High Shear Mixing Kettle

Features

The high-shear kettle consists of two main parts: the drive unit and the vessel. The vessel is made of stainless steel and adopts a jacketed design for hot-water heating and temperature holding. Three top-mounted drive options are available: an anchor agitator, a high-speed disperser, and a homogenizing emulsifier. A filler feeding port is also provided on the top.

Anchor agitator: Prevents sedimentation and wall build-up, improving overall mixing inside the vessel.

High-speed disperser: Disperses fillers added into the vessel, enabling more effective shearing by the homogenizing emulsifier.

Homogenizing emulsifier: Uses rotor–stator shearing to evenly distribute fillers into the resin solution, achieving emulsification and homogenization.

Working Principle

Fill the vessel with liquid and start the motor. The shaft drives the turbine/rotor to rotate at high speed. An upward suction is generated at the lower inlet of the stator, drawing the material into the homogenizing head.

Inside the homogenizing head, the material is subjected to the first stage of high-speed impact, compression, shearing, and friction. It is then discharged horizontally through the specially designed stator openings, where it undergoes a second stage of high-speed impact, compression, and shearing.

The horizontally discharged stream creates radial flow and axial circulation inside the vessel. The material experiences a third stage of impact due to the interaction of dual-flow patterns. Continuous collision, displacement, cross-mixing, and shearing form large bi-directional circulation vortices, eliminating dead zones caused by poor suction of upper-layer material. This results in more thorough emulsification/homogenization and higher efficiency.

Technical Parameters

Note: The data in the table is for reference only. Non-standard or special models of high-shear mixing/emulsifying tanks can be customized according to customer requirements to meet different process needs.