Tri-Mix Turbo-Shear High-Shear Mixing System Data Sheet

How does it work?

The Tri-Mix™ Turbo-Shear™ utilizes mechanical and hydraulic shearing to dissolve powders, blend miscible and non-miscible solutions, prepare lotions and creams, and disperse pigments. A center shaft, which can be run alone or with a double-motion agitator, operates at speeds up to 3,450 RPM. The scraped-surface, double-motion agitator is used to efficiently pull product from the vessel walls during each blending revolution. The scraped-surface agitator portion operates at speeds up to 50 RPM.

Here’s how the Tri-Mix™ Turbo-Shear™ can help achieve your operational goals:

•  Product viscosities up to 2,000,000 CPS on primary double-motion means you get the product right, every time.
• Available from as small as 10-quart research models to as large as 1,500-gallon production vessels.
• High ratio of hydraulic to mechanical shear means less heat, which improves product consistency and increases overall safety (when processing temperature-sensitive products).
• Sanitary design means you pass government regulations with ease and save valuable cleanup time.
• High-velocity axial and radial product flow means production will never get clogged up or slowed down.
• Continuous high or low flow mixing head means you get the power you need when you need it most.
• Unique double-motion agitator offset frame means uniform scraping action and continuous product flow.
• Custom designs mean you get custom results, especially in difficult applications.
• Batch-to-batch uniformity means your customers can count on your product.
• Product scale-up means we easily grow with your operation.
• Our Process Guarantee, based on free testing in our 25-gallon lab Tri-Mix™ Turbo-Shear™, means you have peace of mind.

Particle Size Reduction

In a particle size reduction test, we used a 25-gallon style "D12T" Lee pressure kettle with Tri-Mix™ Turbo-Shear™ agitator. The preparation by approximate weights consisted of: epoxy resin (23%), emulsified in water (29.54%) with Cellosize thickener (.20%), and surfactant (.30%). Here are the results:

We started with double-motion scrapedsurface agitator at 30 RPM.

• After five minutes, particle size was 55 microns.
• After 60 minutes, particles were reduced to 30 microns.

Then we used the 3,450 RPM Turbo-Shear™ with a standard head configuration.

• After an additional 40 minutes, particle size was 5 to 7 microns.

Next we added Cellosize thickener (1.04%), flint (20.48%), and pyrophyllite (25.43%). The double-motion and Turbo-Shear™ agitators were run simultaneously for one hour.

• Final particle size was 2 microns.
• Final product viscosity was 40,000 CPS.

10-Quart thru 1000-Gallon "D12T" Kettles

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All standard units 50 gallon capacity and larger have 18" manways mounted in top dome.

10 & 25 gallon units have removable top domes in place of 18" manways.

Vacuum Pan Options & Accessories

Our vacuum pans are often purchased as part of a larger system. For example, a typical total jam and jelly system would include premix kettles, a vacuum pan with vacuum precondenser, vapor piping and often a final standardization vessel. All of the equipment is sized, designed, and supplied by Lee Industries to fit your specific processing requirements. Regardless of whether you’re in need of a vacuum pan or a system, you have the opportunity to choose from several accessories.

Internal Booster Coil

• • Sanitary stainless steel booster coil added to vacuum pan
• Provides additional heat transfer area for increased evaporation
• Increases rolling/mixing action

Electropolishing and Finishing

We recognize the demand for high-quality, durable, ultra-sanitary finishes. We provide world-class mechanical finishes and can also provide electropolish finishes on all of our parts and products.

Control Panels

Lee can supply NEMA 4 control panels to meet any processing specifications. Available in stainless steel enclosures.

Samplers

Spoon Sampler

• Designed to easily remove small quantities of product during vacuum processing

Product Sampler

• Designed using fluid transfer USDA/3A standard inline ball valves
• Easily remove larger quantities of product during vacuum processing

Instream Refractometer

Provides accurate manual or continuous measurement of product concentration.

Scrape Surface Agitation

Lee USDA approved style No. 9M, No. 7, or No. 5 agitation can be added to the vacuum pan to prevent product burn-on and to enhance heat transfer. (See Lee Agitator product sheet.)

Precondenser and Vacuum Pump

• Shell and tube exchanger is a standard carbon steel with cast iron water bonnets and tubes (available in stainless steel for essence recovery)
• Vacuum pump is cast iron furnished with base, coupling, coupling guard and silencer
• Standard electrics are 230/460 volt, 60 cycle, 3 phase, TEFC

Outlet Valve

Recommended Fluid Transfer USDA approved/3A standard full-port flush bottom ball valve in sizes 11/2" through 4". Also available with a variety of actuators. (See Lee Manual and Automatic Ball Valve product sheets).

Instrumentation

Temperature recording and control can play a critical role in your processing technique. Our temperature sensing or control instruments can ensure you yield the desired results in heat transfer vessels.

We Offer:

• A wide variety of temperature-sensing control and recording instruments
• Probe-type sensors for non-agitated kettles
• Stainless steel, flush-mounted sensors for scraper blade agitator installations