Reversing drum mixers provide for efficient mixing and leave very little build up within the mixer.

The majority of drum mixers are mounted on trailers and are pulled to a job site using a pick-up truck.

Drum mixers have the lowest maintenance and operating cost of the three styles of mixers.

In the 1920s, Kristian Hindhede pioneered the use of ready-mix concrete trucks with a horizontal rotating drum mixer.

This counterintuitive de-mixing phenomenon, called axial segregation, complicates efforts by the pharmaceutical industry to combine drug powders in drum mixers.

Industrial sized reversing drum mixers can have a capacity of 9 m3 and can produce a mid quality concrete mix in as little as 40 seconds.

Mixing materials at optimum moisture content requires the forced mixing action of the pugmill paddles, while soupy materials might be mixed in a drum mixer.

A reversing drum mixer (also commonly called a non-tilting mixer) is a type of concrete mixer that produces concrete in single batches.

The reversing drum mixers are known for the extremely low maintenance and operating costs, yet a good mixing effect relative to other drum mixers.