{"id":10805,"date":"2024-09-09T05:11:04","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T03:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.ptm-mechatronics.com\/stage\/?post_type=grundlagen-guide&#038;p=10805"},"modified":"2025-02-03T11:36:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T10:36:15","slug":"ruehrwerke","status":"publish","type":"grundlagen-guide","link":"https:\/\/ptm-mechatronics.com\/en\/grundlagen-guide\/ruehrwerke\/","title":{"rendered":"Agitators"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-491936987\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-641334905\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>An agitator is a machine for stirring liquids or solids, as used in particular in the industrial production of foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, paints, varnishes, adhesives and other liquids and mixtures.<\/p>\n<p>An agitator consists of a drive, an agitator shaft and an agitator element. These are adjusted to the size of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ptm-mechatronics.com\/en\/grundlagen-guide\/ruehrbehaelter-hobbock-fass-ibc-container\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stirring tank<\/a>\u00a0designed. The chemical and material-specific characteristics of the medium to be stirred and the stirring task also influence the properties of the agitator. These properties include<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Speed and torque of the drive,<\/li>\n<li>Size of the agitator shaft,<\/li>\n<li>Number, shape and size of the agitators,<\/li>\n<li>General choice of materials (ATEX protection, food-safe, waterproof, etc.).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stirring tasks performed by an agitator are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ptm-mechatronics.com\/en\/grundlagen-guide\/homogenisieren\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Homogenize<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ptm-mechatronics.com\/en\/grundlagen-guide\/dispergieren-fluessig-fluessig\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dispersing liquid-liquid<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ptm-mechatronics.com\/en\/grundlagen-guide\/dispergieren-gas-fluessig\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dispersing gas-liquid<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ptm-mechatronics.com\/en\/grundlagen-guide\/waermeuebertragung\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heat transfer<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ptm-mechatronics.com\/en\/grundlagen-guide\/suspendieren\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Suspend<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ptm-mechatronics.com\/en\/grundlagen-guide\/feststoffmischen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mixing solids<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The agitator is selected according to the stirring task. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ptm-mechatronics.com\/en\/grundlagen-guide\/stroemungsprofile-von-ruehrorganen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flow profiles<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ptm-mechatronics.com\/en\/grundlagen-guide\/stroemungsarten-beim-ruehrprozess\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flow types<\/a>\u00a0of the different stirring elements plays a role. These must be suitable for the mixing task.<\/p>\n<p>The attachment to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ptm-mechatronics.com\/en\/grundlagen-guide\/ruehrbehaelter-hobbock-fass-ibc-container\/\">Stirring container<\/a>\u00a0is carried out via a traverse or a cover. Particular operating convenience and ease of work is provided by a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ptm-mechatronics.com\/en\/product-category\/ruehrwerkstechnik\/?swoof=1&amp;pa_typ=stativruehrwerk&amp;paged=1&amp;really_curr_tax=595-product_cat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agitator with lift<\/a>\u00a0with automatic lifting mechanism for the agitator.<\/p>\n<p>Agitators are often complemented by upstream or downstream components. For example, dosing pumps, dispensing nozzles, scales, etc. This turns individual agitators into\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ptm-mechatronics.com\/en\/sonderloesungen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Complete systems<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-374777101\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1810833745\" class=\"col medium-5 small-12 large-5\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" >\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"785\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/ptm-mechatronics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ATEX-Ruehrwerke-mit-Kunststofffaessern-Metallfaessern-Edelstahlcontainern-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ptm-mechatronics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ATEX-Ruehrwerke-mit-Kunststofffaessern-Metallfaessern-Edelstahlcontainern-1.jpg 785w, https:\/\/ptm-mechatronics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ATEX-Ruehrwerke-mit-Kunststofffaessern-Metallfaessern-Edelstahlcontainern-1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ptm-mechatronics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ATEX-Ruehrwerke-mit-Kunststofffaessern-Metallfaessern-Edelstahlcontainern-1-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ptm-mechatronics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ATEX-Ruehrwerke-mit-Kunststofffaessern-Metallfaessern-Edelstahlcontainern-1-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/ptm-mechatronics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ATEX-Ruehrwerke-mit-Kunststofffaessern-Metallfaessern-Edelstahlcontainern-1-447x333.jpg 447w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-left dark\" style=\"background-color:rgb(40, 108, 173);padding:2.5rem 3.75rem 2.5rem 3.75rem;\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2816664960\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3>Stirring technology<\/h3>\n<p>Efficient agitator technology - ATEX-certified, stainless steel, hygienic, IP67\/68 watertight, oil and silicone-free, acetone-resistant.<br \/>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2816664960 {\n  text-align: left;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"\/en\/produkte\/ruehrwerkstechnik\/\" class=\"button white\" >\n\t\t<span>To the stirring technology<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An agitator is a machine for stirring liquids or solids, as used in particular in the industrial production of foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, paints, varnishes, adhesives and other liquids and mixtures.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":10807,"template":"","class_list":["post-10805","grundlagen-guide","type-grundlagen-guide","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ptm-mechatronics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/grundlagen-guide\/10805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ptm-mechatronics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/grundlagen-guide"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ptm-mechatronics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/grundlagen-guide"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ptm-mechatronics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ptm-mechatronics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ptm-mechatronics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}