Single-motor hybrid mixer

ALFA LAVAL’s latest Hybrid Powder Mixer combines pump and powder dissolving technologies in a single unit, enabling it to mix and pump wet and dry ingredients into a homogenous blend using just one motor drive. When used with the Alfa Laval Rotary Jet Mixer it enables efficient mixing in the associated production vessel.

The mixer can draw powder into the unit while simultaneously pumping the resulting process liquid at pressures up to 4 bar, thereby eliminating the need for a separate discharge pump. It can effectively preblend the powder and liquid before the mixture enters the high-shear stage.

According to Alfa Laval, the machine can create high dynamic shear in several different steps, reducing the energy needed for complete powder dissolution.