EmulXion™ Colloid Mills PRECISION AT THE POINT OF SHEAR HIGH-SHEAR EMULSIFICATION • DISPERSION • DEAGGLOMERATION • WET MI

CONSIDERING AN IKA COLLOID MILL? Put EmulXion™ on Your Shortlist. Established names deserve consideration. So does a processengineered alternative built around the product you actually manufacture. EmulXion™ colloid mills are configured from the application outward. We begin with the required throughput, rheology, particle or droplet target, temperature limit, pressure boundary, sanitation standard and plant-control philosophy. The resulting machine is not simply selected from a catalog—it is defined against a documented basis of design. Application-selected milling geometry and working-gap strategy...

What is a A colloid mill is a high-shear rotor–stator device used to process liquids, emulsions, suspensions and pumpable pastes. Product enters the milling chamber, accelerates through a narrow working region between a rotating element and a stationary element, and exits after exposure to intense velocity gradients, turbulence and mechanical interaction. Four jobs a colloid mill can perform break one liquid phase distribute fine solids separate weak clusters reduce the size of soft, into droplets distributed into smaller aggregates through another solids while suspended immiscible liquid. Responsible...

EMULXION™ COLLOID MILLS INSIDE THE SHEAR ZONE FROM FEED TO FINISHED DISPERSION A pump or gravity-fed arrangement delivers a stable, air-minimized feed to the mill. Feed consistency matters because flow, temperature and composition determine the ^ energy applied per unit of product. Acceleration The rotating tool accelerates the product and establishes the velocity difference that drives shear. Product passes through the controlled region between rotor and stator. Gap geometry influences residence time, maximum allowable feed size, shear intensity and risk of contact. Droplets deform and divide;...

04 EMULXION™ COLLOID MILLS BREAKUP OCCURS WHEN APPLIED STRESS EXCEEDS RESISTANCE * Droplets resist deformation through interfacial tension. Agglomerates resist separation through cohesive forces. Solid particles resist fracture through material strength. A colloid mill creates disruptive stresses through velocity gradients, turbulence, impingement and mechanical interaction. The final distribution reflects a balance between breakup and competing effects such as recoalescence, heat generation and formulation stability. USEFUL ENGINEERING RELATIONSHIPS

the seven WORKING GAP A smaller gap can increase local stress and restrict the largest passage, but it may also increase heat, pressure demand, wear and sensitivity to foreign objects. TIP SPEED Higher tip speed generally increases available shear and turbulence, subject to mechanical limits, heat generation and product sensitivity. FLOW RATE Lower flow may increase energy per unit mass and effective exposure; excessive restriction can destabilize feeding or raise temperature. NUMBER OF PASSES Recirculation or staged processing can tighten the distribution until a practical equilibrium is reached....

06 EMULXION™ COLLOID MILLS Single pass Product passes through the mill once and continues downstream. Continuous production, stable feed, moderate size reduction, high throughput. Simple piping and control; performance must be achieved in one controlled exposure. Product returns to a vessel and passes through the mill repeatedly. Batch development, difficult emulsions, progressive deagglomeration, flexible endpoint control. Vessel turnover, air entrainment and batch-temperature rise must be managed. Two or more processing heads or different technologies are arranged in sequence. Premix plus fine...

emulxion mill Subsystem Engineering purpose Sanitary milling head Rotor/stator processing zone with application-selected geometry and adjustable or engineered working-gap strategy. Drive assembly Motor and transmission sized for required torque, tip speed, product viscosity and duty cycle. Seal system Selected against pressure, temperature, lubricity, solids, volatility, sanitation and dry-running risk. Process connections Sanitary or industrial connections configured for the customer’s piping standard and cleanability requirements. Stable, cleanable support structure designed for alignment,...

three control EMULXION COLLOID ARCHITECTURES NO CONTROL PANEL MANUAL CONTROL PLC/HIM CONTROLS Mill supplied for integration with a customer-provided VFD, MCC, PLC or plant distributed-control system. OEMs, system integrators, standardized plant-control platforms. MANUAL CONTROL Local start/stop, emergency stop, speed adjustment and status indication without a full automation layer. Standalone duty, simple recipes, operator-controlled production. Automated sequences, permissives, alarms, recipes, trends and integration with pumps, valves and instruments. Validated, repeatable or multi-product...

hygienic design is A polished exterior does not make a process hygienic. HYGIENIC PERFORMANCE DEPENDS ON THE COMPLETE PRODUCT BOUNDARY: material selection surface condition dead legs weld quality connection orientation cleaning flow Available hygienic engineering scope Questions a serious supplier should answer What are the exact product-contact materials and how are they certified? What surface finish is supplied, how is it measured, and where does the requirement apply? Can the product-contact path drain without disassembly? How is the mechanical seal cleaned or flushed? Which components require...

materials, wear, Material choice Selection caution Food, beverage, cosmetic, pharmaceutical and many chemical duties Corrosion resistance depends on chemistry, chloride level, temperature and cleaning agents. Duplex / high-alloy materials More aggressive corrosion environments Requires application-specific compatibility review and fabrication controls. Hard coatings / wear materials Abrasive pigments, minerals, metal oxides and filled polymers Coating selection must consider adhesion, thermal expansion, impact and contamination limits. Static seals and gaskets Select for product chemistry, temperature,...