Extrusion Applications Static Mixers are used in most extrusion applications including the following:
Benefits
The SMB-R™ static mixer for extrusion service (licensee of Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany) is part of our high performance X-GRID™ family of static mixers. It contains eight (8) very efficient motionless mixing elements that homogenize the polymer melt as it enters the extruder die.
The SMB-R™ mixing element structure is considered a high performance design where it creates a very high degree of mixing in a short length.
The SMB-R™ mixing elements are virtually indestructible due to their monolithic cast construction where the mixing bars are jointed to each other and to the ring wall via a single molten metal pour.
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The SMB-GX™ motionless mixer is a design that has been used in melt flow mixing extrusion service for over 40 years. It is part of our high performance X-GRID™ family of static mixers.
The SMB-GX™ mixing element structure is considered a high performance design where it creates a homogeneous mix in a short length. It has the same fundamental inclined plate structure as the StaMixCo SMB-R™ static mixer (Figure #2), but without the support ring around the mixing blade structure which gives the SMB-R™ its remarkable strength.
Since the SMB-GX™ it is manufactured from metal plates that are welded together, virtually any custom static mixer plate thickness, material and diameter can be fabricated to meet process and installation requirements.
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The SMB-HT™ Helical static mixer design pioneered the static mixing industry and has been used as a static mixer on extruders for over 55 years.
The Model SMB-HT™ Helical static mixer is considered a medium performance, long length, low pressure drop motionless mixer as compared to the later developments of high performance X-GRID™ static mixers like the SMB-R™ (Figure #2) and SMB-GX™ (Figure #3) static mixers, which have become the technology standards in the industry.
StaMixCo manufactures SMB-HT™ static mixers in the traditional method of twisting a strip of metal and welding together as well and an advanced proprietary manufacturing technique where the entire unit it is machined from a solid rod of bar stock material without welding. This machining process allows for custom static mixer fabrication in virtually any L/D twist, in very small sizes, with very high strength, straight and true dimensioning and with a Ra 15 micro-inch mirror polish surface finish which is a much improved surface finish as compared to the traditional Ra 32 micro-inch surface finish for the twisted and welded design.
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