Grinding Bead Homogenizer is also called Grinding Apparatus and Homogenizing Apparatus. Through efficient three-dimensional high-speed vibration, it assists the beating of the grinding beads to achieve the purpose of grinding, cracking and homogenizing the sample.

The structure of the homogenizer

The homogenizer is composed of a high-pressure pump and a homogenizer valve. Its main structure includes: a piston pump that generates high-pressure thrust, one or more homogenizing valves, and auxiliary devices such as a base. Piston pumps typically have 3, 5 or 7 pistons, with multiple pistons running continuously to ensure a smooth driving force.

How does a homogenizer work?

When the homogenizer is working, the milk heated to 55~80℃ is sucked into the homogenizer under low pressure, and enters into multiple pump chambers through the inlet pipe, and there is a filter plug at the inlet to prevent foreign matter from entering. Then under a higher homogenization pressure (usually 10~25MPa), the liquid material passes through the narrow homogenization valve slit at a high speed to break the fat globules.

✔️Homogenization is produced by the coordinated action of three factors:

• When the fat globules impact the homogeneous valve core at high speed, it will be subjected to a large impact force, which will cause some of the fat globules to be broken;

• The emulsion passes through the slit in the homogenization valve at a high speed, which produces a huge shearing force on the fat globules, resulting in the fragmentation of part of the fat globules;

• When the milk leaves the homogenizing valve at a high speed of 200~300m/s, the pressure suddenly decreases, which will separate the gas dissolved in the feed liquid and form bubbles, which will cause cavitation, so that the fat globules are subjected to very strong self-explosion. force, mostly broken.

In actual production, there are generally two ways of primary homogenization and secondary homogenization. The small fat globules that are broken into after primary homogenization tend to aggregate, while after secondary homogenization, the small fat globules have been opened and dispersed more evenly. Due to the poor effect of primary homogenization, secondary homogenization is generally used. In secondary homogenization, the material continuously passes through the two homogenizing heads. The secondary homogenization provides effective back pressure to the milk of the primary homogenization, so that the small fat globules that are re-aggregated after the primary homogenization are regenerated. open, so the secondary homogenization greatly improves the homogenization effect.

Usually primary homogenization is used in the production of low-fat products and high-viscosity products, while secondary homogenization can be used in the production of high-fat, high dry matter and low-viscosity products;

The application range of the homogenizer is as follows:

• Food and beverage industry: cream, soy milk, peanut milk, various pulp beverages, ice cream, health nutrient solution, food additives, various condiments, etc.

• Makeup industry: detergents, conditioners, body lotions, perfumes, etc.

• Chemical industry: paint coatings, emulsifiers, disinfectants, rubber paste, resin glue, flavors, etc.

• Pharmaceutical industry: antibiotics, antacids, intravenous emulsions, etc.

• Bioengineering technology: Extract cell contents, such as enzymes, prions, etc.

Conclusion

With the widespread application of homogenizers, future development is mainly based on practical application requirements and technological development. my country's homogenizer products started late and lagged behind by dozens of ideas compared with the international advanced level. There are gaps in material selection, processing accuracy, service life, application scope and energy consumption.

Today, with the general improvement of people's life and death level, the demand for food and beverages is increasing, and small equipment can no longer meet the needs of large consumption. Therefore, it has driven the demand for large homogeneous equipment with good consumption quality, stable performance and low energy consumption. Equipment becomes the purpose.

In addition, bioengineering and nanotechnology, as emerging industries in the 21st century, have developed by leaps and bounds. Homogenizers with a pressure of tens of MPa can no longer meet the demand. Ultra-high pressure homogenizers with a pressure of 100 to 150 MPa are also a direction in the future. 

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