| CHEMICAL & FERTILIZER MIXING AND BLENDING FOR THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY |
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Effective blending and mixing are an essential part of everyday operations in the agriculture process industries. Specific application requirements may vary but the ultimate achievement is to have a homogenous product. The LOBESTAR® MIXING EDUCTOR is effective in speed mixing most powders and granular materials without the inherent problems in the clumping of undissolved product. The LOBESTAR® NOZZLE is completely recessed out of the mixing chamber, providing an obstruction free passageway that eliminates plugging in the shear mixer.
Twenty-one million tons per year of Nitrogen (N), phosphate (P2O5), and potash (K2O) fertilizers are used primarily on corn, soybean, wheat, and cotton crops in the United States. Most fertilizers are shipped in their granular, crystalline or powder form to conserve shipping costs. Generally these fertilizers must be mixed into a liquid solution before application.
The Vortex Ventures LOBESTAR® MIXING EDUCTOR utilizes the patented LOBESTAR® MIXING NOZZLE in either liquid concentrate or powder, granular and crystalline product mixing. We believe that this advanced mixing technology will ensure that your mixing or blending process will achieve the homogenous solution desired.
Suspending solids and mixing for uniform consistency in storage tanks is essential in optimizing product quality. The RADIAL EDUCTOR™ generates strong turbulence in a submerged environment that provides the energy distribution to keep tanks uniformly mixed and solids suspended without moving parts.
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| Lobestar® Mixing Nozzles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Effective blending and mixing are an essential part of everyday operations in most process industries. In these applications the requirement may vary but the ultimate achievement is, generally, to have a homogenous product. The Vortex Mixing Nozzle is effective in performing more than one function with superb capability; suspending solids in a liquid, blending, emulsifying liquids, dissolving polymers, powders and granular materials in a liquid environment... | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lobestar® Mixing Eductors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The term "Eductor" describes a jet pump without moving parts and utilizes fluid in motion to produce low pressure. Motive power is provided by a centrifugal or gear pump. The pressurized fluid stream is converted from pressure-energy to high velocity as the fluid enters a unique nozzle configuration, known as the LOBESTAR® NOZZLE. The issuing high velocity jet stream produces a strong suction in the mixing chamber of the LOBESTAR® MIXING EDUCTOR, causing a powder, granular material or a secondary fluid to be drawn through a suction port into the mixing chamber of the LOBESTAR® MIXING EDUCTOR... | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lobestar® Mixing Eductors (Alternate Materials for Wear, Corrosion Resistance and Sanitary Applications) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Effective blending and mixing are an essential part of everyday operations in most industrial process industries. Specific application requirements may vary but the ultimate achievement is to have a homogenous product. The LOBESTAR® Mixing Eductor is effective in speed mixing most powders and granular materials without the inherent problem of fisheyes or microgels. LOBESTAR® MIXING EDUCTORS are available in special materials, such as KYNAR® and UHMW. KYNAR® is one of the most stable commercial resins. KYNAR® resists strong acids, solvents and reducing agents... | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radial Eductor™ (Tank Eductors) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Radial Eductor is a high volume EDUCTOR using the LOBESTAR® power jet to produce high turbulence. A centrifugal pump is used to pressurize the Radial Eductor. Static pressure is converted to high velocity as the slurry passes through the jet nozzle orifice. The high velocity causes a region of low pressure. The motive flow pumped through the jet nozzle draws in three times the volume pumped. Example: The flow rate of an RE-2 (2") Model has a 7/8" nozzle orifice is 116 gpm @ 40 psi. The total mixed fluid is 464 gpm. The motive flow rate of the jet nozzle draws three times it’s volume through the inductors. This interaction prevents solids from settling at the bottom and the corners of the tank... | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radial Eductor™ II (Tank Eductor -316 Stainless Steel for Sanitary and Corrosion Resistant Applications) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The RADIAL EDUCTOR™ II is an innovative, patented tank mixer that offers versatility and flexibility in many liquid applications. The RADIAL EDUCTOR™ II provides a simple method in uniformly mixing, circulating and suspending tank volumes without "Dead-spots". The mixer is an efficient means of energy conservation. The volume output is four times the motive fluid input. The Radial Eductor II is fabricated from 316 Stainless Steel. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lobestar® shear mixers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The LOBESTAR® shear mixer is a combination of two major components that are essential in providing rapid hydration, uniform dispersion and fast delivery. The two components that make up the LOBESTAR® shear mixer are; the RADIAL PREMIXER and the LOBESTAR® MIXING EDUCTOR. This combination of devices produce turbulent mixing and dynamic shear. The results are rapid hydration, uniform dispersion and fast delivery. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lobestar® shear mixers (Dual Suction) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Many mixing and blending processes require a dual suction device. The Dual Suction LOBESTAR® shear mixer efficiently meets the demanding requirements for getting the most potential from a chemical product. The LOBESTAR® shear mixer is a combination of two major components that are essential in providing rapid hydration, uniform dispersion and fast delivery, the RADIAL PREMIXER and the LOBESTAR® MIXING EDUCTOR. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radial Premixer (Annular Jet Pumps) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pressurized fluid enters the prewetting chamber of the RADIAL PREMIXER tangentially and radiates outwardly to the wall of the mixing chamber. Powdered materials are introduced through a chemical hopper and are drawn into the eye of a strong vortex. As the particles are absorbed into the spinning fluid, the centrifugal force moves the mixture outward providing distance between particles as the “wetting-out” process develops. The particle spreading caused by the centrifugal action completely eliminates particle adhesion or clumping associated with conventional mixing devices... | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radial Premixer II (Annular Jet Pump-316 Stainless Steel) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Radial Premixer II is an Annular Jet Pump fabricated from 316 Stainless Steel, meeting all sanitary application requirements. The gap between the accelerator and internal wall is adjustable to accommodate variation in fluid viscosities and flow rates. The particle spreading caused by the centrifugal action completely eliminates particle adhesion or clumping associated with conventional mixing devices... | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dust-Free Bulk-Bag Handling System | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Dust-Free Bulk-Bag Handling System meets the requirements for getting the most product potential in a dust-free environment. A simple and effective method to completely eliminate dust and remove the health risk associated with drilling fluid additive in a confined enclosure. Bulk-Bags are used to reduce space, handling and the elimination of wooden pallets and paper bags... | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| BLUEMAX ROTOLIFT™ (Hydraulic Lift Table) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The BLUEMAX ROTOLIFT™ is a pallet positioner that is ergonomically sound in safety benefiting labor savings by reducing reaching, bending, twisting and walking associated in handling bag material from floor pallets. Bags are always in a comfortable position for ease of handling at the touch of a button or foot pedal... | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spintop™ Hydrocyclone (Cyclone Separator - Fluid Applications) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hydrocyclones are density separators that convert pressure energy into rotational momentum. The rotational momentum provides the centrifugal force to separate solids from a primary liquid. The Spintop™ Hydrocyclone has four outstanding features that are unique to conventional Hydrocyclone. (1) Involuted feed, (2) a Bell shaped Vortex Finder, (3) a Solid Center Core and (4) a Parabolic shaped body... |
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