Sharpe Mixers on Yahoo! News

Sharpe Mixers welded HYFLO impeller assembly

Sharpe Mixers was recently subject of an article on Yahoo! News.  The story discusses our impeller designs, focusing on our industry leading HYFLO design.  Our four-blade design is 10% more efficient than other three-blade designs, offering better performance. 

Our HYFLO has been tested through CFD modeling against a number of leading hydrofoil impeller designs and have consistently provided the most flow for the least amount of power.

You can read the entire article here:

Sharpe Hydrofoil Mixing Impellers Feature Efficient Blade and Hub Design


How can we help you with your mixing needs?  Contact us today!

Sharpe Mixers Stand the Test of Time!

Other titles that came to mind for this post were "Never judge a book by its cover" or "It's what's under the hood that counts". 

Let me explain.

Recently a customer returned a couple of mixers to us for a "tune-up".  The mixers still worked, the customer just wanted us to give them a quick evaluation.

When the mixers arrived on our receiving dock, we were blown away!  These mixers were shipped back in 1987 and have led a hard life.  They are used in a picking process for a galvanizing company, and operate in an extremely caustic and corrosive environment.

The pickling process involves using a dilute solution of hot sulfuric acid to remove rust and mill scale to provide a clean metallic surface.  Next, the item goes to the fluxxing tank, where it is dipped in ammonium chloride.  Finally, the galvanizing process involves dipping the product into molten zinc, which is heated at 820 to 850 F.  These processes create quite a corrosive environment!

So after 25 years of service in this harsh environment, these mixer drives were returned to us for refurbishing, with an emphasis of keeping costs down for our customer who was operating under a tight budget.

What did our evaluation find?  The shaft bearing and seal on each unit, which are subjected to the corrosive vapors directly above the pickling tank, were in need of replacement - that was it!  These mixers still have their original motors and gearboxes (including original gearing and bearings), and will continue to use these original components as they are returned to service.

This customer will only purchase Sharpe mixers due to our proven track record in their facility.

Pacific Northwest Food Processors Exhibit - Jan 16th - 18th, 2012



Michael Bauman and David Bowlin of EPS.

 This exhibition is always a good show for Sharpe Mixers, and this year was no different.

Despite some nasty weather we saw a wide variety of customers, new and existing.

Some are food processors, mostly in the fruit and vegetable processing industry.

Others are OEM accounts that supply Sharpe Mixers with their process, water and wastewater treatment systems.

The all stainless steel portable mixer we displayed at this year’s show attracted a good deal of attention.

Everyone recognized the advantage of the new quick-clamp assembly.

EPS provides a wide variety of products to the food processing industry including mixing and agitation, filtration, cooling and heating, water & waste treatment.

Michael Bauman, pictured above, is a new salesman for EPS, coming from the food process industry in the Yakima Valley, where he will be focusing his efforts.


Submitted by Fred DeCicco

Northwest Food Processors Expo 2012

Sharpe Mixers Sales Representative David Bowlin.

The Northwest Food Processors Association will hold their annual meeting and exhibition in Portland Oregon, Jan 15-18, 2012.

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

Once again, Sharpe Mixers, in association with our local sales representative, David Bowlin, Engineered Products & Services, will be participating in this event.
 
Come by and see us!  We will have our popular All Stainless portable mixer on display, along with many other products.  We will be happy to answer all your questions and prepared to impress you!

Happy Holidays from Sharpe Mixers!



Sharpe Mixers staff 2011

 We at Sharpe Mixers would like to shout out a Happy Holidays wish to all!  We hope the holidays find you well and that you get to spend them with family and loved ones.

Sharpe Mixers recently celebrated our success in 2011 at our annual Christmas Party, and we realized just how much we had to celebrate!

2011 was a very successful year for Sharpe Mixers.  We expanded into many new markets, both domestic and international.  This has created many new business opportunities in some exciting new industries.  China continues to be a strong market for us, as does Europe and South America.

Jay Dinnison - President/CEO

2011 also saw us introduce several new products to our mixer and mixer accessory line, including our M5 Quick Clamp, remote tachometer displays, all-stainless shaft bearings for our all-stainless portable mixer drives, and much more!

