Inoxpa ME-4100 inline mixer

Applying the Inoxpa ME-4100 Inline Mixer

The Inoxpa ME-4100 series of the inline high shear mixers offers a possibility to pump, disperse, homogenize and emulsify products with one and the same equipment. Numerous chemical, food-processing, pharmaceutical and cosmetics production processes require this system due to the lack of space inside the tanks for vertical or tank bottom mixers. These mixers are especially useful in already existing plants. They can work with a circulation tank reaching the best efficiency after several passes of the product through the mixer.

Operating principle

The casing is similar to a casing of a centrifugal pump: it houses the stator and the rotor. It is characterized by a high shear due to an adjusted tolerance between the rotor and the stator and the high speed of the rotor. The product is suctioned through the inlet and the rotor pushes it to the stator. Passing through the slots of the stator the product is mechanically sheared. Therefore the particles are sheared by the rotor at the speed of more than 20 m/s.

Finally the flow is hydraulically sheared leaving the stator through the slots at a high speed. If the viscosity of the product is higher than 200cP, it is recommended to put an auxiliary pump at the inlet of the mixer. If a high discharge pressure is required, it is necessary to assemble another auxiliary pump.