What is the difference between a homogenizer and a mixer?

Homogenizers and mixers are two common industrial machinery equipment that are widely used in industries such as food, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals. Their biggest difference lies in their different rotational speeds. Homogenizers, as precision processing machinery, are generally used in conjunction with mixers, emulsifiers, and other equipment. The homogenizer mainly crushes the large molecular particles inside the material to become smaller, making it a stable dispersion system. The mixer is mainly used for uniform mixing of materials, promoting dissolution, gas absorption, and strengthening heat exchange, which are commonly used in food processing.

1. Working principle and purpose
Homogenizer: Homogenizer is a precision machining machine mainly used to break down large molecular particles in materials, making them smaller and becoming a stable dispersion system. The working principle of a homogenizer is to achieve precise matching between the rotor and stator, allowing the rotor to rotate at high speed and smoothly, forming high-frequency and strong tangential and angular velocities, in order to break down large molecular particles in the material. The main purpose of a homogenizer is to classify the particle size of materials to achieve uniform particle size.

Mixer: The mixer is mainly used for uniform mixing of materials, promoting dissolution, gas absorption, and strengthening heat exchange. The working principle of a mixer is to stir and mix various raw materials through the rotation of the mixing blades, making them a mixture or a machine with appropriate viscosity. The application range of mixers is very wide, almost all food processing machinery will use it.

2. Speed and efficiency
Homogenizer: As a precision machining machinery, homogenizers are generally used in conjunction with mixers, emulsifiers, and other equipment. It has a very high rotational speed and can effectively crush large molecular particles, but the yield is relatively low. The advantage is that the mixing effect is good, and selecting the appropriate emulsifying head can be suitable for various working conditions, with a wide range of applications, suitable for various industries; The disadvantage is low yield and poor mixing effect for hard particle materials and high viscosity materials.

Mixer: The speed of the mixer is relatively slow and is mainly used for simple mixing, such as simple mixing without the need to refine the particles of the material itself. The advantage is the most traditional mixing method, which has a high yield and is widely used; The disadvantage is that it does not have a shearing and refining effect on the material, and can only be used for simple mixing.

3. Application field
Homogenizer: Homogenizers are mainly used in the food or chemical industry, such as dairy products, beverages, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, etc. In the food industry, homogenizers are used for tissue dispersion in the biotechnology field, sample preparation in the pharmaceutical field, enzyme treatment in the food industry, pesticide residue detection in food, and veterinary drug residue detection.

Mixers: Mixers have a wide range of applications, covering almost all industrial fields. In food processing, the mixer is used to make bread, cake, biscuits, chocolate, soybean milk, juice and other foods. In the pharmaceutical industry, mixers are used for drug preparation and subsequent production processes. In the chemical industry, mixers are used to produce products such as coatings, resins, dyes, rubber, and paints.