Sharpe Hydrofoil Mixing Impellers Feature Efficient Blade and Hub Design

SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwire - Feb 21, 2012) - Sharpe Mixers manufactures a full line of impellers that are designed with blades to match customer mixing requirements and feature a design similar to that of an airplane wing which optimizes fluid flow.

Sharpe HYFLO Impellers provide a four-blade design that is reportedly 10% more efficient than a three-blade design and runs with greater stability. Featuring impeller geometries which are matched to customer mixing speed and application requirements, these hydrofoil mixer blades are welded to the hub, in a one-piece or split-hub arrangement, which keeps the top of the impeller clean to optimize flow and mixing efficiency.

Providing high blade strength and reliability by gusseting the impeller rather than increasing blade thickness, Sharpe HYFLO Impellers have been tested through CFD modeling against a number of leading hydrofoil impeller designs and have consistently provided the most flow for the least power, claims the firm. Sizes range from 3" to 210" dia. and these impellers can be manufactured from 316SS, titanium, and other alloys.

Sharpe HYFLO Impellers are priced according to material, size, and quantity. Price quotations are available upon request.

About Sharpe Mixers

Founded in 1953 as The Burhans-Sharpe Company, a sales representative organization with equipment and engineering services for the chemical process and pulp and paper mills throughout Washington and Oregon, understanding end-user requirements is in Sharpe's DNA. After successfully engineering and providing specialized equipment and services in the areas of mixing, heat transfer, conveying, vacuum control, pumping, filtration, and other applications in the chemical engineering industry, the company formed a mixer manufacturing division in 1970.

Today, Sharpe Mixers manufactures a broad line of portable and stationary mixers, energy efficient hydrofoil blade impellers, and related equipment to service the chemical, fluid gas desulpherization, food and beverage, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, pulp and paper, and water and wastewater treatment industries. The company has earned its reputation for providing dependable mixers configured to match customer requirements and minimize maintenance downtime. Always looking towards the future, Sharpe Mixers continues to develop innovative mixing solutions.