Although conventional homogenization has served the needs of the dairy industry and other industries for more than a century, the producers of pharmaceutical, personal care, chemical and food products are increasingly turning to high-shear fluid processing when highly precise processing is required. This special class of homogenization applies ultra-high shear force to a product stream to produce extremely small and uniformly sized particles and droplets for particle reduction, emulsification and cell disruption applications. The entire product experiences identical processing conditions as it passes through fixed-geometry micro-channels.

Unlike other homogenization methods, the same results are achieved for multiple systems using the same pressure and micro-channel geometry. Users are assured of achieving identical product results as capacity needs expand from the laboratory testing environment to full-scale production on the manufacturing floor.

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