years or more. Deciding on an investment that is flexible and durable enough to take your company...

Marion Partners with PBH France To Serve European Customers

In order to continuously improve our customer satisfaction, our European territory coverage and our reactivity, it is our great pleasure to announce you that we have appointed the company PBH France as our new exclusive sales representative within...

3 Horizontal Mixer Design Features that Optimize Performance

Three Key Considerations for Selecting Horizontal Mixing Equipment When it comes to mixing and blending, as in any established industry, the fundamentals can easily be taken for granted or, worse yet, completely overlooked. We'd like to argue the...

Horizontal Batch Mixers: How to Make the Right Choice

The Heartland OX Delivers All The Functionality You Need Whether you are in the market for a mixer (sometimes called a blender) to integrate into an existing processing line or you are looking for equipment to support a start-up, selecting quality...

Kason and Marion Name ABM Equipment Cannabis Sector Partner

Two of the industry’s process equipment leaders in mixing/sorting/drying, Kason Corporation (www.kason.com) and Marion Process Solutions (www.marionsolutions.com), have come together to form an exclusive cannabis systems engineering and integration...

Infographic: Mixer Design Features that Promote Safety

Leaning into your mixers is just one way to keep them clean. As you can see in this infographic, Marion makes it easy for you to keep your mixers (sometimes referred as blenders) clean. Don’t compromise on these features when you are choosing an...

Testing Mixers for Food Refining and Processing: How We Work

When making a purchase of a mixer or blender for any type of industrial processing, there is only so much you can read and learn. In the end, you want to know how the machine will perform. Any reliable vendor will have several machines at their...

Reducing Food Contamination Risks with 3-A Standards

3-A represents the pinnacle of quality for hygienic standards of processing equipment in the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. 3-A Standards are based on American National Standards Institute (ANSI) requirements and allows acceptance by...

Extend the Life of Your Industrial Mixer with Refurbishing

Industrial mixers, also called blenders, are built to last, but what do you do when your needs change significantly? As much as we try to build mixers/blenders that anticipate future needs of our customers, after a decade or two—anything can happen....

What Defines 'Clean' in Food Processing Equipment?

Clean-In-Place (CIP) often appeals to food processors because on the surface, it seems like an easy methodology that can save labor costs and time in cleaning food processing equipment. Purchasing CIP equipment is a major investment, so it is...

Evaluating Thermal Processing Equipment for Cannabis and Hemp

Selecting the proper thermal processing equipment is a critical decision for companies in the burgeoning cannabis and hemp market. It’s not just about the immediate capital cost of the machine, which represents a significant investment, but the...

6 Tips for Avoiding Thermal Processing Material Loss

Thermal processing is a key component in the production of many types of foods, supplements, chemicals, biomass and pharmaceuticals today. As manufacturing scales up, one of the hidden costs associated with thermal processing is material loss due to...

New Cannabis Processing Product: WaveMix™ Cannabis

The heat is on when it comes to competition in the cannabis processing industry, and processors now have a new ally when it comes to increasing quality and throughput. Marion Processing Solutions announces its newest product: WaveMix™ Cannabis,...

6 Advantages of Microwave Drying and Heating Technologies

Indirect heating methods have played an important role in industrial thermal processing for more than a century. Yet increasingly, producers are using industrial microwave technology to replace and/or supplement their existing equipment with...

5 Things to Look for in Your Hemp Drying Equipment

Hemp and cannabis processors are turning to industrial drying equipment as they ramp up the volume of product being processed. Choosing the right equipment will help bring capacity, quality and profits into alignment. Below are a few tips to help...

Thermal Processing Equipment Benefits for Cannabis

Cannabis as a whole represents an exciting business opportunity, especially given the explosion of the global hemp market, which is projected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of close to 35% per annum over the next 5 years.

The Advantages of Microwave Drying Heat-Sensitive Products

While industrial microwave heating has been around for more than seventy years, it is in the last few decades where it has evolved as a serious contender in thermal processing applications. That’s due to the higher overall efficiency of microwave...

5 Tips for Choosing the Right Thermal Processing Technology

Choosing the right thermal processing equipment is a decision that will affect your production line for decades. It’s not just about the immediate capital cost of the machine, which represents a significant investment, but the long-term costs that...

To Improve Safety at Your Facility, Remember These Rules

I Am Safety – I Own It. This is our mantra at Marion Process Solutions. Not only is safety one of our core behaviors, it resides at the top of the list. It’s a simple concept really, but profoundly important in any manufacturing facility.

Prevention is the Best Cure for Safety and Productivity

Benjamin Franklin said, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” and that certainly rings true today, especially in the processing industry where safety and efficiency are of the utmost concern. That’s why preventative maintenance should be...

Achieve Maximum Blending Results with High-Speed Choppers

Mix times got you down? Experiencing trouble breaking up agglomerates in your blend? Results not where they should be? Well… sometimes you just have to whip it – whip it good. Let’s talk about high-speed choppers and the benefits they can deliver in...

Paddle, Ribbon or Hybrid? Evaluating Mixer Agitator Options

Confused about which agitator to choose for your customized mixer? You’re not alone. Turns out, many of our customers have the same concern, and rightly so, because it’s one of the most important decisions you’ll have to make. That’s because the...

How to Avoid the Hidden Costs of Operating Generic Mixers

Consider customized mixers for your industrial needs Your industrial mixer (or blender) will likely be with you 20+ years, so it’s important to make a choice that will serve your production line long-term. If you’ve come from an industrial planning...

Three Tips for Choosing the Right Mixer for Your Application

You’ve prepped for months, maybe even years to purchase a new mixer for your application only to find you made the wrong choice. Now you’re fraught with buyer’s remorse - not sure what to do next. If you’re having mixed feelings about your next...

Save More Product (and Money) with Better Shaft Sealing

At Marion Process Solutions, we’re always looking for new ways to make your job easier. With over 80 years of applications experience we understand the challenges you face in your day-to-day manufacturing operations. That’s why we put our best...

The Key Technical Features and Benefits of Agitator Shafts

A horizontal agitator inside a mixer is a device used to put materials into motion by lifting and scooping or scrubbing the particles against each other. They can come in many sizes and varieties, depending on the task at hand. In general, agitators...

Making the Grade With 3-A Sanitary Standards

When it comes to providing the highest level of sanitation standards, does your mixing and blending equipment make the grade? Unless it’s designed to 3-A standards, the answer is no. 3-A Sanitary Standards, Inc. (3-A SSI) is an independent,...

Precision in Plastic: Marion's Processing Equipment Support

The plastics industry has faced some significant challenges over the past few decades brought on by growing regulations that govern the production, disposal and cleanup of hazardous chemicals, as the usage of plastic products contributes to...

Key Mixer Design Features for Food Safety and Efficiency

Each day hundreds of millions of people all over the world consume food products that have been through some sort of processing plant. From meat and vegetables to drinks and desserts, each one must pass the highest regulatory standards to ensure...