HÄNDLE-built double-shaft screen mixers serve our customers as a highly efficient, multi-functional preparation system for mixing, moistening, steam-heating, kneading, homogenizing, shredding and separating. To make optimal use of all this material preparation capacity, HÄNDLE designed two new task-adapted types of double-shaft screen mixer, each of which comes in two different sizes: MDSG models with hydraulic screen shifting function for raw materials containing stones, wood, roots, grass, reed, plastic, etc., and the lower-priced MDG models with a stationary screen for raw materials containing little or no contamination. Both types, though, operate on the same principle. First, the various materials are mixed together in the open mixing trough (mixing zone) where water, steam and/or additives are blended in as necessary. Then, the batch enters the closed double cylinder with two intermeshing augers (pressure zone) for intensive kneading and homogenization. Finally, the screen holds back the extraneous material.