PROCESS ENGINEERING
VK’s Process Engineering Department is designed to define and calculate the agitation, mixing and pumping system best suited to each product and process.
We are involved in the project from start to finish, always starting from the specific needs and going as far as required.
The selection, design and execution of our range of agitators, in-line mixers, helical pumps and complete mixing solutions require a high level of expertise in process and application engineering in order to provide optimal solutions that go far beyond mere knowledge of the equipment itself.
Testing in our Test Center, viscosity curve analysis, CFD simulations and calculations using our own SMARTVAK and VAKCAL programs allow us to offer the most optimized system to solve your mixing processes.
SMARTVAK-VAKCAL
VK’s proprietary software, at the forefront of agitator and in-line mixer sizing.
Our software enables us to design custom agitators for each product and mixing process.
SMARTVAK
A program in which we have applied AI to our more than 50 years of experience. It selects the right agitator by entering product, process and tank dimension data.
Our experience, together with the management of data from all the agitators we have manufactured and quoted, gives us the database required to offer the most optimized agitator using AI.
VAKCAL
A calculation program that sizes the agitator from a technical, mechanical and economic perspective, providing the ideal solution for each case.
SMARTVAK and VAKCAL are connected to our CRM_ERP management systems, ensuring full traceability of quoted and manufactured agitators, as well as great agility in preparing quotations.
Test Center
VAK KIMSA offers you the possibility of carrying out experimental tests with the customer’s product at our facilities, either in person or via streaming. This provides first-hand knowledge of how the product will behave in our equipment and the advantages our equipment can offer.
Discover our facilities and carry out tests before scaling up to industrial processes.
ANSYS Simulations
Finite element technology for fluid-dynamic and mechanical simulations.
Fluid-dynamic simulations and optimization with ANSYS
Finite element technology for fluid-dynamic and mechanical simulations.
Fluid-dynamic simulations with ANSYS allow us to see how the fluid behaves inside the tank according to the agitator and the operating parameters defined.
This tool provides flow patterns that make it possible to optimize the process and deliver the best possible solution for each specific customer need.
Velocity vectors of an off-center vertical agitator, ALABNET AXIAL blades + SEMI-ANCHOR.
Velocity contour of a non-Newtonian product, ASYMMETRIC ANCHOR blades.
Advanced analysis to improve the mixing process
Determining whether baffles are required, understanding the behavior of non-Newtonian fluids, preventing dead zones, determining power consumption, defining the average fluid velocity, and many other frequent questions can be answered through this type of analysis.