Engineered side entry mixers for industrial process and storage tanks
Side entry agitators that mount on the tank wall, so the drive stays at ground level. Each one is sized for your tank and your process, and made to order in our Pune works.
- 2.2 to 37 kW, at 280 or 450 rpm
- Gear or single-stage belt drive; hydrofoil or propeller impeller
- Single or double mechanical seal; SS 304 / SS 316 wetted parts
Why a side entry mixer?
On a tank that is wide compared with its height, a side entry mixer usually does the job with less installed cost than a top entry agitator. The tank roof carries no load, the shaft is short, and the drive can be serviced from the ground.
No roof structure
Nothing hangs from the roof, so floating roofs and light cone roofs need no bridge or reinforcement.
Short shaft
The shaft only reaches a short way into the tank. That keeps it stiff, light and inexpensive.
Ground-level service
Motor, belts, bearings and seal are all outside the tank and reachable without cranes or roof access.
Whole-tank turnover
The jet along the floor sets the whole tank turning, which blends it and limits settling.
Industries we build for
The duty sets the design. Blending a crude tank, keeping pulp stock moving and suspending limestone slurry each call for a different power, impeller, drive and seal.
Oil & Gas
Crude oil, fuel oil and intermediate-product tanks in refineries, terminals and tank farms.
Learn more →Power / FGD
Limestone slurry tanks and slurry storage in wet FGD systems.
Learn more →Food & Dairy
Raw milk silos and hygienic liquid storage tanks needing gentle circulation.
Learn more →Edible Oil
Storage, blending and holding tanks for palm, soybean, sunflower and other oils.
Learn more →Paper & Pulp
Stock chests, fibre suspension tanks and intermediate process tanks.
Learn more →Water & Wastewater
Equalisation tanks, process-water tanks and condensate polishing units.
Learn more →Distillery
Fermenters, beer wells, liquefaction and wash tanks in ethanol plants.
Learn more →CBG & Biogas
Anaerobic digesters, slurry and substrate tanks in CBG and biogas plants.
Learn more →What goes into every unit
Every side entry mixer we supply is engineered for the tank it goes on. We do not pick a model by motor rating alone.
| Component | What we offer |
|---|---|
| Motor | 2.2 to 37 kW; flameproof (FLP) for hazardous areas, or non-flameproof (NFLP) where the area allows |
| Drive | Gearbox, or single-stage V-belt drive, for 280 or 450 rpm at the mixer shaft |
| Impeller | Hydrofoil or propeller, sized for the flow your tank needs |
| Shaft seal | Single mechanical seal; double mechanical seal for oil & gas and FGD |
| Materials | SS 304 / SS 316 wetted parts (duplex option for FGD); MS non-wetted parts, SS for dairy |
| Mounting | Flanged to a nozzle on the tank shell |
How we size it
Your tank data
Diameter, liquid height, product, specific gravity, viscosity, temperature and pressure, and what the mixer must do.
Duty and power
We set the power for the duty (blending, sludge control, stock circulation or solids suspension) and work out how many units the tank needs.
Mechanical design
Propeller, shaft, bearings and seal are checked against the forces on them, and we fix where the units sit on the tank.
Offer and drawing
You get a technical offer with a GA drawing, the nozzle details and a price.
About Fluid Mixing Technologies
Fluid Mixing Technologies (FMT) designs and manufactures agitators and mixing equipment in Pune, Maharashtra, with its own fabrication and machining works at Chikhali and Talawade. Side entry mixers are one part of our range, alongside top entry agitators and complete mixing systems.
For our full range, see fluidmixtech.com.