Do you need mixing and agitation for your Frac Tanks? We offer mixers for the following:

Tank agitators and vessels are crucial for effective blending and reactions in mixing tanks and vessels. The most common tank agitator is the Top Entry Industrial Agitator which is a plate or flanged mount mixer located at the top of the process vessel. Common agitator designs include the “Parallel Shaft Agitator”, the “Right Angle Gear Drive Mixer”, a “Worm Drive Agitator” and “Right Angle Helical Mixer”. Side entry tank agitators and bottom entrytank agitators are also used for certain blending situations but the top entry tank agitator is by far the most versatile mixer found in industry today.

Typical Applications:
•Industrial Mixing and Blending
•Larger Scale Sanitary Mixing and Tank Agitation
•Reaction Tank Agitation
•Low and High Viscosity Blending
•Large Scale Waste Treatment Mixing

Typical Specifications:
•Gear Drive Agitators from 1/4 – 100HP (3 to 350 RPM speed ranges)
•Agitation Tank Batch Sizes from 1 to 1,000,000 gallons
•Top, Bottom, or Side Entry Agitator Mounting
•Open and Closed Tank Designs (pressure and vacuum ratings typical)
•Flange Mount, Plate Mount on Beam, Sanitary TC Mount, etc…

Sick of outrageous prices on multi shaft agitation?

Tired of poor vendor response and horrible delivery times?

Fair prices and proper delivery times are available in multiple shaft mixer and vessel systems. You can also expect the proper response and rapid quotes that you require. Multi-Shaft Mixers are commonly used for mixing high viscosity and difficult to mix ingredients. A typical mult agitator design has a center mount low speed Anchor Paddle Sweep blade which sweeps the mix vessel wall. The second mixer is typically a higher speed agitator or disperser. The high speed mix impeller or blade provides high shear mixing to rapidly disperse or dissolve the additive solid or powder ingredients. The low speed anchor provides mass and bulk blending and feeds the high speed impeller by blending and moving the liquid media in the vessel. This mixing action improves product uniformity by providing side to side and top to bottom mixing, by scraping the vessel walls with the anchor, and also provides very efficient heat transfer within the mixture if heating or cooling via a jacket on the tank. Multi shaft mixers are usually used to mix medium to high viscosity products, sticky mixtures, and difficult to blend batches.

Multishaft Mixer

Multi Shaft Mixers

Multi Shaft Mixers, as the name suggests, have a combination of shafts and therefore mixers or agitators to offer a multi function facility in one mixer. The multi shaft mixer (sometimes called a “multi-agitator” mixer) is essentially a mixer with two or three shaft-mounted agitators within the working vessel, and each combination of shaft and mixer type can have its own program. Generally, the shafts in a multi shaft mixer turn on their own individual stationery axes. A lack of orbital movement in the mixing vessel restricts the viscosity of materials you can use, but it keeps the cost within a reasonable budget for small scale operations. For sequenced mixing operations, multi shaft mixers are the answer, with the possibility of dealing with heavy material to nano-particle size in one batch if necessary.

A multi-shaft mixer often creates redundancy in existing specialized single function equipment, such as dedicated mixers, by enabling multiple mixing steps into a sequenced operation using multiple steps with a single mixing vessel. You can then increase your flexibility by having multiple mixing vessels to broaden your operation.

The sophistication of multi-shaft mixers has advanced rapidly in the last few years. New agitator designs, the ability to work with powders and liquids, dealing with heat transfer, and offering many more degrees of capability and efficiency. In the current market place, there is a greater demand for more complex and sophisticated programming of the chemical formulations and products. There are more viscous substances, and there is more accuracy required in the delivery of liquid or solid additives. There is the following of more complex processes demanding speed and complexity, and closer monitoring of critical parameters such as pressure and temperature. The multi shaft mixer enables operation of two or three different agitators in multiple permutations during a process, including the charging of chemical ingredients, the actual mixing, and ultimately the delivery of the final product. That level of flexibility allows a tremendous ability to deal with many different elements of the process, very effectively. It is not uncommon to have independent control of each mixer with variable speed on each shaft; the optimum in programmability.

