An apparatus for mixing a liquid or pasty product. The apparatus comprises a first housing part (11) and a second housing part (12) assembled together. The assembly of the first housing part (11) and the second housing (12) part forms•—a housing inner space (17) between an inlet (4) and an outlet (5), •—a cooling jacket (7) for circulation of a coolant fluid around the housing inner space (17), and•—a buffer jacket (9) for circulation of a clean fluid, the buffer jacket (9) being formed between the cooling jacket (7) and the housing inner space (17). The buffer jacket protects the mixed product from contamination by the coolant fluid. It also facilitates detection of leakage between the housing inner space and the buffer jacket. The invention also relates to a corresponding method.

A rotor-stator cooling system addresses the problem of heat generation and viscosity in feedstock mixers by utilizing a cooling dome which receives recirculating cooling water. The dome is attached above a rotor-stator mixer assembly having rotor and stator elements. Cooling water provides for temperature control to feedstock being drawn into the dome, as well as the feedstock circulating within the mixing tank containing the balance of the feedstock outside the dome. The rotor-stator assembly is cooled as well. In order to increase the feedstock viscosity range in the dome, an auger within a tubular member is added to the drive shaft above the rotor-stator assembly. This enables the velocity of slow-moving feedstock to increase, forcing it into the rotor-stator assembly located below. The feedstock is then further accelerated by the rotor element and forced through the stator element.

In the case of a rotor (109) for a device for mixing powder and liquid, a number of connecting arms (203) are formed, as a connecting structure, between an outer blade carrier plate (215), which is equipped with outer blades (127), and a shaft receptacle (117), between which connecting arms there are situated liquid outlet regions (206). This has the result, owing to a relatively high throughput with a shear action which is still sufficient, of a relatively high mixing rate and of a relatively low tendency for powder to agglutinate.

A dispersing and grinding device for dispersing or grinding particles in a particle-containing liquid with a shear force generated when the particle-containing liquid passes through a gap, the dispersing and grinding device including: a casing; a rotor, a stator, and an impeller; and drive means. The gap is defined between the stator and the rotor. When the rotor and the impeller are rotated by the drive means, the particle-containing liquid is allowed to flow into the casing through an inflow portion of the casing by a rotating force of the impeller, and passes through the gap to cause the particles in the particle-containing liquid to be dispersed or ground with a shear force generated when the particle-containing liquid passes through the gap.

A dispersing and grinding device for dispersing or grinding particles in a particle-containing liquid with a shear force generated when the particle-containing liquid passes through a gap, the dispersing and grinding device including: a casing; a rotor, a stator, and an impeller; and drive means. The gap is defined between the stator and the rotor. When the rotor and the impeller are rotated by the drive means, the particle-containing liquid is allowed to flow into the casing through an inflow portion of the casing by a rotating force of the impeller, and passes through the gap to cause the particles in the particle-containing liquid to be dispersed or ground with a shear force generated when the particle-containing liquid passes through the gap.

An apparatus and method for mixing and milling dry ingredients with water to produce a homogenous beverage. The apparatus may include, for example, a water supply, a tubing system, a dry ingredient container, a splash-back prevention unit, and a mixer capable of emulsifying and homogenizing a slurry, which, in accordance with some embodiments, may include large ground course particles (such as nuts) and water. The apparatus may also include a pump configured to move the slurry and homogenized beverage through the tubing, and a motor, which, in accordance in some embodiments in accordance with the present disclosure, controls the mill.

Provided are an immediately-before-stirring-type fluid processing device and an immediately-before-stirring-type fluid processing method that can adjust or improve the final properties of a fluid to be processed that is introduced as a raw material into an annular flow channel of a microreactor employing the annular flow channel, which is formed between relatively rotating processing surfaces, as a flow channel in which fluid processing is performed. A fluid to be processed, which has been prepared in a fluid preparing system so as to be in an ideal state for reaction, is charged into a fluid processing device. The fluid processing device subjects the fluid to be processed to reaction processing in an annular flow channel, which is formed between two processing surfaces. A cylindrical stirring space is provided in the radially inner side of the annular flow channel, and a rotor and a screen are disposed inside the stirring space. Stirring energy is applied by the rotor and a shearing force is applied between the rotor and the screen to the fluid to be processed immediately before the fluid to be processed is introduced into the annular flow channel.

The present invention describes an outflow unit (1) for a mixer (2), said outflow unit (1) comprising multiple individual outflow grooves (3).

The present invention describes an outflow unit (1) for a mixer (2), said outflow unit (1) comprising multiple individual outflow grooves (3).

A mixing system mixes liquid adhesive and gas to create a solution. The mixing system it a manifold defining an adhesive input that receives the liquid adhesive, a gas input that receives the gas, a mixing chamber in fluid communication with the adhesive and gas inputs, an output that outputs the solution, and an output passage extending from the mixing chamber to the output. The mixing system also includes a rotor that rotates within the mixing chamber about a longitudinal axis so as to mix the solution, a motor that rotates the rotor, and a static mixer positioned within the output passage that statically mixes the solution flowing through the output passage.