| The mixing elements, which have the length of one diameter, are rotated by 90° relative to the previous one. The elements are complex networks of angled guide blades, positioned at an angle between 30° and 45° to the pipe axis, and mixing occurs through the continuous redirecting, splitting, stretching, and diffusion of the fluids as they pass through the available openings.
The SMX static mixer is mainly used for difficult homogenization and dispersing tasks in laminar flow. Since there are no moving parts involved, the SMX can occur with low shear, which is very important for some mixing processes where gentle treatment of the materials is required.
Sulzer supplies SMX mixing elements from a diameter of 3.2 mm up to almost every diameter. For our standard diameters the delivery time is about 2 weeks whereas it can take up to 16 weeks for a special diameter including a flanged housing.
Customer advantages
- Excellent mixing and dispersing even with widely differing fluids viscosities
- Smallest space requirement for perfect homogenizing and dispersing
- Unbeatable product quality because of narrow residence time distribution
- No deposits and blockages due to the excellent cross-mixing
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