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News Release from: SPX Process Equipment | Subject: SanStar
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 03 December 2007
Lightnin Mixers launch the hygienic
SanStar range
Developing and engineering mixers for sanitary and hygienic applications is a tough challenge: Lightnin has drawn on many years of experience and technical expertise to offer a complete family
The challenges are tough: for a start there is the matter of size, followed by impeller design and the matter of whether the vessel is open or closed, as this will dictate where to mount the mixer In addition, there is that all-import factor; the cleaning regime
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 9 Aug 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The SanStar mixer family from Lightnin comprises no less than 10 separate mixers developed for applications ranging from bulk processing through to bench top laboratory duties.
What all the models have in common is their compliance to FDA mandated cGMP guidelines.
The complete SanStar comprises the:.
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Lightnin SR (Sanitary Right-Angle).
Lightnin Stainless Steel ECL (Enhanced Classic Line).
Lightnin SSV (Stainless Sanitary Vertical).
Lightnin SVM (Sanitary Vertical Mini).
Lightnin MBI Bottom Entry Magnetic Mixer.
Lightnin MiniCIP MagMixers.
Lightnin BioCIP Top Entry Mag Drive.
Lightnin LabMaster.
Lightnin BioMixer.
Lightnin G-Series.
The availability of the SanStar mixer family will enable companies operating in any pharmaceutical, biotech, personal care, animal science, medical or food and drink industry to standardise on a single group of mixers for an extensive range of duties and operating locations.
There's a solution for large scale processing where height and available footprint are limited.
There are also solutions that allow companies to scale up mixing operations from the laboratory to the processing line employing the same deign of impeller.
The key to effective mixing is the impeller and Lightnin provides a full line of impellers for sanitary and biotech applications, including those requiring gas/liquid blending and solid suspensions with repeatable results.
"We recognise that there is a need for geometrically accurate lab-scale impellers," comments Steve Spreckley, sales and applications manager for Lightnin Mixers in the UK.
"We have produced a process where exact duplicates of Lightnin patented high efficiency axial flow and other commonly used impellers are produced in very small diameters".
The employment of these geometrically accurate impellers provides laboratory data that can be used for precise scale-up and process parameters proven in the laboratory may be used to develop pilot plant and production scale equipment.
The Lightnin SanStar mixer family features models that contain seals and seal-less models designed and developed to meet the requirements of bioreactor applications.
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