Static mixer Statflo™
Characteristics
- Technology
- static
- Batch/continuous
- in-line
- Product type
- for liquids
- Applications
- water treatment
- Other characteristics
- stainless steel
Description
Statflo™ inline mixers are used to blend two or more liquids into a homogeneous mixture, or to inject a metered liquid into a continuous process stream. Applications include: water treatment (drinking water), wastewater treatment (processing out of waste and pollutants), food processing (manufacturing of yogurt, ice cream, beverages), chemical processing, oil refining and mining/ore extraction.
Statflo™ mixers are a series of geometric mixing elements fixed within a pipe (tube), which use the energy of the flow stream to create mixing between two or more fluids. Most commonly, the fluids are liquid; however, static mixers are used to mix gas streams, disperse gas into liquid or disperse immiscible liquids. The device consists of mixer elements contained in a cylindrical (tube) or squared housing. These can vary from 6 mm to 6 meters diameter. Static mixer elements consist of a series of baffles that are made from stainless steel alloys or a variety of plastics. Typical materials of construction for the static mixer components include Stainless Steel, polypropylene, Teflon, Kynar and Polyacetal.
The overall system design incorporates a method for delivering two streams of liquids into the static mixer. As the streams move through the mixer, the non-moving elements continuously blend the materials. Complete mixing is dependent on many variables including the fluid properties, tube inner diameter, the number of elements and their design. Statflo™ in-line agitator mixers are supremely efficient and rapid in operation and are capable of reducing mixing times by up to 90%.
