Glossary
Mixing Machine Operator Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential mixing machine operator terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key mixing machine operator vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in mixing machine operator training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Banbury mixer
- Rubber mixer.
- Batch ticket
- Recipe and instructions.
- Compounding
- Mixing plastics or rubber.
- Dispersion
- Even mixing of solids.
- First article
- First part checked before a run.
- Lockout/tagout
- Energy isolation before servicing.
- Masterbatch
- Concentrated additive.
- Mixing time
- Cycle length.
- Pigment
- Color powder.
- PPE
- Personal protective equipment.
- Scrap
- Parts that fail inspection.
- SDS
- Safety data sheet.
- Shear
- Mixing force.
- SOP
- Standard operating procedure.
- Viscosity
- Thickness.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Mixing Machine Operator practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Mixing Machine Operator training.
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