Vertical-Wheel

Innovative Vertical-Wheel™ Technology

Unique features include:

Vertically-orientated Wheel is departure from traditional, horizontal impeller designs

A long Wheel radius, peripheral paddles, and the rounded vessel bottom contribute to gentle, tangential fluid flow
Oppositely-oriented internal vanes contribute to the “cutting and folding” axial fluid flow pattern through center of Wheel
Wheel is enclosed inside vessel and rotates freely around a stationary shaft
End result is fast, efficient mixing with uniform particle suspension and dispersion

Animation of Vertical-Wheel Mixing

Mixing Demonstration Using Phenolphthalein

Particle Suspension Demonstrations Using Surrogate Plastic Beads

True Scalability

Consistent mixing performance with low shear stress, from 50 mL to 500 L working volumes, using the same Vertical-Wheel™ mixing mechanism

The result is true, predictable scalability: the same mixing parameters (e.g. volumetric power input) that work at 50 mL can be applied at 500 L to achieve a similar microenvironment

Vertical-Wheel technology facilitates cost effective, high-throughput screening at the representative benchtop level before scaling up to larger volumes for clinical and commercial manufacturing

MagDrive
Driven by magnetic coupling between the
Vertical-Wheel™ and housing unit

PBS MINI
PBS 3 MAG
PBS 15 MAG
PBS 80 MAG