Tank Car Mixers

"With Cleveland Eastern Mixers tank car mixers, we are able to heat the material much more quickly. That means less down-time in our process."
- Raja Matthew, Akzo Nobel

A tank car mixer is used to blend contents of a tank car directly in the car, rapidly and efficiently.

Constructed in 316 grade stainless steel, the mixer is fitted with a mounting flange to bolt directly to the car's man-way

The Cleveland Tank Car Mixer features a specially designed propeller rotating inside a draft tube. The propeller draws fluid from openings in the side of the housing and forces it through a bi-directional elbow at the bottom. The elbow divides the discharge flow, imparting a powerful lateral movement to the fluid, for complete mixing and uniform heat transfer.

The flow pattern produced by the mixer incites motion even in remote recesses of the tank-car. Motors driving the shaft directly via flexible couplings are rated at 5, 7.5 or 10 hp, operating at 1750 rpm. Three heavy-duty bearings align and support the shaft at specific locations along the draft tube. The lower bearing is lubricated by the contents of the tank, whereas the top bearing handles the propeller thrust load.

A lifting eye located at the top of the mixer frame makes installation and removal easy. A clamp is provided to fasten the mounting flange and prevent fumes or odors escaping.

General applications include chemicals, paint, varnish, petroleum-based products, corn syrups and vegetable oils. For animal fats, such as tallow, the mixer can be furnished with heating coils. In cold weather, when the tallow tends to solidify, steam produced by the heating coils melts the tallow. The warmer product is then circulated throughout the tank, speeding up the melting process and reducing unloading time by 50%.

Customer Testimonial

Akzo Nobel uses the tank car mixers to speed the unloading of in-bound raw materials by as much as 50%. The tank car mixers are furnished with heating coils, which melt the tallow, allowing the product to circulate throughout the tank.

Raja Mathew, Senior Project Engineer at Akzo Nobel in Illinois, commented "We used to put steam coils in rail cars to melt the tallow, but it was very time consuming. With Cleveland-Eastern Tank Car Mixers we are able to heat the material much more quickly. That means less down-time in our process."

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