Continuous Mixer type LVA Skid
Offering both batch and continuous processing solutions, from pilot plant skids to full-scale processing plants, as individual modules or as completely integrated systems, we have the experience, understanding, process knowledge and group know-how to incorporate and implement these best of breed technologies into world-class plants for our customers.
A critical issue in the production of personal care products is the ability to process a wide range of raw material formats, from liquids to solids to flakes. Our expertise includes high and low shear mixing, heating and cooling, homogenization, melting, dispersing and vacuum mixing, amongst others.
To ensure both product quality and consistency, all GEA technology is designed from the outset to contribute to rapid plant development, bring products to market quickly and create new marketing opportunities for manufacturers.
GEA’s core competence in this area is our ability to assess and determine the best combination of product and process to meet your endpoint requirements. Working with our extensive network of partners, we can arrange to test and trial an application-specific solution using in-house equipment or machinery — integrated or standalone — sourced from a third-party supplier.
In a batch mixing plant, all the ingredients — including powders and liquids of varying viscosities — are processed until they are homogeneously distributed or blended.
Both bulk and smaller volume ingredients can be loaded into a mixing vessel under vacuum if necessary, ensuring the efficient use of expensive ingredients such as fragrances.
Overall processing time is determined during customer trials, when the time required to achieve the required level of product homogeneity is established.
Mixing cycle times can vary from a few seconds with high intensity applications to several hours if additional processes such as heating or cooling are involved. The resulting mix is then discharged from the mixing vessel.
The total batch time is the time required to charge the material into the mixer, mix it and discharge the final product. For applications in which product contamination between successive batches must be avoided, the time required to clean the mixer should also be included.
Batch mixing is the preferred method for applications when the following criteria are important
Continuous Mixer type LVA Skid
Because every application is different, GEA uses its comprehensive design and integration experience, as well as its in-depth product knowledge, to identify best-of-breed technologies and bring them together to develop individual plants that are perfectly fit for purpose.
Continuous mixing is the technology of choice for a wide range of applications, from low to high viscosity products, from simple dispersions to structured liquids and for both hot and cold processes. It is particularly suitable for processes in which the following criteria are critical:
Continuous mixing involves process intensification, which means that more product can be processed with less equipment. As this requires a higher level of instrumentation and control, there is an associated cost. However, per unit weight, it is more cost-effective than batch mixing with a much shorter return on investment time. Further, because less equipment is required, there is a reduced requirement for space, maintenance and cleaning (such as Clean-in-Place).
質の高いコールドチェーン管理の重要性を過小評価することはできません。傷みやすい生鮮食品が消費地で安全かつ高品質であることを保証することは、コールドチェーン施設を運営する人々にとって非常に大きな責任です。GEAは、低温貯蔵や配送センター向けに安全で持続可能な冷凍技術を提供する最前線に立ち、お客様の施設のエネルギー消費量と二酸化炭素排出量の削減を支援しています。
自動搾乳における最新の進化は、バッチ搾乳を導入することです。バッチ搾乳とは、通常1日に2~3回、決まった搾乳時間に乳牛をグループ分けして搾乳する酪農方法です。自動化技術は、酪農場における乳牛の福祉、柔軟性、そして持続可能性のバランスを取りつつ、それと同時にコスト構造を継続的に最適化し、より効率的になるという、酪農家の最近の課題を克服するのに役立っています。
多数の国では、安全な水と衛生設備を確保することがいまだに課題となっています。汚れの混じった飲用水により病気になったり、毎日水を汲みに行くという役割を果たすため、学校に通うことができない子供たちが多数存在します。ドイツのハンブルクを拠点とする非営利団体Viva con Aguaと協力することで、GEAは一部のタンザニアの学校にきれいな水を供給する手助けをしています。