Atex Tanks for Alcohol Maceration

Alcohol is an organic compound used in a wide range of applications such as wine and distilleries, antiseptics, fuels, preservatives, solvents, perfumes and toiletries.  Due to its property, it is highly inflammable.

INOXPA follows the ATEX directives in designing its equipment for highly sensitive applications in explosive atmospheres.

We hereby share with you one such case study.  INOXPA offered solutions for highly inflammable and sensitive application to one of their customer who is into production of perfumes and toiletries:  alcohol maceration for perfume production.

First, our team assessed their requirement and the environment variables upon which INOXPA designed the solution for alcohol maceration of 6000 litres with LNE certification (calibration in accordance with Circular 09/09/1997 on stationary storage tanks, equipped with external level detection devices).

Key Features of the Equipment:

• Tank bottom magnetic agitator equipped with ATEX tank to prevent contamination between the product and the gear unit (totally hermetic).
• Easy CIP cleaning as there is no shaft in the tank.  There is only one central spray ball.
• The propeller, supplied with a low-level safety sensor, is immersed in alcohol. Thus, no moving parts of the agitator are in contact with the atmosphere, while a vertical agitator has a mechanical seal exposed to the gas and dangerous atmosphere.
• Zero maintenance. But if required, it can easily be carried out.