Special Mixer Stand Design

Sometimes "out of the box" simply doesn't work. Sharpe Mixers has known this for years. In fact, much of our success in the mixing industry has come from our willingness to work with our customers and our ability to design around their needs.

Here is a great case in point. Recently, a customer in the soap industry approached us with their special need: Rather than angle mount their Sharpe portable mixer in traditional fashion, they required a center cantilevered mount for their iBC Tote.

The answer? A floor mounted mixer stand with extended arm over the tote, coupled with our Quick-Connect coupling.

This design allows our customer to position a tote under the permanently mounted mixer with the shaft removed, insert the shaft assembly into the Quick-Connect coupling, mix the product, and then quickly and easily remove the mixer shaft in preparation for the next tote to be brought in.

Sharpe Mixers has been designing and building innovative mixer stands for many years, starting with our basic MS floor stand and working all the way up to our high end ELS (electric lift) and ALS (air lift) stands. Our mixer stands can be found in many industries and applications, including sanitary and pharmaceutical installations. How can we help you?

Our mixer stands come with many accessories, including casters and tank straps. They can be provided in epoxy painted carbon steel or SS316 construction.

Want to learn more? Contact us with your questions! We'll offer a solution to fit your exact needs.

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!

Happy Holidays from Sharpe Mixers!

Happy Holidays from everyone at Sharpe Mixers!

Washington International

Mike Crowley, founder of Washington International, recently paid a visit to our Seattle facility. Washington International is Sharpe Mixers' authorized sales representative for China, and has been a large reason for Sharpe's success in the China market the last several years.

Mike is currently working hard to combat fake Sharpe mixers and parts being sold in China, as well as misrepresentation by other companies and individuals claiming to represent Sharpe Mixers.

"They say that copying is the sincerest form of flattery. So, we at Sharpe Mixers, should be really flattered by all the attention, and the number of companies and individuals that are copying our products and spare parts. Unfortunately, the companies and individuals that are copying our products, are having our customers confusing them with us, and that is just no good.", Mike explains.

"The down side is our customers are paying high prices for mixers and spare parts, that are not authentic high quality Sharpe Mixers products."

To aid Mike in his quest, Sharpe Mixers has created an Authenticity Form where customers can check the authenticity of quotes, mixers and purchased parts. We think this will be a great tool in curbing the problem of fake parts and misrepresentation in China.