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SANITARY MIXERS BY LIGHTNIN

SANITARY MIXERS BY LIGHTNIN

SANITARY MIXERS BY LIGHTNIN

Product catalog summary
Overview
Lightnin, a brand under SPX FLOW, specializes in sanitary mixers for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Their products adhere to stringent sanitary requirements, ensuring compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) and other industry standards.
Specifications and Standards
Lightnin mixers comply with FDA and ASME BPE standards, offering enhanced finish standards, material traceability, and comprehensive Quality Assurance Documentation (QAD) packages. The mixers feature crevice-free designs, highly polished surfaces, and hygienic components to facilitate clean-in-place (CIP) and sterilize-in-place (SIP) processes.
Product Features
Lightnin provides mixers with features such as magnetically coupled impellers for seal-less operation, brushless DC motors with overload protection, stainless steel construction meeting various international standards, and customizable impeller designs for specific mixing needs.
Impeller Technology
Lightnin offers a variety of impellers tailored for different mixing applications, including low to high viscosity blending, solids suspension, and gas dispersion. Their impellers are designed to optimize flow and minimize shear, ensuring efficient mixing processes.
Consulting Services
Lightnin provides consulting services to optimize mixing processes and solve mixing challenges. Their team evaluates existing mixer designs and collaborates with clients to improve efficiency and performance, offering support in mixer specification, tank design, and process optimization.
Conclusion
With over 90 years of experience, Lightnin is a leader in industrial mixing technology, offering durable and reliable solutions for sanitary applications in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors.
Testing Capabilities
The Lightnin Process Technology Laboratory offers testing services to optimize mixing processes across various industries, including pharmaceuticals and minerals extraction.
Testing Methods
  • Actual Materials Testing: Scaled-down tests using the client's actual materials to determine the best impeller for optimal flow and shear.
  • Simulant Testing: Testing with acceptable simulants or computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling when actual materials are unavailable. Tests in water measure mass transfer coefficients and flow/shear ratios.
  • Full-Scale Performance Testing: Scale-up testing capabilities either at the laboratory or on-site to determine the best configuration for the client's process.
Contact Information
The document provides contact details for SPX FLOW's global locations, including offices in the Americas, EMEA, and APAC regions.
Disclaimer
SPX FLOW reserves the right to make design and material changes without notice. The information provided is for reference only and should be confirmed in writing.
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A World Leader in Industrial Mixing since 1923, Lightnin has 90 years of unrivaled experience in industrial mixing technology, process Lightnin Expertise meets your Sanitary needs knowledge, and technological innovation. Lightnin enjoys a global reputation for durable, long-lasting mixers, agitators, aerators, and flocculators for fluid process systems. We offer a full spectrum of impeller designs for diverse applications. In addition, we offer a worldwide service network, mixer repair, gearbox repair, and replacement parts programs. Look to Lightnin for knowledge, technology, and service excellence....

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P R O C E S S , Q UA L I T Y A N D T E C H N O LO GY We can match our many years of experience in mixing technology to the rheology of your product to ensure you obtain your process needs. Lightnin Knowledge applied to Sanitary Industries But it doesn’t end there. We recognize the importance of material traceability and can provide a comprehensive QAD package with the mixer. We can include: MTRs, FDA Conformity, CE Conformity, PMI, Quality Plan, Welder Qualifications and Surface Finish Certificates For applications where clean-in-place (CIP) or sterilize-in-place (SIP) we design the features...

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Reliability By Design SPX FLOW understands that when it comes to efficient process plant operations, equipment reliability is of paramount importance. As a long-standing member of AGMA (American Gear Manufacturers Association) SPX FLOW’s Lightnin brand recognizes that multi-purpose commercial gearboxes are poorly suited to Agitator service. For more than 50 years the Lightnin products have utilized proprietary, purpose designed agitator gear drives to ensure dependability and lowest cost of ownership. SPX FLOW’s agitator drive designs are continually evolving to take advantage of latest materials...

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Impeller Technology for Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Lightnin has a full range of impellers for each mixing step of the process. We match our impellers to the specific duty accomplishing optimized and guaranteed results. Our impellers can be used in combination to allow multifunctional processes in production and pilot plants. A200 Recommended for low to medium viscosity blending and solids suspension applications: • Classic 45 degree pitch bladed turbine (PBT) design • Although replaced by the A510, this impeller still is applicable in cases where some fluid shear is required (e.g. solids...

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K N OW L E D G E A B L E A B O U T YO U R N E E D S Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology require a high degree of process understanding to achieve optimized results Understanding and optimizing the results is one part of the production needs; it is also essential to understand the operational requirements of the production or pilot plant to ensure the product being produced meets the expectations of consumers. At SPX FLOW we understand the production needs of the equipment that serves these markets. We E N H A N C E D F E AT U R E S F O R I M P R OV E D P R O D U CT I O N PROCE SS E S To meet the...

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C O N S U LT I N G S E R V I C E S SPX FLOW’s Lightnin brand has long supported the need of providing full service mixing support to our valued customers. In today’s business environment of “doing more with less,” local resources at your operation have been stretched or eliminated. At SPX FLOW, we recognized this and have increased the level of process support available to our customers. Evaluation and resolution of our customer’s mixing issues has been a core strength for many years at our Lightnin facilities. You can leverage the resources and knowledge base of Lightnin by 3 Ways to Test for...

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Lightnin Mixers and Impellers P H A R M AC E U T I CA L A N D B I OT E C H N O LO GY SPX FLOW, Inc. - Global locations A M E R I CA S Ocean House, Towers Business Park Didsbury, Manchester Growthpoint Office Park, Tonetti Street Providencia - Santiago South Africa 25 International Business Park Amargura # 60 Primer Piso For other Sales locations, click 135 Mt. Read Blvd. Rochester, NY 14611 www.lightninmixers.com\contacts\where-to-buy\ or use your SmartPhone and the QR Code. P: (888) 649-2378 (MIX-BEST), US and Canada) or +1 (585) 436-5550 F: (585) 436-5589 E: [email protected] • www.spxflow.com/lightnin...

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