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Incorporated in 1946, Silverson has specialized in the manufacture of quality high shear mixers for the Food, Pharmaceutical, Nutraceutical, Cosmetic, and Chemical Industries for over 70 years! Silverson provides a range of equipment.

Key Equipment Examples

Flashmix Powder/Liquid Mixers

At its core, the Flashmix is engineered for precision. Its unique design employs a high-shear mixing head, which rapidly disperses and hydrates powders into liquids. This innovative technology ensures the production of smooth, lump-free mixtures in record time, reducing processing steps and minimizing downtime.

What sets the Flashmix apart is its adaptability. With the ability to handle a wide range of viscosities and accommodate powders of various particle sizes, it’s a versatile workhorse for industries spanning dairy, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, chemicals, and more. Plus, its hygienic design makes it ideal for applications demanding strict cleanliness standards.

In-Line Ultra Sanitary Mixers

The Silverson Ultra Sanitary series of multipurpose In-Line mixers can perform the widest variety of applications – mixing, emulsifying, homogenising, disintegrating and dissolving, with an efficiency, flexibility and sanitary construction unmatched by other machines. UHS range mixers are 3-A TPV (Third Party Verification) Certified and are fitted with EHEDG Certified Mechanical Shaft Seals, fully EHEDG-certified models are available. They are designed to comply with both FDA and cGMP guidelines.

Features:

• Self-pumping
• Aeration free
• No bypassing
• Interchangeable workheads
• Self-draining tangential outlet
• Ultra Sanitary single mechanical shaft seals, easily converted to double mechanical shaft seals
• No manual dismantling and cleaning is required, significantly reducing maintenance, operating cost, increasing reliability and increasing productivity

Batch Mixers

Silverson offers a complete range of multipurpose batch mixers. These mixers are capable of performing the widest variety of applications, such as:

• Mixing
• Emulsifying
• Homogenising
• Disintegrating
• Dissolving

The Silverson range of High Shear Batch Mixers offer efficiency and flexibility that is unmatched by other mixers. They are of robust and simple construction, ensuring that cleaning and maintenance is kept to an absolute minimum.

Each mixer is precision-engineered with an extremely close tolerance rotor/stator workhead which far outperforms conventional mixers. Reducing processing times by up to 90%, while improving product consistency and quality.

The range is divided into two distinct categories – medium range and large range models. Having capacities from 5 to 30,000 litres.

L5M-A Laboratory Mixer

The versatile L5M-A Laboratory Mixer features touch pad control with a digital tachometer displaying RPM, an amperage display and a programmable integral timer. These functions are invaluable when creating formulations and reproducibility is required.

The L5M-A can be connected to a computer via an optional USB port for use with the Silverson “DataLogger” program. Allowing monitoring and recording of speed and power draw during operation.

The L5M-A comes complete with the standard two frame arm mixing assembly. This includes a General Purpose Disintegrating Head, Square Hole High Shear Screen, Standard Emulsor Screen, and Axial Flow Head. Advanced Packaging Systems holds the standard assembly in stock, and can supply various other interchangeable assemblies on request.

Ask us for a free of charge trial loan on an L5M-A Silverson Laboratory Mixer today.

The IMACO and APS partnership brings a wealth of knowledge of liquid filling and labelling systems. IMACO systems can work independently as stand-alone or be a part of an automatic filling and labelling line. There are many customisation options to meet your requirements.

Filling Machines

The filling machine range can dose by various means, including mass or magnetic flowmeters, positive displacement pumps, through to dosing by a weighing bridge or volumetric piston pumps.

Labelling Machines

The labelling machine range accommodates many formats and container types, and the design minimises downtime when a changeover is necessary. Labelling options include front, back, top and bottom application, wrap-around, along print and apply online, and coding.

Key Equipment Examples

Polaris FM – automatic linear filling system

Polaris FM is an automatic linear filling system with a dosing unit that is designed to fill liquids by means of flowmeters automatically. The flowmeters are distinguished by their high reliability, minimal maintenance costs and long lifespan. Depending on the type of product being filled, you can use either mass or magnetic flowmeters.

Magnetic flowmeters are designed for products with a higher conductivity than 12µS (detergents, body soaps, shampoos, ketchups etc.).

Mass flowmeters measure the weight of the filled product and thereby eliminate the effect of temperature on the measured dose. The weight does not change at different filling temperatures. Mass flowmeters fill non-conductive (distilled water, oil etc.) and flammable (thinner, alcohol etc.) products.

Proxima 1 DRP

Automatic labelling system

• one labelling head (label height 140 mm or 250 mm)
• speed is synchronised using a central PLC
• enables the application of labels with multiple pages
• change of bottle types without format parts

Zalkin is a global leader in high-performance bottle capping machines and cap handling systems – from a 5 mL vial to a 5 gallon container – technology that addresses the full range of application needs for a wide variety of industries.

Advanced Packaging Systems are the exclusive agents for Zalkin, providing New Zealand with high-performance capping machines and solutions, such as:

• Rotary Cappers
• Single-Head Cappers
• Cap Elevators
• Cap Orientation
• Capping Heads & Turrets

Key Equipment Example

Zalkin Oppti.Cap Multi Head Capper

Oppti.Cap MH is a user-friendly capper offering significantly reduced maintenance time with very fast format changeover and high reliability. It is intuitive with a new HMI interface for easy preventive maintenance operations and diagnostics and is predictive with alerts on HMI for maintenance plan to reduce downtime.

Oppti.Cap MH is designed to provide long-term reliability

• It is scalable with pre-configured modules which can be added to the machine to accommodate new functions
• It is modular to meet the ever-changing needs of the consumer goods industry (packaging 4.0)
• It is sustainable with the latest servo motor generation and pneumatic functions, reducing energy consumption.

Zalkin Cap Elevators

Zalkin Cap Elevators supply a metered and controlled quantity of caps to rotary cap orienters at speeds up to 2,000 cpm (120,000 cph).

They are designed to perform two primary functions:

1. Supply a metered quantity of closures from the bins or hoppers where they have been loaded, and
2. Deliver these closures to the cap orientation system at the required elevation.

Zalkin Cap Elevators are available for a wide range of cap types and sizes, including:

• Screw-on closures, for plastic screw caps
• Roll-on closures, for aluminum caps
• Push-in closures, for T-corks, stoppers, and plugs
• Snap-on closures, for snap-caps and lids
• Screw-on + roll-on, for TOPP (Torque On Pilfer Proof) wine bottle closures
• Insert + close (for pumps and triggers)