Conical screw mixer for pharmaceutical and chemical industries
Optimize mixing precision and efficiency with a conical screw mixer designed to handle diverse particle characteristics and prevent segregation, ensuring consistent product quality for your batch or continuous operations.

Mixes and Blends Diverse Solids and Powders
The Conical Screw Mixer Series SF 010 – SF 3000 from BOLZ-SUMMIX features a rotating mixing screw guided along a conical vessel by an orbital arm, ensuring efficient, gentle mixing and preventing segregation in diverse industrial powders and granules. Ideal for pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and food products, this mixer accommodates batch or continuous operations with a flexibility range of 10% to 100% loading capacity.
Constructed with corrosion-resistant stainless steels like AISI 316L and Hastelloy C22, it operates at temperatures up to 240°C and pressures from -1 to +6 bar, aligning with GMP, FDA, and ATEX standards. The machine’s PLC-controlled system integrates seamlessly into production lines, offering diverse customization options, including rotary shaft seals and CIP/SIP systems for efficient cleaning. With accurate mixing for high-purity end products and reduced energy consumption through optimized drive power, this solution delivers reliable performance across various industries and operations.
Benefits
- Enhances product uniformity and quality with consistent mixing, reducing batch variation.
- Minimizes energy consumption through efficient drive power, lowering operational costs.
- Offers versatility across multiple industries with customizable configurations and material options.
- Ensures compliance with stringent industry standards, supporting regulatory requirements.
- Simplifies cleanup processes with CIP systems, boosting operational efficiency and hygiene.
- Applications
- Chemicals,Metal powders,Fine chemicals,Surface coatings,Food products,Recycling,Pharmaceuticals
- End products
- Specialty fine powders,Spice blends,Metal alloy powders,Chemical compounds,Powdered pharmaceuticals,Protein supplements,Protective coatings
- Steps before
- Grinding,Purification,Drying
- Steps after
- Packing,Coating,Sterilization
- Input ingredients
- bulk solids,pharmaceutical products,chemical products,food industry materials
- Output ingredients
- homogeneous product flow,blended materials,mixed industrial products
- Market info
- Heinkel (Bolz Summix) specializes in engineered-to-order industrial equipment, offering expertise in solid-liquid separation and mixing technologies, with a strong reputation for high-quality centrifuges, mixers, and dryers tailored to various industry needs.
- Operating temperature (Orbital system)
- 160°C
- Operating temperature (Central shaft)
- 240°C
- Operating pressure
- -1 bar to +6 bar
- Explosion shock proof design
- 10 bar ESP
- Drive power
- Small
- Load flexibility
- 10 to 100%
- Discharge
- Unrestricted,residue-free
- Cleanability
- Good,residue-free
- Materials
- Stainless steel (AISI 304,AISI 316L,AISI 316,AISI 904L,Hastelloy C22)
- Surface finish
- Product contact – fine polish / electro-polish|Externals – sanitary polish / glass blast bead
- Seal type
- Single/multiple lip seal,gas-purged,liquid quench
- Working mechanism
- Rotating mixing screw with orbital arm
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- Product discharge
- Central,unrestricted,residue-free
- Cleanability
- Good cleanability,residue-free drainage of cleaning fluids
- Product load flexibility
- 10% to 100% load capacity
- Cleanability
- Good cleanability with residue-free drain
- Corrosive resistance
- Yes (Stainless steel,Hastelloy)
- Density/particle size
- Various densities,particle sizes,and shapes
- Diverse product handling
- Density,particle size,shape variation
- European PED Pressure Equipment Directive
- AD-2000 calculation
- ASME
- Code VIII
- Tank shape
- Conical
- Discharge method
- Central,unrestricted and residue-free
- Operating pressure
- -1 bar up to +6 bar
- Operating temperature
- 160°C (Orbital system)
- 240°C (Central shaft)
- Drive power
- Small,energy-efficient
- Material
- Stainless steel (AISI 304,AISI 316L,AISI 316,AISI 904L,Hastelloy C22)
- Surface finish
- Fine polish/electro-polish for product contact,sanitary/glass blast bead for externals
- Material selection
- Stainless Steel (AISI 304,316L,316,904L),Hastelloy C22
- Surface finish
- Fine polish / Electro-polish
- Heating options
- Heating jacket / Insulating jacket
- Sealing options
- Single or multiple lip seal,gas-purged,or mechanical seals
- Pressure design
- Explosion shock proof (ESP) design up to 10 bar
- Regulatory compliance
- PED,ASME,ATEX,FDA,REACH,etc.
- Temperature monitoring
- Diverse sensors for temperature
- Pressure monitoring
- Diverse sensors for pressure
- Cleaning system
- WIP / CIP / SIP nozzles
- Sampling options
- Sampling valves with containment