Homogenizers

Product Description

SPX’s offering of homogenizer products are comprised of world-leading legacy brands Gaulin, Rannie, and APV.  The Gaulin name is well known as Auguste Gaulin invented the homogenizer in the late 1800s which was used to treat or prevent creaming in milk.

Today applications for homogenizers are numerous and include applications in the dairy, food & beverage, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemical, and industrial markets.

The basic description of how a homogenizer works is that it takes the fluid from the output of a positive displacement pump and forces the fluids through a valve creating tremendous turbulence that mixes, disperses, and disrupts the particles in the fluid stream.

While homogenizers are well known to the dairy and food market, there are many applications in industry that may not be as well known. Homogenizers can produce stable emulsions, dispersions and mixes. They can improve chemical reaction processes utilizing lower temperatures and using less time. Homogenization can benefit reductions in catalyzing substances by increasing in the surface area of the micronized particles. Homogenizers can improve the quality and color in pigments and paints. They may also provide viscosity control of products and optimize the amount of additives required for a process providing the most efficient process.

Brochures

• Homogenizer Overview Brochure
• Rannie 57T / Gaulin 57T
• Rannie 77T / Gaulin 77T
• Laboratory Series
• Rannie 110T / Gaulin 110T
• Rannie 125T / Gaulin 125T
• Rannie 185Q / Gaulin 185Q
• Rannie 275Q
• Rannie 132Q / Gaulin 132Q
• Rannie 132T / Gaulin 132T
• Rannie 315
• Rannie 15 / Gaulin 15
• Rannie 24 / Gaulin 24
• Rannie 37 /Gaulin 37
• Rannie 5 / Gaulin 5
• Gaulin 132CPR
• APV Homogenizer Pilot 4T

Process Bulletins

• Carbon Black
• Cellulose
• Cellulose Gum Dispersion
• Emulsion Polymerization
• Intravenous Emulsions
• Latex
• Lubricating Greases
• Pharmaceutical Products
• Rosin Emulsions
• Silicone Emulsions
• Metallic Sodium Dispersions
• Soluble Soaps
• Viscosity Index Improvers
• Wax Emulsions

Technical Bulletins

• Use of a Product Infeed Gauge
• The Effect of the Second-Stage Homogenizing Valve
• An Evaluation of Emulsifier Cost vs processing Energy Cost
• Understanding the Gaulin EQA Analyzer
• Micro-Gap Homogenizing Valve
• Understanding Product Viscosity
• Multiple-Pass Homogenization by Continuous Recycling
• Gaulin Micro-Gap Valve Applications
• Operation and Benefits of the Micro-Gap Valve

Homogenizers In Action

• Rannie 57T Electster