Laboratory mixers: paper, polymers and the occurrence of chemical reactions

A good lab mixer can make a difference in your end product, whether it is paper, polymers, chemicals, food or other substances. 

It can also affect the security of your team and lab. Using a low-quality mixer, mixing products with hazardous chemicals and high viscosity can damage or stress, creating a potential fire hazard and resulting in a poorly mixed finished product. 

In order for certain chemical reactions to take place in papermaking and chemical mixing, mixers are required. Polymers rely on continuous mixing to form uniform blends and strong bonds. 

But the wrong mixer can wear out quickly, or if you're dealing with a thick consistency, its motor may not be up to the task. Due to the wear and tear on these poor quality motors, they need to be repaired, or worse, replaced in their entirety. So how can a high-quality mixing system keep your team safe and improve your product? let's see.

Pulp and Paper

The high torque motors in our laboratory mixers make them ideal for mixing pulp, making paper from it during pulp product development and quality assurance testing. The pulp is very viscous and difficult to mix, which can be problematic when you want to create a smooth, even, fine paper. 

However, this dense, difficult-to-blend pulp mixture cannot match the high torque performance of our mixers, which deliver consistent mixing results without the risk of motor overheating.

It goes without saying that laboratory mixers are also chemically important to the paper development and testing process. You need a powerful mixer on the production floor, and it's no different when doing small-scale development in low-volume production or in a lab setting. A number of steps are taken to remove the naturally occurring wood chemical called "lignin," including heating and bleaching the tiny wood particles found in pulp. 

However, one of the important steps in breaking down and removing lignin from pulp is the mixing process. 

Lignin is decomposed by continuous mixing. The importance of this to the overall outcome of the final paper product cannot be overemphasized. The more lignin is removed from the pulp, the stronger the bond and the stronger the paper. 

Because the final product is being tested and developed in a lab environment, or evaluated later for quality assurance, you need the same mixing capabilities as a large manufacturing plant, but on a much smaller scale. A good laboratory mixing system ensures you have the same throughput and reliability as a larger mixer. It provides consistency of process; your lab tests will be performed using mixers of the same strength as the product in production, meaning you can trust your results in the lab.

The importance of mixers in ensuring uniform contact between pulp and chemicals such as bleach cannot be overemphasized during the pulp production process. Not only does this affect the color and consistency of the pulp, but it is also necessary to break down the lignin in the wood particles used for papermaking. Without a laboratory mixer that works as reliably as ours, you can't be sure of developing a high-quality finished product.

polymer production

Regardless of viscosity, our laboratory mixers reliably and uniformly blend polymers into homogeneous, homogeneous mixtures. Our unique reciprocating motion model automatically raises and lowers as it mixes, making it ideal for eliminating "ring layers" of different additives. This reciprocating action ensures that the entire batch of each manufactured polymer is evenly mixed.

When developing many polymers, particulate additives are mixed in to increase the stiffness, toughness and strength of the polymer. Incorporating particles reduces the flammability or potential of the polymer to ignite, making it a safer product to use. 

However, having a laboratory mixer with a powerful, unstoppable motor is important for effective mixing only if the granules are completely and effectively mixed with heavy and sticky polymers.

Polymers need to be effectively tested before they are ready for production or distribution. Process simulation of polymer production is a key step in their development. A laboratory mixer that does not overheat and affect the polymer ensures that polymer mixing is free from other conditions that would destabilize the product and increase inherent defects.

mixed chemicals

Mixing chemicals can be a challenging and sometimes dangerous job. A low-quality blender can be damaged if exposed to harsh chemicals, as the seals protecting the motor will degrade. However, many chemicals require the friction and kinesthetic processes of a lab mixer to react the way you need them. 

Therefore, you need high-quality laboratory mixers that have a robust seal and are unaffected by mixing chemicals.

Stirring and mixing chemicals can even speed up some chemical reactions because it increases the chances of particles colliding. This increases the reaction rate, which means the chemical reaction can happen faster, saving time while still giving you the desired chemical reaction process.

Our mixing systems provide smooth operation so chemicals are mixed exactly the way they are intended for the correct reaction while still protecting the chemical resistant seals of the motor. This means that the chemical will not cause damage to the motor or cause a fire or fire hazard. A current limiter circuit prevents overheating, sparks, motor failure or short circuits, making the 3-in-1 motor in our mixing console a safe tool to protect you, your team and your product.

Not only can a low-quality laboratory mixer affect the quality of your final product or initial testing, but smaller mixers can also pose a safety risk when mixing chemicals. Our blenders are designed to last, stay airtight and keep you safe