Food grade lubricants are more frequently requested than ever before.  Used most often in food/beverage handling and water treatment environments, food grade lubes are expanding also into areas where environmental contamination is hard to control.  Food grade lubricants are safer because the quantities of harmful chemicals are strictly limited.

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Proper mounting of a top-entry mixer is a combination of fit, alignment, and rigidity.  While many customers and tank manufacturers are skilled in handling fit and alignment of a mixer, rigidity is sometimes overlooked.

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Typically industrial mixing equipment is manufactured to mix a specific combination of products, in a specific tank configuration, at a specific horsepower and RPM.

 If you make a change in the process or move equipment into a different tank configuration, it is important to do a check with your mixer manufacturer for them to do a series of process and mechanical design calculations to determine if your mixer will perform favorably in its new environment or if adjustments are necessary.

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We all know that the quality of gears in your mixer drive is very important.  But do we know what exactly “gear quality” means?  More importantly, does the engineer designing your mixer drive know?

Just in case… here are the basics.

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