For simple applications and limited flexibility being required, a two shaft mixer is probably adequate for basic mixing. It allows for a modest budget, balanced with capability from units with limited speed and power. To upgrade to a three shaft unit dramatically broadens your options and functionality, offering a sometimes extraordinary level of efficiency and effectiveness.

The demand to remain competitive requires a continuous effort to eliminate redundant equipment and streamline process steps wherever possible. The versatility of a multi shaft mixer provides the flexibility for modern day process requirements, while providing some insurance for unforeseen demands of the future.

Multishaft Mixer Models we offer:

Dual Shaft or Dual Motion Agitator – Our Dual Shaft mixer uses the center mounted low speed shaft with an offset high speed shaft. The Dual Shaft configuration will handle most Multi-shaft mixing jobs. Because it has separate mixing shafts, maintenance is easier on a Dual Shaft than on a Concentric Shaft mixer.

Triple Shaft or Triple Motion - The Triple Shaft mixer is essentially the same as the Dual Shaft design with the addition of another offset high speed shaft located on the opposite side of the low speed shaft. The second high speed shaft provides additional shear and can reduce process time.

Bottom Entry High Shear – A bottom entry high shear mixer is ideal for dumping in large amounts of solids or particulate. Having it mounted on the tank bottom allows for a large HP design and mixing blade.

Teflon PTFE wall scraper on the anchor – ideal to scrape the wall and very effective for heat transfer

Heating and cooling jacket – very common for processes requiring temperature control

CIP TANK CLEANING – Complex mixing systems with multiple agitators can be cleaned properly. We work with users to optimize cleaning nozzles while minimizing water and chemical usage and effluent. Riboflavin cleaning tests are available.

Features/Options Available

Lab and Production Multishaft Agitation – Sizes from laboratory units to 3500 gallons

We supply single source for mixers, tanks, and any controls you may need

Inverter driven motors

Stainless steel and sanitary stainless design

Electropolish and highly polish finish for sanitary and biopharma mixing applications

Vacuum, pressure, or atmospheric operation

Electrical components for hazardous or safe environments

Sanitary and aseptic biopharm ready designs

Low and High Shear Mixing Systems

Call us for ideas, quotes, or for some preliminary testing to figure out the best way to mix your product – sales@wmprocess.com.

Metering Pump

Metering Pump Systems

New England Sales supplies sanitary and industrial metering pumps and metering pump systems. Metering pump and chemical dosing pumps include very accurate diaphragm pumps and controls to provide more sophisticated pumping solutions than just a simple pump if desired. We are pleased to provide specific knowledge and expertise for industrial chemical liquid metering and sanitary biotech/pharma liquid pumping applications.

We offer solutions for metering, dosing, and conveying of process fluids in industrial, hygienic, chemical, aseptic and sterile processes.

New England Sales metering and process pumps include air operated diaphragm pumps, mag drive centrifugal pumps, and simple to complex metering pump skid systems and controls. We design the complete system with all auxilliary equipment for proper operation and performance of metering and transfer pump processes. Please contact us if you need metering and mixing systems, we are happy to quote packages to suit your needs and budget.

Meter and Mix

New England Sales can provide standard and custom solutions for metering and mixing applications. Simple pump and static mixer arrangements are available and we offer more complex multiple metering formulas with complete engineering and on-site commissioning. Liquid control and metering packages are tailor made for a specific application and can include pump carts, controls, stainless and plastic poly tanks, and mixing if required. The supply from a single source guarantees single source responsiblity and easy operation of the metering and mixing package.
New England Sales offers a wide range of custom designed Chemical Feed Systems. These Metering Pump Systems are designed and built to the customers specifications. Our Pump Metering and Chemical Control Systems ensure process requirements and industry standards are met. We provide upfront engineering and proposals, with order we have 3D CAD drawings for approval, include P&ID – Process & Instrumentation drawings, system layout and design, and complete IOM Operation & Maintenance instructions. Each System is assembled and tested at our factory before shipment.

