Static mixers are precision engineering machines.  They are used to combine fluid materials in numerous applications.  Fluid material is always present in any industry, such as the food and beverage industry, chemical industry, pharmaceuticals, plastic industry, and many more.

Utilizing Static Mixers 

This machine is able to mix various types of compounds; solid and liquid, liquid and liquid, liquid, and gas compounds too. Static mixer manufacturers design these tools in various sizes depending on the application. Static mixers applied to the food and beverage industry are different than machines used in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.

They are also used to form a mixture of colloids. A colloid is an assorted mixture of two or more substances. In which particles of the size between 1 and 1000 nm disperse evenly in the medium of other substances. It creates the colloidal mixture due to the loss of energy from the mixing elements flowing through a mixing mechanism on a static mixer.

This mixer is static, meaning that this machine does not have a moving element such as a mechanical mixer. The mixing process with the static method aims to control the flow of compounds. In the end, it forms a homogeneous mixture.

The Main Principles in Static Mixers

Mixing elements experience two working principles in static mixers.  To become perfectly homogeneous mixtures. The working principle is laminar flow and turbulent flow.

The turbulent flow makes the mixer cut or cuts the flow of compounds in a controlled manner. This is achieved by periodic rotation of internal components. In a predetermined degree and the number of times. Which will achieve the desired homogeneity of the mixture produced.

Using the principle of laminar flow, it repeats the material that needs to be mixed.  Then divided into several thin layers using static mixing elements. And finally, put together in the end.  Thus determining the level of mixing of the compound. By increasing the number of static elements inside the engine. In addition to controlling the speed of material input externally.

A static mixer has no moving components. The static type uses certain chemical properties of the materials needed for mixing without using any pressure or force.  It seals the right amount of air pressure inside the unit when the liquid is mixed in the engine. As a result, it has created a system that produces a certain amount of pressure needed in an environment. Such air pressure forces components and fluids to move and mix inside the engine. So, the point is that the mixing process in the static mixer occurs because of the perfect air pressure.

Leading the Industry

Komax understands the needs of plants and industries.  They have applied their technology to over 100,000 installations worldwide.  In addition to starch cookers, Komax specializes in static mixers, desuperheaters, and steam heaters.  Whatever your facility needs, they will help you find a solution that will effectively get you the most efficient and cost-effective results.