Process Performance

Eliminate Inconsistent Blending With the Right Pet Food Mixing Equipment

By The Lodige Team / May 22, 2026

When it comes right down to it, pet food is made for animals, but is marketed and sold expressly to humans. In this way, pet food has two parallel functions in the market: to provide vital nutrition to pets while at the same time appealing to the sensibilities of pet owners.  Now that you’re thinking…

7 Questions on Manufacturing Process Systems: Choosing Your Next Mixer or Dryer

By The Lodige Team / May 16, 2026

As a leader in industrial or manufacturing processes, you spend your days thinking from an operational perspective. Contemplating production effectiveness, quality controls, demand forecasts and so on keep you occupied right up to the moment when a new capital project hits your desk. When such projects include equipment upgrades or complete new systems (such as…

Inside the High-Intensity Mixer: The Science Behind Consistent Quality

By The Lodige Team / April 27, 2026

While “high-intensity mixing” does not have a universal definition, it generally refers to a category of process mixing equipment that expends high amounts of energy and force to blend challenging products.  As we look past this simple description, the details of high-intensity mixing start to widely differentiate between industries and applications.   Let’s look at the…

Scale-Up Nightmares: How Batch Mixing Systems Prevent Failures at Full Volume

By The Lodige Team / April 15, 2026

For manufacturers of blended products faced with the good problem of needing to scale up their operation due to growing demand, the decision of what mixing process to harness couldn’t be more critical to their future success.  At production volumes, mixing processes are often the most critical part of the manufacturing cycle, made up of…

The #1 Reason Food Processors Choose Industrial Mixers for Food Production

By The Lodige Team / April 7, 2026

We hate to give away the answer so quickly, but when it comes to figuring out the main reason why food processors choose industrial mixers for food production, it’s the nitty-gritty behind the answer that is most important; and we can’t wait to get to that part! The top reason why food manufacturers choose industrial…