Some typical pump skids sytems we offer:
Alum Skid Pump Metering System
Calcium Hypochlorite Briquette Feeder and Mixing System
Calcium Hypochlorite Injection and Blending
Caustic Chemical Feed and Mixing System
Ferric Sulfate Metering Pump Skid System
Motor Driven Metering and Mixing Pump and Agitated Vessel System
Chemical Feed System and CIP Pump Cart System
Powder Activated Carbon (PAC) Chemical Feed System
Pre-Engineered Pump Metering System, and Tank-Mixer-Pump Skids
Proportionator Metering and Inline Mixing Systems
Sodium Hypochlorite Injection for Zebra Mussel Control
Wall-Mounted Chemical Feed Systems

Please contact us at 800-481-0778 for details and pump pricing.

New England Sales can provide standard and custom solutions for metering and mixing
applications. Simple pump and inline static mixer arrangements are available to more complex multiple metering formulas with complete engineering and on-site commissioning.
Mixing and metering packages are tailor made for a specific application, so can include low to high shear mixing and any hold or blend tanks required.
We offer a single source supply to guarantee intimate project management and easy startup and operation of the metering and mixing packages. Please contact us for quotations.

Multi Color Flavor Acid Skids

We offer simple mixtank systems to sophisticated modular mixing skids. We provide our expertise
on mixing and agitation and work closely with our partners to provide a single source engineered system to meet your specifications. Mixing and metering
packages are available for industrial, sanitary, and biopharma applications. Some of the commmon systems and packages
we offer:

Mixtanks – agitated vessels
CIP Clean In Place Skid Systems with Riboflavin testing
Filtration Skid System
Process System Packages – mixing and blending
Fermentation Skid Systems
Aseptic Process Skid Systems
Mixing and Blending Skids
Continuous Inline mixing and blending packages
High Shear Mixing Skidded System
Powder into Liquid Blending Systems
Emulsifying and Dispersing packages
Bio-Process Systems
High viscosity Agitated Vessels
Custom Mixing Modules and Skids
Inline metering and dosing
BioReactors and Fermentors
Chromatography Systems
In Line Dilution Systems
Media Mix Prep and Media Hold Systems
Buffer Mix Prep and Buffer Hold Systems
Media and Buffer Tank Modules
Pilot and Lab Stirred Tank Reactors
Mixing scale up and scale down

Please contact us to discuss your requirements further.

Tank CIP Cleaning

CIP SPRAY BALL VESSEL CLEANING SYSTEMS – from simple static spray balls to precision cleaning with impingement Gamajet spray nozzle cleaning machines we can provide the proper cleaning of your mixing tank. Portable CIP Cleaning Systems are available to suit your needs. More sophisticated PLC based CIP carts are supplied for more stringent cleaning requirements where validation is required.

CIP Portable Tank Cleaning System

Mixers, Valves, Fittings, Tank Cleaning

Mixing-Tank.com is a global supplier of sanitary components used on agitated vessels and blend tanks. With specific expertise in hygienic processes our applications usually involve Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Food, Beverage, Dairy, Semiconductor, and the Chemical Processing Industries. We supply and service end users with a wide variety products to supplement your process vessel including top entry agitators, bottom entry mixers, bottom mount radial diaphragm valves, CIP spray balls, nozzles, and rotating jets, TK fittings, sampling valves, safety relief valves, flow indicators and sight glasses, replacement diaphragms, hose assemblies, sanitary clamps and gaskets and most other custom fabricated components used on kettles, tanks, and vessels.
Tank Cleaning CIP Spray Nozzles
Mixing-Tank.com offers a variety of sanitary CIP spray nozzle technologies including stainless steel and USP VI plastic CIP devices. Standard spray balls, rotating spray nozzles, and Gamajet high impingement spray machines are available and we can offer custom wand lengths, any style plastic spray ball or nozzle, and build to your specifications. We also offer portable CIP systems, and spray ball cleanable mixing impellers. Our goal on every CIP tank cleaning application is to reduce water and chemical usage, and minimize effluent while considerably speeding up CIP cycles and provide a much more robust and effective cleaning process.

