The ALS side-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 ALS is a side-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 ALS agitator ideal for use in sterile and aseptic applications. An ATEX-certified version is available for use in potentially explosive environments.
Benefits
• Versatile, modular, hygienic design
• Canbeconfigured for minimum energy consumption
• Gentle product treatment
• More uptime and higher yields due to low maintenance requirements
• Meets EU and US standards and regulations such as EHEDG, USDA, FDA, 3-A Sanitary Standards
| Duties | Typical examples | ||||||||||
| Keeping media homogeneou | 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) | ||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| PHYSICAL DATA | ||||||||||
| Materials | ||||||||||
| Steel parts: EPDMAISI 316L (standard). Other materials on request. | ||||||||||
| Seal rubber parts (O-rings or bellows): FPM/FEP (only for stationary o-rings) | ||||||||||
| FPM | ||||||||||
| Other materials on request. | ||||||||||
| Mechanical seal parts: Carbon | ||||||||||
| Silicon carbide | ||||||||||
| Carbon (FDA) | ||||||||||
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