The ALB bottom-mounted agitator is designed for a wide range of tank mixing and blending duties across the dairy, food, beverage, brewery, personal care, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.
The Alfa Laval ALB is a bottom-mounted agitator for hygienic mixing and blending in atmospheric and pressurized tanks. Its versatile, modular and hygienic design enables customization to meet the requirements of virtually any duty and ensures cost-effective, energy-efficient operation. Exceptional cleanability through Cleaning-in-Place makes the ALB agitator ideal for use in sterile and aseptic applications.
| Duties | Typical examples |
| Keeping media homogeneous | Milk storage tanks, cream tanks, mixed products tanks, UHT, and products storage tanks |
| Mixing and solutions | Fluid and fluid mixing, drinking yoghurt and fruit mix tanks, flavoured milk mix tanks, and syrup mix tanks |
| Dispersing | Powder protein and oil mix tanks, micro salt and milk product mix tanks |
| Suspension | Fluids with particles, juice tanks, crystallizing tanks, etc |
| Heat transmission | Circulation of media in tank with dimple jacket (cooling or heating) |
| Flocculation | Wastewater treatment tanks |
Benefits
• Versatile, modular, hygienic design
• Canbeconfigured for minimum energy consumption
• Gentle product treatment
• More uptime, higher yields due to low maintenance requirements
• Meets EU and US standards and regulations such as EHEDG, USDA, FDA and 3-A Sanitary Standards
| TECHNICAL DATA | |||||||||||||
| Motor | |||||||||||||
| Motor size and speed as required for duty. As standard with IEC motor IP55, other types on request. | |||||||||||||
| As standard painted RAL5010. | |||||||||||||
| Voltage and frequency | |||||||||||||
| As standard for 3x380 to 420V, 50Hz - 3x440V to 480V, 60Hz. All motor voltages and frequencies are available. | |||||||||||||
| Gears | |||||||||||||
| Different gear types available according to configuration. As standard filled with normal synthetic or mineral oil, optional: Food approved oil. | |||||||||||||
| As standard painted RAL5010. | |||||||||||||
| Product wetted surface finish | |||||||||||||
| Industrial, Shot peened | Ra < 3,2 μm | ||||||||||||
| Hygienic, polished | Ra < 0,8 μm | ||||||||||||
| Hygienic (UltraPure), polished or electro polished | Ra < 0,51 μm | ||||||||||||
| ATEX - option | |||||||||||||
| Agitators can be delivered approved for use in an ATEX environment with declaration of conformity. | |||||||||||||
| Materials. List the range of materials available for wetted parts: | |||||||||||||
| Steel parts: | AISI 316L (standard). | ||||||||||||
| Other materials on request. | |||||||||||||
| Seal rubber parts (o-rings or bellows): | EPDM | ||||||||||||
| FPM/FEP (only for stationary O-rings) | |||||||||||||
| FPM | |||||||||||||
| Other materials on request | |||||||||||||
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