Thursday, 15 August 2013

Useful Guide To Selling Your Surplus Process Equipment

We've put together some brief points to consider when selling your surplus process equipment. These points should hopefully help you to gain the maximum return on your assets.

  1. Documentation. If possible, sell your equipment with its technical documentation, service history, drawings etc. as this is what most buyers will look for.
  2. Spares. If you have any spares, include them with the equipment.  This will be a big bonus for anyone looking to purchase the unit, knowing they won't need to buy any at an additional cost.
  3. Removal. Make sure that the removal of equipment is done correctly to avoid damage to your equipment.
  4. Show it off. Get some photographs to show the equipment as it is now, to give you a realistic price for its condition as it is.  Take internal and external photographs, nameplates, inlet and outlet points etc.
  5. Trade In. Are you selling in order to upgrade? Perry offer the option to trade your surplus assets against the cost of purchasing an item from our stock.

Perry Process Equipment stock # L1043
Recently acquired Guedu model ME100 M3
stainless steel vacuum mixer

Selling Options with Perry Process:


  • Outright Purchase: Perry will purchase your equipment for cash.
  • Trade-In: Trade-In your surplus equipment to discount from the cost of purchasing a piece of used equipment from our stock.
  • Consignment: We will sell your equipment on your behalf.
  • Asset Disposal: Complete package tailor-made for you. Activities can include Asset Valuation, Dismantling, Demolition, Inventory Reporting, Marketing, Storage and Logistics.



Case Studies


Probably the best way to understand how Perry Process Equipment can help your business is to see how we have helped other companies worldwide.  Please read through some of our case studies online.

Perry Process Equipment Ltd have been buying and selling used process plant and equipment worldwide for over 80 years.  You can view our real-time inventory of stock online now –

Tuesday, 6 August 2013

Why Customers Keep Coming Back To Perry Process Equipment Ltd

Perry Process Equipment’s customers keep coming back time and time again for their equipment needs.

Over 50% of our sales each month come from returning customers. We always advise our customers of the many benefits of buying used process equipment and we have received several comments from them. They state that we are the best supplier on price, stock availability and quality, turnaround time and in-house services.

We have thousands of items in stock at our facility and we have many sites globally, so whatever you need we are here to help you! The advantages of buying used equipment from Perry Process Equipment Ltd have recently been highlighted by one of our repeat customers, Lionel Hitchen (Essential Oils). According to their Engineering Manager, “the decision to use a second hand solution was driven by two main considerations -- availability and cost. In terms of availability, it is a big advantage if you can pick up something similar to what you need in a short period of time,” he explained. “Generally speaking if we were going down the new plant route we would need to draw up specifications and tender documents for vessel manufacturers, and then invite tenders and so forth. This would normally have a minimum twenty week lead time.”

Ribbon Blender - Refurbished In-House
Another of our loyal customers advised that they return to Perry Process Equipment because of our in-house services. We have refurbished and sold a 1,500Ltr stainless steel Ribbon Blender to Sticky Baits, UK. The unit was inspected before refurbishment began. They explained, “The Ribbon Blender was refurbished to an exceptionally high standard and was barely recognisable from the Blender that we first viewed. Exceptional service and work from start to finish.” Perry has the in-house expertise to fully refurbish any unit from our stock. All refurbishment work is completed by our own Engineering Specialist Team, at our Newton Aycliffe facility which makes the turnaround time minimal.

Perry Process Equipment Ltd was also at hand when they both had surplus equipment to be sold. We purchased their surplus process equipment with cash and dealt with dismantling and shipping.


We are here to help save you time and money. If you have any requirements or questions, please give us a call on +44 (0) 1325 315111 or visit our website to view our full inventory, which includes Heat Exchangers, Dryers, Centrifuges, Reactors, Mixers and Tanks

Friday, 2 August 2013

Read All About: Mixers

What is a Mixer?

There are many different types of industrial mixers, which are also referred to as Blenders, Agitators or Turbulizers. They are frequently found in food factories, chemical and pharmaceutical laboratories and in full scale process facilities. Most industrial mixers bear little resemblance to regular home mixers as industrial models can typically weigh several tonnes and have complex automation systems.



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Many industrial processes involve mixing or blending materials. The raw materials blended also take many forms from wet to dry, low viscosity liquids to high viscosity powders, pastes and inks. It may be appropriate to use a double arm mixer for applications like dough mixing where a kneading type of action is required. Where the application requires a gentle mixing action, a double cone blender may be ideal, ensuring a homogeneous air-free mix. These industrial Mixers can be useful for the production of foods, adhesives, and pharmaceutical products, among others.
Another good example of the industrial application of mixers is the ribbon blender used for the mixing of small particle sized ingredients. It is also important that all of the ingredients are mixed evenly. The mixer has a central shaft with mixing blades angled in various orientations that look like double-helix ribbons, and gives the blender the ability to move parts of the mixture in different directions at the same time. This ensures that all ingredients are effectively and completely blended.

Ribbon blenders are mainly used in food and pharmaceutical manufacturing applications in large batch sizes. They can have a horizontal construction, where the shaft and blade are horizontal in the container, or the shaft and blade can be in a vertical position.

Some mixers may have additional features such as multiple chambers and chutes to handle different kinds of loads, and users can configure the mixers specific applications using a wide range of automation and controls.


Mixers at Perry

NEWS: We are currently moving a great deal of high specification and quality Mixers from two Global Pharmaceutical Manufacturers based in Europe, to our site. As we have been buying and selling used equipment for over 80 years, you can trust our expertise.

L1009-32 Hosokawa Mixer/ Dryer
Perry Process Equipment can offer a wide range of Mixers and Blenders including Continuous Mixers, Dispersion Mixers, Double and Single Arm Mixers, Hi-Intensity Turbulizers, Ribbon Blenders, Jacketed Mixers, Stainless Steel Mixers, Ploughshare Mixers, Powder Blenders, Planetary Mixers and Paddle Mixers, on site ranging from 5l to 300,000l.


You can also find 100’s of high quality tanks at our Newton Aycliffe site, from manufacturers including Hockmeyer, Myers, Patterson, Silverson, Littlerford, Papenmeir, Lodige, Morton and Winkworth.
We offer a large inventory of used and unused Mixers for the food, dairy, beverage, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries. Our mixers are available in horizontal or vertical orientation, in many diameters, dimensions and capacities. Hi-intensity Mixers and dispersion Mixers are also available.


Additional style Mixers to meet different applications are available. Including: Mixers to accommodate liquid, viscous and/or semisolid materials. We stock Mixers constructed of aluminum, carbon steel, fiberglass, stainless steel, mild steel, nickel and many more materials.

Call us now on: +44 (0) 1325 315 111 and we will answer your process queries or you can view our inventory online.