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Aquamix and Flash Mixer
The Fluitec slide-in mixers CSE-F
® and CSE-B
® were developed in 1997 in close cooperation withthe Zurich University of Applied Sciences. Many features of these mixers were unique at this time
and they were rapidly wide spread in different applications of turbulent flow. Our customers desi-
re for more compact and even more reasonably priced mixers with the same mixing performance
led to the novel designs of the Aquamix and of the Flash Mixer. The very high and well controlled
mixing efficiency, a compact design, the easy assembling, the low investment costs and the low
pressure drop are the main characteristics for these novel mixers.
Fig. 1 5% of blue additive is dosed direct before an Aquamix/Flash Mixer (Re = 18’000) Fig. 2 CSE-F The CSE-F Well established technology outstanding. For some mounting situations, however, the length of the mixer appeared to be a
problem and as an alternative the CSE-B
® and the CSE-B
® slide-in mixers weredeveloped and characterised at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Winterthur. They
belonged to the first
static mixers, which are simply clamped between two flanges. The excellent ratio of price to performance opened the
way to many different applications at turbulent flow.
The low pressure drop of the CSE-F
® Mixer was often used. Unfortunately the higher
pressure drop often limited operation at high flow velocities.
Intensive investigations over many years made
clear that it is possible to mix liquids of low viscosities rapidly and in a short length using well defined vortexes. It was therefore the goal of Fluitec to develop a single mixing element which generates several vortexes at the same time at only little pressure drop. Due to economical reason, the costs for stockkeeping had also to be reduced to a minimum
and shortest delivery time had to be ensured. Amodification of the in laminar flow very successful CSE-X
® Mixer to-getherwith its high mixing performance was
® Mixer showed to be capable of fulfilling all these high requirements. In the Aquamix one half of a CSE-X
® element is fixed toa brides plate of PN10 or PN16 and simply
® Mixer (photo: Fenner 1997)