Tank CIP Cleaning System

Tank CIP Cleaning System
From simple pump feeds to sophisticated PLC controlled CIP systems we can help optimize your tank cleaning process. We offer simple pump cart systems to feed the appropriate flow and pressure to tank cleaning nozzles.

Mixer Speed Controllers and Tachometers
We can outfit your existing agitator or supply accessories like mixer tachometer, agitator speed controller, and offer intrinsically safe and XP rated tachometer packages. If we don’t supply a component you need as a standard offering we will tell you where to get it.

Mixer Tachometer and Speed Readout

TK Connect Low Profile Fittings for Stainless Tanks
No deadleg fitting for tank side and bottom ports, great for critical CIP tank cleaning applications
Terraport Low Profile Fittings for Poly Tanks
No deadleg fitting for poly and plastic tank side and bottom ports, great for critical CIP tank cleaning applications
Sanitary Bottom Tank Valve
Flush mount bottom radial valves are available in polished and electropolished stainless steel and also USP VI polypropylene for our sanitary poly vessels. Diaphragms are available to suit in USP VI configurations. We offer flush mount tank bottom valves for stainless and plastic poly vessels.

PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE
Sanitary tank pressure relief valve
VACUUM RELIEF VALVE

Sanitary tank vacuum breaker and vacuum relief
VENT FILTER FOR TANK BREATHER
Vent filter to allow tank to breathe during fill up and draw off, protects from overpressure and vacuum – works great on poly tanks
HEATING AND COOLING PACKAGES
Hot water and hot oil heating systems to work with jacketed tanks and cooking kettles, electric steam generators, and chilling packages to suit.
PUMPS – metering feed pumps and tank bottom outlet discharge pumps to suit
MIXING IMPELLERS – we offer any style agitator impeller, or can custom fabricate an impeller for you. Our specialty is sanitary mix impellers and CIP friendly agitator props.
MIXER SCALE UP AND SCALE DOWN SERVICE
We offer technical support and services for mixtank scale up and down.
Any equipment for mixtanks and process vessels we can typically assist with, including top entry agitators, bottomentry mixers, bottom mount radial diaphragm valves, CIP spray balls, nozzles, and rotating jets, TK fittings, sampling valves, safety relief valves, flow indicators and sight glasses, replacement diaphragms, hose assemblies, sanitary clamps and gaskets and most other custom fabricated components used on kettles, tanks, and vessels.

Contact us at sales@mixing-tank.com or 800-471-0778.

You may also be interested in our plastic tanks and stainless tanks

Click here for Plastic Tank and Mixer System Date Sheet

For ultra-pure storage, we offer a Teflon PTFE (post-mold fluorinated – polytetrafluoroethylene) barrier. This fluoropolymerization technique provides an inert surface with no extractables and no ionic contamination – all at a fraction of the cost of traditional fluoroplastic tanks.

Typical Applications
• Ideal for DI, WFI, RO water
• Pharmaceutical mixing and blend tanks
• Semiconductor storage and chemical blend tank
• Biotech buffer prep and media prep mixing and makeup
• Laboratory mixing and blending
• Hospital use for storage tanks
• Clinical Analysis
Features of our poly mixing tanks
• Totally enclosed designs, proper sanitary seals on mixers and agitators
• Gas tight for nitrogen blanketing, no atmospheric intrusion
• 34″ diameter, fits through standard doors, cGMP castors
• 180º F capability, steam-cleanable, great for hot D.I.
• Capsule design for complete drainage
• Custom sizes and orientations available
• All materials comply with FDA regulations – USP VI resins available as standard
FDA approved linear polyethylene (FDA Reg. 21 CRF 177.1520.3.1), premium grade virgin resin, natural white (translucent) for best visibility of liquid level, UV stabilized.
Multishaft Mix Tank

