search  current discussion  categories  tools & equipment - pug mills 

pugmills/clay mixer

updated sun 30 jun 96

 

Suzan Futlz on thu 30 may 96

Help. I am an instructor at a city run Art Center in Stillwater,OK (problem 1
is no dealers or suppliers in 5 state area so everything has to be mail
ordered & of course problem 2 is always funds).
Our old pugmill/mixer could handle apx. 50lbs dry batch all at one time
then we added the slip & turned her on. Usually had to run everything back
thru a couple of times to make sure mixed. We are looking at the Shimpo pug
mill but I cant tell if this is good for putting large amount's in at one
time (the hopper is 7"x7"). We are also looking at the Peter Pugger Mixer
which has a model that will handle up to 100lbs. -- ANY ADVICE OR EXPERIANCE
here would be great. This is going to get a lot of heavy use. We make apx
600-1000lbs of clay per month.

LINDA BLOSSOM on tue 4 jun 96


------ =_NextPart_000_01BB517A.D0026B20
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT

Dear Susan,

I have the Peter Pugger that you ask about. I usually do 5 batches at a time
(one after the other). It mixes 100 dry so you get about 130+ depending on the
clay formula, in a batch. It does not deair, however, I do all slab work so it
doesn't matter anyway. It is well built and heavy duty and has no problem
handling the clay.

Linda
Ithaca, NY
------ =_NextPart_000_01BB517A.D0026B20
Content-Type: application/ms-tnef
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
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==

------ =_NextPart_000_01BB517A.D0026B20--