New economy line of high shear mixers

The Maelstrom APT Distromix patented range of high shear mixers, long appreciated for their high performance and quality, are now available, with standard units offered at economy prices from China!

The Maelstrom APT Distromix patented range of high shear mixers, long appreciated for their high performance and quality, are now available, with standard units offered at economy prices from China! In a licensing and manufacturing deal with Yiyang Rubber and Plastics Machinery Group, part of the giant state-owned ChemChina Group, Maelstrom is now importing economy versions of the successful Distromix range of batch and in-line mixers to customers in Europe.

Based on proprietary FDM technology, Distromix machines are rotor-stator mixers that use inter-cavity transfer and hydraulic shear to generate up to 5 times the mixing energy in the fluid compared to conventional rotor-stator machines.

This allows finer droplets and particles, improved de-agglomeration of solids and more stable emulsions to be achieved.

The increased performance also speeds up processing times and increases throughput for higher efficiency.

Special purpose and customised Distromix units will continue to be made in the UK but most machines in the standard range from laboratory mixers through to large 75kW batch and in-line production units are now available from China, with full CE marking and ATEX certification, as required.

For several years, Distromix machines have been in use in many industries in the UK, from pharmaceutical and foods through to petrochemical, paints and coatings.

Although appreciated for their high performance and quality, the UK-manufactured cost of the machines has been a barrier to wider adoption.

"The combination of high performance and extremely competitive pricing is the spur we believe that many UK process companies need to upgrade their mixing systems", says Peter Brown, Managing Director of Maelstrom: "Shifting from batch to higher efficiency inline processing and replacing sub-standard mixers with low-cost Distromix units can bring huge improvements in quality and savings in running costs.

The great aspect of this new range of Distromix machines from China is that the larger the machine, the more you save over typical European prices.

Savings of up to 70% can be made in terms of capital cost.".

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