We also went live with our NEW online web store! Now you can purchase parts for your portable mixers online any time, day or night! You can visit our web store at www.sharpemixersstore.com/. We will be expanding on our store offerings in the coming year, so check back!

At Sharpe Mixers, we are always searching for better ways to serve you, our customer. 2011 saw many changes implemented to improve mixer and parts deliveries. This includes expansion of our stocked inventory items, as well the pre-manufacture of such components as impellers and mixer shafts. This allows improved ship time to you!

There were many behind the scenes improvements as well, such as the expansion of our new ERP system which puts more information at our fingertips, enabling us to provide you with faster answers.

Steve Drury - Vice President,
Director of Applications

Sharpe Mixers has always taken a great interest in family.  In fact, Sharpe Mixers really is one big family, with employees supporting and encouraging one another and taking interest in each others personal interests, activities and achievements away from work.  2011 gave us much to smile about!

We at Sharpe Mixers look forward to a successful 2012.  We have many lofty goals and ideas for the new year and are excited to get moving on them (many, we already have)!

We wish the best for you in 2012 as well, and look forward to continuing to offer you solutions for your mixing needs.

Happy Holidays from all of us at Sharpe Mixers!

New Sealed Stainless Bearings!

Stainless bearing for all-stainless mixer drive

We are excited to offer the option of an all-stainless sealed bearing for our all-stainless portable mixer drives! These bearings are corrossion resistant and won't rust, giving you the utmost confidence in the integrity of your product.

These bearings are available as an option with newly purchased mixers, or as an upgrade to your existing mixer, and are available in all standard portable shaft diameters.

Are you ready for an upgrade?  Order yours today!

Sharpe Mixers at Process Expo 2011

Sharpe Mixers exhibited at the now bi-annual Process Expo 2011, Chicago, Nov 1-4, 2011.

This is the first year that Process Expo is a stand-alone exhibition. It had been part of Pak Expo in the past. The new format brings a more focused audience to the show. People interested in food & beverage processing equipment, not packaging equipment, made up most of the attendees we saw this year. Our exhibit drew many food processors, especially, meat packers looking for brine mixers. Our all stainless steel portable mixer is a favorite in this industry.

Sharpe Mixers was the only agitator supplier at Process Expo. Other mixer companies, like those offering specialty mixers and high shear mixers were in attendance, but none of our common competitors were there.

Sharpe Mixers participated in the educational part of the exhibition this year. Two technical sessions were presented, detailing the sanitary design features used by Sharpe Mixers to bring our equipment into conformance with USDA, 3A and FDA standards and guidelines. Much of the focus was on our line of all stainless steel portable mixers. One of the seminars was presented in Spanish by Laurie Thayer, our in-house linguist and purchasing manager, to a Latin American audience, organized by FISA’s (Food Industry Suppliers’ Association) Educational branch, under their “Seminario de Innovaciones” program. Kyle Sides, our director of sales, presented the same seminar to a large group of English speaking participants.

The food & beverage industry continues to be a growing part of our business, as more and more plants look to upgrade the quality of their mixing equipment. Sharpe Mixers product development catering to the sanitary industries has made a very good impression on the marketplace. Show attendees who stopped by our exhibit recognized the advantage of our product features and benefits, making statements like “This is what we need”, “How soon can we get one of these?”, and “This is the mixer I was telling you about.”

The show was also a good opportunity to visit with our local sales representatives at Anderson Pumps & Process, with offices in Illinois and Wisconsin. Some of our other sales representatives visited us, including folks from F & H Food Equipment Co., KGO Group, Inox Pumps & Process and York Fluid Controls.

The future of the process industry trade show is definitely in transition. The overall attendance at this year’s Process Expo was good, not terrific, but, highly qualified. Attendance at most shows has dropped in the past few years, due to both the internet and the economic downturn. Going to a bi-annual cycle will help Process Expo maintain a better than average interest level. We may see other industry shows going to a less than annual calendar, in the future.

Sharpe Mixers will continue to support the food & beverage industry by exhibiting at Process Expo in October 2013.


Submitted by Fred DeCicco