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Vacuum mixing plants from 1 to 10,000 litres.

Every range works on the same principle: agitating, scraping and homogenising under vacuum. That is what keeps formulations transferable from the laboratory to production.

LEXA-MIX system with two mixing vessels and a shared operating platform

How it is built

Agitating, scraping and homogenising

A counter-rotating agitator keeps the product moving, PTFE scrapers keep the heated wall clear, and the rotor-stator homogeniser in the vessel base does the actual dispersing.

  • Double jacket for heating, holding and cooling
  • Vacuum powder feed — no lumps, very little dust
  • Conical bottom 30–60° for complete discharge
  • Frequency converters on all drives

LEXA-MIX / Equipment

A closer look at our equipment.

Original photographs from the LEXA-MIX equipment range. Each configuration is tailored to the process.

LEXA-MIX — Compact plants

Compact plants

For development, pilot work and small batches.

LEXA-MIX — Production plants

Production plants

With operating platform and counter-rotating agitator.

LEXA-MIX — Mobile homogenisers

Mobile homogenisers

Flexible dispersing technology for your process.

Ranges

Overview.

LM-Laboratory
1–200 L — formulation development, sample batches, pilot plant
LM-Basic
Compact vacuum mixing plant for standard formulations
LM-Standard
Production range, external or internal circulation (ECR-D / ICR-D)
LM-Flexible Batching
50–500 L — frequent product changes, small lot sizes
LM-Aseptic
Aseptic design for sterile applications
Vacuum mixing plants
50–10,000 L in production
Ancillaries
Premix and storage vessels, wax melters, mobile homogenisers
Cleaning
CIP and SIP systems with documentation
Automation
Process control, recipe management, batch records

Homogeniser

Homogeniser with pre-mix chamber

A pre-mix chamber sits immediately upstream of the rotor-stator. Raw materials are pre-dispersed there in the turbulent field before they reach the shear gap. The result: smaller droplets, a narrower distribution and considerably shorter batch times.

The technology is protected by 17 patents in the EU, Germany, the USA, China, India and Brazil.

  • Droplet size d50 from 10 µm down to 0.35 µm
  • Tip speed 25–32 m/s
  • A stable dispersion in a single pass
  • Drive power 5–55 kW

Materials and standards

Technical data.

Material
Stainless steel AISI 316L, product-contact surfaces down to Ra = 0.8 µm
Viscosity
up to 200,000 mPa·s under vacuum
Vessel
triple wall — product space, jacket, insulation
Standards
cGMP, EC-GMP, GAMP, EHEDG, ASME-BPE, PED, FDA 21 CFR Part 11
Qualification
DQ, IQ, OQ, PQ with full documentation

Selected customers

From cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and chemicals.

  • L’Oréal
  • Procter & Gamble
  • Coty
  • Beiersdorf
  • Wella
  • KAO
  • BASF
  • Bayer
  • Sanofi
  • Evonik

Technical enquiries

Contact Axel Wittek for plant specifications, product trials and technical questions.