An apparatus and method for dispersing solids into a liquid. The solids may
be any particulate material, ranging from cohesive to free flowing. The
apparatus and method use an auger to deliver the solids from a hopper to a
mixer, where the solids are dispersed into one or more liquids. Typically
a vacuum is created in the mixer, or other differential pressures may
occur between the hopper and mixer. The apparatus and method provide a
delivery rate of the solids which is substantially controlled by the auger
rotational speed and substantially independent of the vacuum or other
differential pressure at certain auger rotational speeds.