V Cone Blender for Pharmaceutical, Food, Cosmetic, and Nutraceutical industries

V Cone Blender is an intensive mixing system designed specially to handle ordered dry mixing of excipients such as cohesive as well as adhesive powder. This rotating shell V-type blender with no packing glands around the shafts entering the chamber ensure total elimination of cross contamination. The special design ensures minimal attrition when blending fragile granules and is suitable for Pharmaceutical, Food and Cosmetic and Nutraceutical industries.

The Lab V Cone Blender is used in laboratories for research and development due to which it is also known as R&D V Cone Blender. It is also known by the names Mini V Cone Blender, Small V Cone Blender and Compact V Cone Blender due to its small and compact size.

Manned by specialized professionals, the Lab Cone V blender uniformly displaces material for a complete blending with short mix cycles. The Lab V Cone blender eliminates product contamination and comes with great efficiency. Also known as the R&D V Cone Blender, this V Cone Blender is especially suitable for fragile materials. Blending is a process that is carried many times during the manufacturing process. The unique configurations of the mini blender make it very efficable and attract very little maintenance. Additionally, this compact blender comes with a complete set of safety guards for the operator. The V shape of this Lab V Cone blender can give the best results for powders due to its V shape and the medium movement results in good blending and lubrication of granules.

V cone blenders can be an excellent addition to any processing industry. The blenders can be suitable for fragile materials and work effectively to eliminate product contamination. Its shape itself is an added advantage for particle size reduction and easy discharge of product material. The Compact V Cone blender can serve to be long-lasting machinery with minimal wear and tear. Best results are attained due to its suitable medium speed and the V shape which provides the mixing and lubrication process of dry powders homogeneously. A lot of benefits can be attributed to the R&D Cone Blender due to its perfection standards and versatility as well as the overloading protection provided.


Special Features:

  • Rotating V type shell with large capacity
  • Intensifier bar for special applications available
  • Easy loading & un-loading
  • Dust free operations when combined with Bin charging system
  • Special baffles to increasing mixing shear
  • Near complete discharge of product material integrated vacuum loading option available
  • SS 316 material Is used for construction
  • No shaft projection, hence no product contamination
  • Easy to clean with internal attachments like lump breakers and liquid dispensers
  • Wide capacity options available from 5 – 1200 Liters and custom made up to 10000 liters.

Benefits:

  • Ideal for blending dry powders and granules, including fragile material
  • Easy to clean
  • Designed for dust free processing, complete discharge of material with no contamination
  • Minimum maintenance required

Applications:

  • Pharmaceutical
  • Nutraceutical
  • Food

Technical Specification:


Model Number Gross Capacity
( In Liters)
Working Capacity (In Liters) Overall Dimension (in MM) Motor (HP) Approx Weight (In Kgs.)
L B H
LI-VCB 1 100 70 2300 950 2100 3 800
LI-VCB 3 300 210 2200 1050 2300 3 2000
LI-VCB 5 500 350 2500 1500 3200 5 2600
LI-VCB 10 1000 700 2900 2700 4300 7.5  3000
LI-VCB 20 2000 1400 3200 1800 4400 10 4000
LI-VCB 50 5000 3500 4450 4520 4600 15 5500
LI-VCB 100 10000 7000 5900 3000 7000 25 7000

V Cone Blender FAQs


It is a pharmaceutical and industrial powder blending machine featuring a distinctive V-shaped vessel formed by two cylindrical tubes joined at an angle — that rotates around its horizontal axis to produce a continuous splitting and recombining tumble motion of powder batches, delivering gentle, efficient, and highly reproducible blend homogeneity for pharmaceutical, Ayurvedic, cosmetic, nutraceutical, and food powder manufacturing applications.

The V-cone vessel's asymmetric geometry creates an alternating split-and-recombine powder movement — at each rotation the powder mass divides into both arms of the V and then reunites at the apex — generating a more intensive three-dimensional mixing action than symmetrical vessel designs, achieving blend homogeneity faster and with fewer rotations per batch for pharmaceutical and Ayurvedic formulations.

The V Cone Blender is preferred because it delivers rapid and consistent blend uniformity through gentle tumble action that does not generate heat, mechanical shear, or particle damage — making it ideal for fragile pharmaceutical granules, potent low-dose APIs requiring precise content uniformity, and delicate Ayurvedic herbal powders requiring gentle handling during blending.

Yes, it is one of the most widely used blending machines in Ayurvedic manufacturing — producing uniform multi-herb churna blends, herbal extract granule combinations, classical Ayurvedic powder formulations, and proprietary multi-ingredient Ayurvedic tablet and capsule blends with the gentle tumbling action that preserves herbal particle integrity and botanical active compound content.

Absolutely — cosmetic manufacturers blending face powder formulations, body powder products, natural mineral cosmetic pigments, dry shampoo powder blends, bath salt mixtures, and multi-ingredient pressed powder cosmetic formulations use V cone blenders to achieve the ingredient uniformity and consistent color distribution required for premium cosmetic product quality and consumer satisfaction.

