Batch mixer for soft drinks
Efficiently mix and dissolve complex beverage formulations with high-speed batch processing, ensuring homogeneous results while minimizing waste and dust formation in your soft drink production line.
Mixes and Homogenizes Soft Drink Ingredients
The Tetra Pak Mixer RJCI 4X is designed for beverage manufacturers and soft drink producers seeking efficient ingredient management in their production lines. This versatile mixer stands out with its patented injection and radial jet technologies, which ensure fast in-feed and homogenous mixing of powders and liquids without air incorporation or foaming. It supports a wide range of applications from carbonated sodas to isotonic sports drinks, handling both liquid and powder ingredients. The ergonomic operator table facilitates ground-level ingredient addition, reducing infrastructure costs and enhancing operator comfort.
With its integrated recirculation loop and wet feeding options, the RJCI 4X minimizes ingredient loss and dust generation, making it a sustainable choice for high-volume production. It can handle complex formulations and supports automated batch operations, adapting easily to production demands without the need for high shear pumps. The mixer is PLC-controlled, allowing for seamless integration into existing production lines and offering real-time monitoring for improved process control. Tetra Pak also provides engineering support for customization to meet specific processing needs, including various lance options for handling diverse ingredient viscosities. This mixer upholds food safety standards with easy cleaning features, ensuring contamination-free operations.
Benefits
- Enhances production flexibility by efficiently handling diverse ingredient types and packaging formats.
- Minimizes ingredient waste through an innovative dust recovery system, ensuring sustainable operations.
- Cuts infrastructure costs with ergonomic design, eliminating the need for elevated platforms during ingredient addition.
- Streamlines production with automated operations and real-time monitoring, reducing manual oversight requirements.
- Ensures seamless product changeovers and high food safety standards with easy-to-clean components and recirculation loop.
- Applications
- Liquid formulations,Powder ingredients,Syrups,Beverage ingredients,Concentrates,Juices,Soft drinks,Sweeteners
- End products
- Flavored syrups,Energy drink formulations,Liquid sweetener solutions,Fruit juice blends,Herbal tea concentrates,Isotonic sports drinks,Powdered drink mixes,Fruit pulp bases,Cold brew coffee concentrates,Carbonated soda
- Steps before
- Ingredient Sourcing,Ingredient Preparation,Packaging Format Setup
- Steps after
- Ingredient Quality Check,Beverage Filling,Packaging,Quality Assurance
- Input ingredients
- soft drink ingredients,powders,liquids,sacks,Big Bags,packaging formats,water-soluble powders,ingredients for batch mixing,dry ingredients,low viscosity liquids,high viscosity liquids,concentrates
- Output ingredients
- homogeneously mixed soft drinks,mixed powders and liquids,recovered ingredient dust,combined liquid product
- Market info
- Tetra Pak is renowned for providing innovative packaging solutions, specializing in carton packaging for the food and beverage industry. It is esteemed for high-quality, sustainable, and efficient processing and packaging equipment on a global scale.
- Mixing capability
- 100% of ingredients in the soft drinks industry
- Packaging format compatibility
- Various (powder,liquid,sacks,Big Bags)
- Injection technology
- Patented injection for fast in-feed
- Radial jet technology
- For homogenous mixing
- Operator interface
- Large operator-friendly HMI
- Feeding method
- Aspiration,hopper,recirculation loop
- Wet feeding
- Handles water-soluble powders effectively
- Extractive,Recovery System
- Full recovery of dust
- Auto Mixing Device capacity
- Gum concentrations up to 1%
- Ingredients Loop Extension
- Allows multiple dosing points
- Lance options
- Powder,small liquid,large liquid
- Air incorporation control
- Minimized
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- Automation level
- Automated / PLC-controlled
- Cleaning method
- CIP
- Wet feeding capability
- Yes
- Dust recovery and extraction
- Extraction,Recovery System (ERS)
- Ingredient handling flexibility
- Multiple packaging formats
- Abrasion resistance
- Yes
- Biological compatibility
- Food-safe materials
- Cleanability
- CIP/SIP compatible
- Corrosive resistance (e.g.,acids)
- Stainless steel 316
- Density/particle size
- Handle fine to coarse particles
- Container size compatibility
- Various packaging formats
- Control panel type
- Large operator-friendly HMI
- Integration possibilities
- Ingredients Loop Extension (ILE)
- Lance options
- Three types for wet and dry intake
- Discharge method
- Extraction,Recovery System (ERS)
- Mixing device
- Auto Mixing Device (AMD)