{"id":24070,"date":"2025-09-10T08:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T08:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vakkimsa.com\/fr\/blog\/2026\/07\/22\/how-to-optimize-the-performance-of-your-agitators-and-mixing-equipment\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T10:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T10:26:15","slug":"how-to-optimize-the-performance-of-your-agitators-and-mixing-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vakkimsa.com\/fr\/blog\/2025\/09\/10\/how-to-optimize-the-performance-of-your-agitators-and-mixing-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"How to optimize the performance of your agitators and mixing equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24070\" class=\"elementor elementor-24070\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-028d6de e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"028d6de\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09bb9cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"09bb9cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To optimize mixing equipment, it is essential to consider the following parameters:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Characteristics<\/strong> of the products to be mixed (viscosity, density, etc.)<\/li><li><strong>Function<\/strong> to be performed (homogenization, heat exchange, suspension maintenance, dissolution, dispersion, emulsification, etc.)<\/li><li>Batch <strong>volume<\/strong> (depending on the volume, different solutions may be chosen, such as agitator only or agitator + in-line mixer)<\/li><li>Optimized <strong>production times<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A proper definition<\/strong> of the agitator or mixing system is key to achieving optimal performance. The aim is to minimize production times, maximize raw material efficiency, and ensure consistent product quality across all batches.<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Optimization example: high-viscosity resins<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The client entrusted us with the task of optimizing and improving a mixing process for high-viscosity resins.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How critical is the definition of the impeller diameter in optimizing the process?<\/strong><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23625\" src=\"https:\/\/vakkimsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1757503070027-1024x576.png\" alt=\"How to optimize the performance of your agitators and mixing equipment\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/figure><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) simulations allow us to visualize the agitator\u2019s performance inside the tank.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Can you see the dead zones with no movement?<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The customer\u2019s previous agitator was unable to move the entire volume of fluid inside the tank, resulting in excessively long processing times. By increasing the impeller-to-tank diameter ratio we exponentially improved fluid movement, generating flow between the different layers and promoting an overall axial flow throughout the tank.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What we achieved: a <strong>higher pumping rate<\/strong> from the impellers at a <strong>lower rotational speed<\/strong>, leading to <strong>reduced energy consumption<\/strong>, a lower carbon footprint and <strong>optimized mixing<\/strong> in this reactor.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is important to evaluate whether your agitators:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Have the appropriate diameter ratio for your product\u2019s viscosity<\/li><li>Generate sufficient flow to ensure global movement within the tank<\/li><li>Meet the process times required by your production<\/li><\/ul><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This type of analysis allows you to detect the need to optimize your mixing processes.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The secret to optimization lies in having access to:<\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Experience<\/li><li>Calculation software<\/li><li>CFD simulation tools<\/li><li>Pilot plant for testing all types of agitation and mixing scenarios<\/li><li>A team of skilled and experienced technicians capable of understanding the complexity of your process and proposing the most suitable solution<\/li><\/ul><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23624\" src=\"https:\/\/vakkimsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1757506306781-1024x577.png\" alt=\"How to optimize the performance of your agitators and mixing equipment\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" \/><\/figure><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you need to add this value to your mixing equipment by optimizing agitator power, reducing plant consumption, and improving your carbon footprint?<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Our Process Engineering department <\/strong>offers you the possibility to optimize your new processes, study and optimize the agitators and mixers in your factory, giving a new dimension to your facilities at the production level.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We conduct training courses on mixing technology that will allow you to rationalize and visualize whether the agitators and mixers you have in your factory meet your expectations and needs.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Yours is the product, ours is the mixing.<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vakkimsa.com\/en\/contactar\/\">Contact us!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you aware of how crucial impeller diameter definition is for process optimization? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":24067,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[109,163,164,165,166],"class_list":["post-24070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-agitators","tag-mixers","tag-mixing-equipment","tag-optimal-performance","tag-optimization"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vakkimsa.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vakkimsa.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vakkimsa.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vakkimsa.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vakkimsa.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24070"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vakkimsa.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24752,"href":"https:\/\/vakkimsa.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24070\/revisions\/24752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vakkimsa.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vakkimsa.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vakkimsa.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vakkimsa.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}