One of the most important considerations for Sonic when custom building a Sonolator high pressure homogenizer system is the chemical compatibility of elastomers within the high pressure pumps and inline homogenizer unit itself. Standard elastomers often include: Buna, Viton, EPDM and Teflon or a Teflon blend. Sonic will help define the best compounds to use […]
In college I never thought I’d someday get involved with homogenizers, never-mind a homogenizer called a Sonolator! Sure, I figured valves, pumps, flow meters, etc. This was standard fare for process engineering after all. Homogenizers are a bit trickier and less well known. Wikipedia defines them as such:
A homogenizer is a piece of laboratory or industrial equipment used […]
Sonic Corp specializes in the design and manufacture of in-line blending systems for blending miscible fluids on a continuous basis. Most of our equipment solutions are customized to meet the challenges of a particular application.
Over the next few months we will be publishing several Engineering Spotlight videos on our YouTube channel. These Spotlight videos will demonstrate […]
I find it amazing how prevalent liquid mixing and homogenizing are in our everyday lives. These processes are needed, either directly or indirectly, in the making of everything from the clothing we slip on every morning to the Honeycomb cereal we eat for breakfast.
I’ll apologize now to all those modern-day, health-conscience eaters who might squirm […]
A pharmaceutical company approached Sonic with an eye ointment production issue — the ointment, while effective, had very small particles in the carrier medium. This meant that the patient using the ointment would feel the small particles. This sensation is similar to the feeling of having something […]
Most Colloid Mill manufacturers simply sell Mills off the shelf, as is. Most sales staff for these off-the-shelf Mills only know information about the product itself and not much about the surrounding components and instrumentation that might come into play once the unit is on the factory floor. Sonic Corp not only manufactures and […]
In many instances, in-line blending means the act of liquid processing in a pipeline as fluid is pumped from point A to point B. The equipment that handles this process is called a static mixer.
Static mixers mount inside a pipe and are installed after some pumping mechanism […]
Dow Corning, a major producer of silicone for the chemical industry and personal care industry, recommends the Sonolator homogenizer for creating silicone emulsions.
Below is an example of one of Dow’s “Beauty & Personal Care Solutions” brochure. The Sonolator is called out (see yellow highlight) by name in this brochure discussing formulation […]
You may have noticed, or not, that many of my blog posts are relatively dry and technical. Well, a colleague recently encouraged me to lighten up a bit and share with you some images from my recent trip to South Korea. I traveled to Korea to start-up two new Sonolator Homogenizer systems recently purchased by one of […]
Every year around this time, Sonic employees are very aware of how our manufacturing shop is progressing. No doubt the rest of the year we all pay attention to the production in our shop. However, this time of year is special. According to the owner/director of Sonic, Rob Brakeman, if all the work is completed […]
