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High Shear Mixers & Homogenizers — JX, DX, ZX, SF and FS

Five series. The first question is the easiest one: do you work inside the tank, or in the pipeline?

BATCH · IN-TANK

Working Inside the Tank

Work inside the tank: charge the vessel, run the cycle, discharge.

JX Top Entry Homogenizer

The homogenizer enters the vessel from the top and works inside the tank — the same principle as the homogenizer on our RS vacuum emulsifier. It is a batch machine: you charge the vessel, run the cycle and discharge.

Choose it when: Emulsifying and breaking down agglomerates inside a tank — including a tank you already own.

DX Bottom Entry Homogenizer

A rotor-stator homogenizer mounted through the bottom of the vessel, with the head working inside the tank and no external circulation loop. The usual arrangement is angled into the tank bottom; it can also be mounted vertically, and the larger sizes — the heaviest machines in the range — are built to go in vertical. It relates to the RX the same way the JX relates to the RS — the difference from the RX is that the DX does not circulate product outside the tank.

Choose it when: In-tank emulsifying when a top entry is impractical — limited headroom, or a closed vessel.

FS High Speed Disperser

Similar to the JX in that it is a batch machine working inside the tank, but it runs a toothed dispersing disc instead of a rotor-stator head, and it runs at 1500 rpm rather than 3000 rpm. It is also the disperser we build into our multi-shaft mixers.

Choose it when: Wetting out powders and dispersing pigments in a tank — high flow, lower shear than a rotor-stator head.

INLINE · CONTINUOUS

Working in the Pipeline

Work in the pipeline: product passes through continuously.

ZX Inline Homogenizer

A pipeline machine: the ZX is installed in the pipework and product passes through it continuously. It is the same machine that sits at the heart of our RB vacuum emulsifier mixer, and it also works as the transfer pump.

Choose it when: Continuous production, or adding high shear to an existing line without changing the vessel.

SF Powder Liquid Mixer

An inline powder-liquid mixer developed from the ZX. It keeps the pipeline layout but uses fewer rotor-stator stages, a larger pumping capacity, and a guide auger ahead of the rotor to increase thrust — so it draws powder into the liquid stream far more aggressively.

Choose it when: Wetting powders into a liquid stream continuously — no lumps, and no dust around the operator.

JX / DX / ZX / SF / FS

The Five Series Side by Side

	JX	DX	ZX	SF	FS
Where it works	Top of the tank	Into the tank bottom — angled or vertical	In the pipeline	In the pipeline	Top of the tank
Batch or continuous	Batch	Batch	Continuous	Continuous	Batch
Workhead	Rotor-stator	Rotor-stator	Rotor-stator	Rotor-stator + guide auger	Toothed disc
Standard speed	3000 rpm	3000 rpm	3000 rpm	3000 rpm	1500 rpm
Standard sizes	0.37–75 kW	2.2–75 kW	2.2–75 kW	7.5–22 kW	0.37–75 kW
Rated by	Motor power	Motor power	Motor power + flow	Motor power + flow	Motor power
Lab sizes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes

TERMINOLOGY

High Shear Mixer or Homogenizer?

High shear describes the mechanism — a rotor turning at speed inside a stator, forcing product through a narrow gap. Homogenizer describes the result — droplets and particles broken down to a fine, uniform size. On a rotor-stator machine the two are the same machine, and the terms are used interchangeably in the trade. The one exception in our range is the FS: it uses a toothed dispersing disc rather than a rotor-stator, so we call it a disperser, not a homogenizer. Read the longer answer.

HOW TO CHOOSE

Three Questions

In the tank or in the line? Batch machines (JX / DX / FS) work in a vessel; inline machines (ZX / SF) sit in the pipework and run continuously.
Rotor-stator or a disc? JX, DX, ZX and SF use a rotor-stator head. The FS uses a toothed dispersing disc and runs at 1500 rpm — high flow, lower shear, the usual answer for wetting powder into a tank.
Is powder involved? For continuous powder wet-out, the SF is built for it: fewer stages, bigger pumping capacity and a guide auger for thrust.

The 0.37 / 0.75 / 1 kW sizes are the same machines we list as lab mixers — useful for trialling a formulation before you commit to a production size. The lab heads run on 220V / 50Hz single phase.

See lab mixers

COMPLIANCE

Certification

CE marked. Our range is certified by Ente Certificazione Macchine (ECM), Italy, to the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC and the Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU, against EN ISO 12100:2010 and EN 60204-1:2018 — certificate No. 3J260508.JGMDT35, valid to 07 May 2031.

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