**Why LEO Agriculture TMR Mixers Require Less Power to Operate**
Vertical Feed Mixers primarily utilize gravity to mix ingredients by elevating them to the top of the mass in the tub, and then causing them to mix as they tumble outward and down between the auger and the walls of the tub, and subsequently returning to the base of the auger to be elevated again, until a uniform mix is achieved. When done efficiently, and significant particle size reduction (processing) is not required, a uniform mix can be readily achieved in as little as three minutes.
When the Auger and overall Feed Mixer design function efficiently, as they do with a LEO Agriculture mixer, the auger slides under the mass of feed in the mixer with a minimum of effort, and gathers an appropriate amount of feed into the auger. The feed then slides relatively effortlessly vertically within the auger and finally emerges at the top to be distributed atop the mix before tumbling downward again. When this process occurs with a minimum of wasted energy there will be three key indicators, which can readily be observed in LEO Agriculture mixers.
**Key Indicators of Efficient Feed Mixing**
1. **Minimal Clockwise Circulation:** Ideally, the mixing action will resemble “volcanic action”; with feed rising aggressively from the auger at the center of the mix and then moving laterally towards the walls of the tub in all directions, where it then “rolls”, or slips, below the surface.
2. **Minimal Pressure on Tub Walls:** Inefficient augers cause feed to be forced outward against the outer walls by centripetal action, increasing the force required to turn the auger. LEO Agriculture mixers are so efficient that a four square foot observation window made of one quarter inch standard plexiglass installed in the side wall of the tub will withstand normal mixer operation.
3. **Reduced Horsepower Requirements:** Less efficient augers increase the friction and other forces between the feed and the auger and tub of the mixer, which simultaneously increases horsepower requirements and abrasive forces on the feed that result in excessive reduction in size of the smaller and more fragile particles in the feed. LEO Agriculture mixers result in rapid reduction of large particles to an optimum size, with minimal further reduction and abrasion of small to medium particles.
**Benefits of Efficient Feed Mixing**
* Reduced horsepower requirements
* Minimal feed damage
* Uniform distribution of feed particles
* Reduced sorting during feeding
**LEO Agriculture: Your Global Manufacturer of Feed Mixers and Manure Spreaders**
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