Mixquip Series 600, 620 and 650 highshear emulsifiers

The Mixquip Series 600, 620 and 650 highshear emulsifiers create an environment in which product is forced through high shear work heads and subjected to an intense milling action eliminating agglomerates.

Shearing forces mixing the components are generated by the motion of the rotating parts moving at high speed past the stationary parts of the mixing head. The rotating parts may be one or a set of impellers, paddles or screws. The stationary parts, on the other hand, are the walls of the tank or chamber, and in some designs, baffles and vanes.

High shear mixers are used in the manufacturing industry where different components or ingredients are mixed such as food manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and plastics, to name a few. The principle of high shear mixers can also be seen in chemical and petrochemical plants, which are used to aid in the reaction process. Some materials used within these industries such as thickeners, stabilisers and proteins are shear-sensitive and often, when combined with liquids, agglomerates are initially created, which subsequently must be broken down through dispersion.

Agglomerates are proven to be very difficult to break down after they have been created, decreasing the texture and viscosity of a product.

High shear mixing technology eliminates and provides a solution to this problem, which so many industries face in production of their product.