Beyond pharmaceutical, Ayurvedic, and cosmetic industries — V cone blenders are widely used in nutraceutical supplement manufacturing, food ingredient blending, chemical processing, agrochemical formulation, and mineral industry applications — making them one of the most versatile and universally applicable powder blending technologies across multiple manufacturing sectors.

V cone blenders are available in working capacities from 25 liters to 5000 liters — covering the full range from small R&D pilot batches through to large commercial pharmaceutical and Ayurvedic blend batches — with the optimal working fill volume of 30 to 50% of total vessel capacity for best blending performance.

Yes, it is manufactured with GMP-compliant SS 316 inner vessel construction with electropolished mirror-finish internal surfaces — with SS 304 outer structural frame, drive shaft, and support components — fully meeting Schedule M, WHO-GMP, and AYUSH regulatory material, surface finish, hygiene, and equipment standards for licensed pharmaceutical and Ayurvedic powder blending facilities across India.

The repetitive split-and-recombine action of the V vessel creates multiple blend layer interactions per revolution — distributing even low-concentration API particles throughout the powder mass more effectively than many other tumble blenders — with blend uniformity studies confirming content uniformity compliance within RSD values below 2% for well-optimized pharmaceutical low-dose blend formulations.

Yes, an optional high-speed intensifier bar installed along the central axis of the V vessel provides localized high-shear action during tumble blending — breaking up powder agglomerates, improving distribution of cohesive Ayurvedic herbal powders, and enhancing content uniformity of low-dose pharmaceutical APIs and trace minerals in multi-ingredient nutraceutical blend formulations.

The gentle tumble blending action of the V cone vessel is ideal for final lubricant addition — allowing precise and controlled distribution of magnesium stearate and other tablet lubricants in a defined short blending step after main blend uniformity is confirmed — preventing over-lubrication that reduces tablet hardness and dissolution performance.

Yes, the V vessel features smooth mirror-polished SS 316 internal surfaces, hinged or removable access ports on both vessel arms, and a central discharge valve — enabling thorough manual or semi-automated cleaning between product batches, with cleaning validation swab and rinse sampling conducted through accessible ports to confirm cross-contamination prevention between pharmaceutical and Ayurvedic product blends.

Nutraceutical manufacturers producing high-potency vitamin, mineral, and botanical supplement blends rely on the V cone blender's split-and-recombine action to achieve the precise content uniformity required for accurate supplement label potency claims — with validated blend uniformity data supporting product registration, third-party quality audits, and export market regulatory submissions.

The V cone blender's split-and-recombine mechanism achieves blend homogeneity faster for free-flowing pharmaceutical and nutraceutical granules — while the octagonal blender's flat panel geometry provides advantages for cohesive and difficult-to-flow Ayurvedic herbal powders — with the choice between the two depending on the specific powder flow characteristics and blend uniformity requirements of each formulation.

Yes, V cone blenders are commonly used for final blend preparation before tablet compression — blending dried granules with extra-granular excipients, glidants, and lubricants to achieve a homogeneous compression-ready blend with consistent flow properties, bulk density, and active ingredient distribution that delivers uniform tablet weight and content throughout the compression batch.

V cone blenders feature variable speed drive systems — typically adjustable from 5 to 25 RPM — allowing operators to optimize rotation speed for different powder densities, particle size distributions, and blend formulation characteristics, with validated speed parameters documented in batch manufacturing records for reproducible blend performance across all pharmaceutical and Ayurvedic production batches.

The V cone blender's reproducible rotation speed, defined fill volume, documented blending time, and consistent vessel geometry enable statistically robust blend uniformity validation studies — sampling from defined vessel positions at multiple time points to generate validated blending time parameters that demonstrate consistent content uniformity compliance for regulatory submissions and GMP certification audits.

The V cone blender operates on a 440V three-phase power supply for production models — with no compressed air, water, or special utility requirements for standard blending operations — making it one of the most utility-efficient powder blending equipment choices for Indian pharmaceutical, Ayurvedic, cosmetic, and nutraceutical manufacturing facilities seeking to minimize utility infrastructure investment.

Yes, Lodha Pharma provides complete on-site machine installation, blending parameter development guidance, blend uniformity study methodology support, cleaning validation assistance, Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) documentation, IQ/OQ validation support, operator and maintenance staff training, Annual Maintenance Contracts (AMC), and fast availability of vessel seals, discharge valves, intensifier bar components, and critical spare parts — ensuring consistent, validated, and GMP-compliant powder blending performance throughout the machine's operational life.

Simply contact Lodha Pharma through their official website with your powder formulation type, required batch size, blend uniformity specifications, powder flow characteristics, presence of cohesive or low-dose components requiring special blending attention, GMP or AYUSH licensing status, and facility infrastructure details — their expert technical sales team will promptly provide a tailored quotation and arrange a comprehensive live factory or detailed video demonstration to help you select the ideal V cone blender capacity and configuration for your pharmaceutical, Ayurvedic, cosmetic, or nutraceutical powder blend manufacturing operation.

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