Pharmaceutical Home / Case-Histories / Pharmaceutical / TABLET GUM CANDY Mixer Application Data Sheet TABLET GUM CANDY Description OBJECT: Disperse acacia gum in water to 40% by weight. PROBLEM: Produce a 200 kg. batch in less than 20 minutes of 50/50 acacia gum in water. Cannot combine without lumps forming. SOLUTION: Model D-6000 Dispershear to continuously wet out 40-50% acacia gum (gum arabic) at 20 gal./min. with no lumps. AB MIXER: Model D-6000 Dispershear BENEFITS: Wetting of gum in water before addition to agitated mixing vessel in less than 10 minutes.