Mixers & Dispersers

Hoist & Tank Mounted

A Disperser is a single shaft mixer used to break apart or dissolve solid particles in a liquid. This is typically accomplished using a "saw tooth" blade rotating at high speed (approximately 5200 feet per minute peripheral speed). The blade imparts high shear forces to the ingredients being dispersed, breaking them apart. Through proper blade selection and sizing, a flow can be established that will repeatedly turn over the batch and yield a homogeneous product. Dispersers are most often used to mix low viscosity products such as paints.

Tank Mounted Disperser

Tank mounted dispersers can raise and lower the blade by several feet (to better control the vortex) without exiting the tank. It features an air/oil hydraulic lift system complete with oil tank, directional control valve, muffler and foot valve. Another design, perhaps the most popular, places the disperser on top of a hydraulic lift that is mounted to the floor. The lift enables the operator to raise the blade completely out of the mixing vessel and change to another vessel. This technique uses small, portable tanks (up to 500 gallons) that can be rolled away on wheels or picked up with a fork truck.

The Drum Mixer provides Hockmeyer's unparalleled mixing technology in a convenient and compact design convenient for wall mounting or free standing with the addition of support legs. The drum mixer is engineered specifically for a standard 55 gallon drum, but is able to process batches as small as 3 gallons in a 5 gallon pail. It can accommodate any style of blade needed to get the best dispersion in the least amount of time.

Dual and Triple Shaft Mixers

Hockmeyer's Multi-Shaft Mixers have a center mounted low speed Helical or Anchor Sweep blade sweeping the mixing vessel wall and an additional high speed shaft(s). The high speed blade typically provides high shear to disperse or dissolve ingredients. The low speed blade feeds the high speed blade by blending and folding the mass in the vessel and improves product uniformity by scraping the walls. Multishaft mixers are most often used to mix medium to high viscosity products.

Hockmeyer’s Horizontal Paste Mixer is a rugged mixer for efficient, fast handling of heavy, large volumes of highly viscous, non-flowable materials. This mixer features triple mixing blades for uniform wetting and fast mixing, as well as a specially designed impeller that follows the contours of the tank precisely. This helps eliminate “dead” spots.

Our Rotor Stators are of a proven design that are used in the paint, ink, chemical, adhesives, food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. They are designed with no bottom steady bushing to withstand the most demanding applications. To provide flexibility, Hockmeyer offers two types of Rotor Stators; Top Draw and Bottom Draw, depending on the application. Rotor Stators can be cleaned in place and can be constructed of 304 or 316 Stainless Steel. A Rotor Stator is a High Shear Mixer that utilizes a rotor a stationary stator that typically operate at very high speeds, creating a vortex circulating the product through the gap between the rotor & stator, resulting in a very homogeneous dispersion.

Streamline your process – Same Tank – Same Place – From Start to Finish

A Triple Shaft Mixer with our Patented HSD Immersion Mill Head and Disperser Blade along with a Helical Blade with Teflon Scrapers. Making it possible, now more than ever, for one step processing.

Agitators have a large, center mounted low speed blade. They efficiently pump large volumes of product with little or no shear. Agitators are most often used to mix or blend low viscosity products. A variety of configurations are available to meet various process requirements. Requests for customs designs are welcome. We have process engineers on staff to help design an agitator to meet most any application.