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PLASTIC POLY TANKS AND MIXING VESSELS

Poly MixTank Package – Top Entry Mixer or Bottom Entry Mag Drive Agitator

Although stainless steel is the standard for agitated tanks and vessels, more users are specifying plastics such as Polyethylene and Polypropylene for their tank and often the mixer impeller assembly. Systems can be built in a few weeks rather than months, they are lightweight and often portable, and can be USP VI rated for biophama and sanitary mixing applications. Excellent corrosion resistance, sanitary in nature, and easy to clean are some more reasons poly process tanks are an efficient way to blend. Another trend is a solid plastic shaft/impeller assembly which is much more robust than a spray coating, so you can eliminate chipping and pinholes and equipment downtime. Solid poly mixers are available in Kynar, Polypropylene, Polyethylene, and these can be supplied with USP VI and FDA grades of plastics. Biotechnology and Pharma users are finding the lightweight medical grade mixers are very accommodating to buffer prep, solution hold, and multiple use blend tanks.
PROCESS VESSELS – plastic PE and PP are most common
MIXER AGITATOR – plastic shaft/impeller (PE, PP, PVDF, PTFE, ETFE)
MIXER STAND – this can be plastic, or all stainless steel or painted steel
TANK LINERS – PE or PTFE are the common liners for tanks, drums, and IBC Totes
MIXERS – available in top entry or bottom entry mag drive orientations

Sanitary Plastic Process Vessel

Designed for the purest process waters or chemistries, the one-piece capsule shape design provides for complete drainage. A gasketed 6″ screw lid maintains a gas or nitrogen blanket pressure. We use no deadleg fittings or “no profile” fittings to assure no internal tank protrusions to collect particulate, no crevices, no welds or seams to support microbial growth. We provide CIP clean in place spray nozzles and offer riboflavin cleanability testing. FAT factory testing is available, mixer run testing, and portable CIP tank cleaning systems are all services we provide if part of your desired scope.

PTFE Barrier Storage Tank

Fluorinated for ultra-pure storage, this model offers, in addition to the standard features, a PTFE (post-mold fluorinated – polytetrafluoroethylene) barrier. This fluoropolymerization technique provides an inert surface – no extractables, no ionic contamination – all at a fraction of the cost of traditional fluoroplastic tanks.

Plastic Poly Process Mixing Vessel Applications

• Buffer Prep, salt dissolving

• Pharmaceutical mixing and blending

• Semiconductor ultrapure mixing

• Media prep

• Laboratory blending and agitation applications

• Hospital mix tanks

• Clinical Analysis

Features and Benefits of Plastic Agitated Blend Tanks

• Cost effective and fast delivery times on complex systems available

• Closed tank available – Gas-tight for nitrogen blanketing, no atmospheric intrusion

• Light weight and portable

• 180º F capability, steam-cleanable, hot D.I.

• Capsule design for complete drainage

• Any customization available

• All materials comply with FDA regulations, USP VI readily available

FDA approved linear polyethylene (FDA Reg. 21 CRF 177.1520.3.1), premium grade virgin resin, natural white (translucent) for best visibility of liquid level, UV stabilized. Dimensions provided here carry an overall tolerance of +/- 3% at room temperature. Temperature changes can magnify this tolerance in molded products.

Customers also bought Stainless mix tanks and sanitary mixing tanks

Stainless Steel Mix Tank

Mix Tank and Mixing Vessel

Do you want to eliminate finger pointing?   Mixer shaft does not fit?   Have one reliable source……

The WMPMix Tank Package.   Fast startups, mixer run test prior to vessel shipping to you, all issues and problems taken care of prior to your getting the process mixing vessel.    You can drastically reduce startup time and frustration and save money and time by sourcing your mixer and tank package with us.

