With a triple action static mixer, you get the best level of mixing that any static mixer can ever provide. These are also called In stock mixers and their mixing efficiency is of the highest order with the shortest possible mixing lengths.

Typical Features of a Triple Action Static Mixer

A triple action static mixer is used when additives to a main pipeline’s flow have been already introduced ahead of the mixer, which is usually made from carbon or 316 stainless steel, fiberglass ad PVC.

Each triple action static mixer comes with a built-in flow straightener in order to eliminate centrifugal effects downstream.

This makes way for sensing probes to be directly placed downstream of the unit. Additive ports on “A” series mixers are usable for threaded connections to the thread of a male pipe, or converted into a flanged connection by way of a threaded and nipple flange.

It is also possible to get custom configurations of triple action static mixers which include different fittings for plain and grooved ends, multiple ports as also different mixing elements.

Benefits of a Triple Action Static Mixer

These mixers enhance faster and more efficient in-line mixing at low energy consumption.

The triple action mixer allows three distinct and different types of mixing:

1. Two by Two Division: The mixer divides and re-divides the entire process stream by way of a elements series set at right angles to each other. Previous divisions get doubled by each element and 20 elements can produce over a million re-combinations and divisions.
2. Counter-Rotating Vortices & Back-Mixing: Under a turbulent flow condition, both the sides of each element produce elliptical vortices that rotate in diagonally opposite directions. This in turn, eliminates the tunneling or streaming effects that were common in static mixers earlier on.

On top of this, optimum back-mixing also happens as the material orbits in the mixer’s vortex from front to back of an element before it continues downstream. This improves the mixing efficiency substantially.

3. Cross Current Mixing: Material distribution is randomized by special cavities through direct stream impingement. This optimizes and enhances the process of two-by-two division making it truly effective.

These mixers come without any moving parts or motors and require no additional maintenance or auxiliary power either. With these mixers, gravity is perhaps the only factor required to complete the entire mixing process.

These are also known for their predictability because you know what to expect from the blending to dispersing process every time. Uniformity moreover, is guaranteed as the same velocity profile is achieved throughout the process.