Northwest Food Processors Association and Sharpe Mixers

The Northwest Food Processors Association held their annual meeting and exhibition in Portland Oregon, Jan 16-19, 2011.

This venue is an opportunity for food processors in the Pacific Northwest to attend educational sessions and see and meet with their suppliers.

Sharpe Mixers, in association with our local sales representative, David Bowlin, Engineered Products & Services, participated after a 2-year hiatus.

To say that we were pleasantly surprised by the activity is an understatement. It seems like the economy is on the way up, again.

Many of our existing customers stopped by to visit and talk about their business. They were very positive and excited about the future. We were told that projects that had been back-burnered for the last two years were active again and going forward.

The quality of the sales leads we received, from new and existing clients, was the best I have seen in a long time. The diversity of the attendees was also very interesting. There were many new entrepreneurs, new companies with new food products.

Our All Stainless Steel Portable Mixers attracted a lot of attention. Some folks didn’t know that this type of product existed: paint-free, USDA approved (3-A Certification pending), and easily cleaned.

David had only one concern after the show. How can he respond to all the “hot” leads in a timely fashion.


Submitted by Fred DeCicco

In-line Mixing for Water Treatment

Sharpe Mixershas been providing in-line mixers for a leading process equipment manufacturer for many years. It's a business relationship that has grown and prospered as a culmination of the technical knowledge and experience our partnership offers.

The mixing process is referred to as flash mixing. Due to the minute amounts of solutions added to the relatively large amount of raw water treated, flash mixing coagulants and other chemicals is necessary. Instant diffusion of the coagulant solution is required, or many particles will be missed, resulting in an overall higher turbidity or excessive use of coagulant. This is because rapid chemical reaction starts the instant alum or other coagulant is blended with raw water.

In this application, Sharpe mixers are mounted to a pipeline where they provide continuous, instantaneous blending of coagulant water prior to flocculation. This is done by (2) impellers mounted to the mixer shaft, pumping towards each other at high speed. Of course, other technology comes into play here as well!

How can our flash mixer arrangement help you? Contact us today to find out!

New Web Site for Sharpe Mixers!

Sharpe Mixers starts the 2011 year off with a brand new web site! We've received many compliments over the navigation and overall layout of our previous web design. But designs are meant to be improved upon!

Continuing with the easy navigation concept, our new design gets rid of javascript for better search engine optimization (SEO), and incorporates many, many other SEO features. What does this mean for you? Better search ability and easier to find topics.

Some of the new features includes a multimedia page, streaming videos of various new products, awards and even installations.

There is by no means a finished product. There will be more additions soon - stay tuned!

Revisiting History and Our Founders

What better way to begin the new year than to revisit an important part of our past here at Sharpe Mixers?

This image was forwarded to us by our good friends at the Mellema Co., our sales representatives in Minnesota. It is from a Pulp and Paper Sales Conference that took place in June of 1965, and includes our founders Charlie Burhans and Phillip Sharpe.

Charlie Burhans and Phillip Sharpe founded The Burhans-Sharpe Company in 1953 as a sales organization with equipment and engineering services for the chemical process and pulp and paper mills in the states of Washington and Oregon.

In 1970, The Burhans-Sharpe Company became mixer manufacturers and rest is history. Now known as Sharpe Mixers, we continue to be innovators and leaders in the mixing industry. How can we help you? Visit our web site today at http://www.sharpemixers.com/ to learn more!