More typical questions are eliminated such as: are all components designed and matched for efficiency and performance.  Do the cleaning devices reach every corner and do not interfere with shafts and impellers.   Is the instrumentation properly located to avoid false readings.  Is heat transfer jacketing is sized for batch loads or zoned for flexibility.  The whole process from shaft sizing to seal design to location of ports and instruments is more effective when it comes from one source.  WMP combines tank design expertise with mixer/agitator extensive experience to offer a wide range of  creative and successful mix tank offerings and technology.    Some of the areas which we offer expertise and competitive package pricing:

·          STAINLESS STEEL MIX TANKS

Lab Mixing Tank

·          HIGH VISCOSITY MIXING SYSTEMS, LOW AND/OR HIGH SHEAR AGITATION OPTIONS

·          SANITARY AND BIOPHARM TANKS AND MIXING VESSELS

·          IBC TOTES WITH INTEGRAL AGITATOR

METAL FABRICATION: 304ss / 316Lss / Hast C / AL6XN are typical metal tank materials

ELASTOMERS: Gaskets and O-rings are fabricated from food-grade compounds and USP VI ratings

SURFACE FINISH: polishing to specification (ie: 10Ra polish), passivation, electropolishing, PTFE and ETFE coatings.  Profilometer readings available upon request.

Stainless Mix Tanks

CIP SPRAY BALL TANK CLEANING SYSTEMS – from simple static spray balls to precision cleaning with impingement Gamajet spray nozzle cleaning machines we can provide the proper cleaning of your mixing tank.   Portable CIP Cleaning Systems are available to suit your needs.

DESIGN AND APPROVAL DRAWINGS: depending on sophistication of the mixing process, we can utilize Computational Fluid Dynamics and provide MixTank drawings in solidworks 3D models.

CFD AND SCALE UP SERVICES: we can provide resources of independent engineering services to help you with scale up and scale down on mixing processes, including CFD and lab scale mixing studies to optimize your process

LAB TESTING: we provide free lab testing to quantify your material characteristics, and help confirm what mixer size, hp, speed, impeller geometry is the right choice for your desired process results.    Some of the tools use are viscometers, density, particle size analysis, and actual mixer run tests to confirm HP requirements and behavior of your mixture.

Our mixer lab will:

·          Define the fluid characteristics of your mixture

·          Assist in the development of new products and formulations

·          Quantify and measure mixer performance

·          Provide mixer process guarantee based on testing

MULTISHAFT MIXERS AND AGITATORS FOR MORE COMPLEX BLENDING SYSTEMS:

·          Bottom Sweep style agitators

·          Multiple Agitation System with sweep anchor, propeller, and high shear

·          Side Sweep for scraping sidewall and bottom for effective heat transfer

·          Counter Rotating Mixers

Sanitary Mixer Features:

Tri-clamp TC mounting

Electropolish and passivated (5-20Ra) finish for wetted surfaces standard for Bioreactors

Gear-reduced drive for low-shear mixing, or direct drive for higher speed

Non-toxic, edible food grade lubricants used in gear reducers

Solid shafts to eliminate potential source of contaminants (pin hole leaks)

Clean and CIPable mixing impellers

Wide selection of sealing systems:

Dry running, single mechanical seals for ease of maintenance

Single and double cartridge-type mechanical seals

Low pressure lip seals

CIP contaminant seals and slingers

Sanitary, CIPable, adjustable hub, proven via ribo test.

Sanitary CIPable impellers, proven via ribo test.

Able to disassemble shaft and impellers without pulling drive from vessel.

Enlarged seal bore and debris well.

Seal assembly attached to quill shaft (not to mixer shaft) for ease of testing and maintenance.

Telescoping shaft accommodates hinged tops.

SANITARY STEADY BEARING: When the occasional steady bearing is required, this  twist-off sanitary option can be replaced with one hand, without shaft removal, and features easy and complete CIP coverage.

Contact us today at 800-481-0778 or fill out the inquiry form for quick answer

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