Flex-Mix Liquiverter Series - Bottom Mixers
Manual unit designed for batch mixing, inline mixing over one or more hydration tanks.
Mixing for food quality
Mixing, dispersion and homogenization are vital processes for the production of many dairy, food and beverage products. The quality of these processes has a direct impact on the final product characteristics and quality as well as affecting operational costs and processing times. Through its APV brand, SPX FLOW offers a full range of mixing and homogenizing technology for the dairy, food and beverage industries based on experience that dates back over 100 years.
Common applications
- Soya milk
- Skim milk 35%, 40%, 50% total solids
- Chocolate milk
- Recombined milk
- Juices
- Juice concentrates
- Dessert cream
- Soups
- Almond paste
- Cacao
- Yogurt
- Mayonnaise
- Ice cream
- Oat slurry
- SCM
- Tomato concentrate
Case Study - Mixing Chocolate Powder with the Flex-Mix Liquiverter
SPX FLOW was recently invited to discuss plate heat exchangers for a customer’s pudding process. During the meeting, the customer also mentioned a need to mix chocolate powder as one of the key ingredients.
A competitor’s rotor-stator mixer for the application was initially selected by the customer however, by using our strong application expertise and product knowledge, we explained that chocolate powder was challenging to mix and would require a greater shear rate in order to achieve the desired result. The R&D personnel present in the meeting had experienced this issue and agreed with SPX FLOW’s assessment.
In addition to creating high shear, the SPX FLOW Liquiverter also removed the need for the customer to invest in additional tanks which resulted in further cost saving benefits. The customer decided to rent a smaller Liquiverter trial unit and after two months was extremely happy with the results.
Application Details
Mix to produce pudding and different types of milk-based desserts. Product mixed and heated in the Liquiverter. Heating accomplished by circulating product through a Plate Heat Exchanger followed by holding and eventually cooling down to a certain temperature for packing. When one Liquiverter is in packing mode, another is in production mode and flip flop.
The customer ordered 2 Liquiverters with a 2,000 Liter capacity as a result of this successful trial