The water & wastewater treatment industries offer many applications for agitation equipment. Both industrial and municipal plants require mixing equipment for many of their treatment processes. Potable water, boiler water, process water, wastewater are some examples.Sharpe Mixers offers mechanical agitators for use in the many applications where liquid mixing is required.
The wide-ranging scope of products can handle mixing volumes from 50-gallon drums through multi-million gallon holding tanks.
Some examples of applications include
Chemical make-up and storage
Polymers, Lime slurry, Magnesium Hydroxide, carbon slurry, process water aids
Influent-Effluent Rapid Mixing
Chemical addition in high rate continuous systems
Sludge Blending and Storage
Polymer-sludge blending with the patented SimFlocc high-speed in-line blender
Slow speed low shear mixing for sludge storage
Equalization
Side entry agitators installed on large influent equalization tanks
Neutralization & pH control
Rapid addition and blending of pH adjustment chemicals
Anoxic and Anaerobic Mixing
Provide mild agitation without aeration using Up-Flow HYLFO hydrofoils
Flocculation
Slow Speed top entry agitators equipped with low shear HYFLO hydrofoil impellers and variable speed drives are the state of the art for municipal water treatment plants.
Filtration Backwash
Filtration media is washed for re-cycle.
The Sharpe Mixers product line ranges from fractional horsepower clamp-on portable mixers up to 300 hp top and side entry agitators. A wide variety of drive configurations are offered, including helical and worm gear reducers and v-belt drives. Various motor types and variable speed drive options are available. Wetted parts are available in a wide variety of materials such as SS316, Duplex Stainless Steels, plastic and rubber coatings.
