Tiantai Company is specialized in designing and manufacturing complete beer and beverage production line. From brewhouse to fermentation tank, from water treatment to packaging, we deliver turnkey solutions to over 2,300 breweries and beverage factories worldwide. Mixing tank is popular used in beer and beverage production line.
Key Elements of a High-Performance Mixing Tank
When designing or selecting a mixing tank for your beer or beverage line, you should look for a few critical features:
1)Sanitary Construction
All product-contact parts must be made of food-grade stainless steel (SUS304 or 316L), with smooth internal surfaces (Ra ≤ 0.4 µm) to prevent bacterial growth. Full welding, polishing, and passivation guarantee a clean and safe surface for every batch.
2)Proper Geometry and Flow Design
A good ratio between tank height and diameter ensures stable circulation. Inside the tank, baffles prevent vortex formation, and a correctly placed impeller provides efficient axial flow for uniform mixing.
3)Efficient Agitator System
Tiantai offers several agitator options — from top-mounted paddle impellers to magnetic-drive mixers — to meet the needs of both low-viscosity liquids like beer wort and higher-viscosity beverages like juice concentrates. Each agitator is designed to achieve complete mixing in minimal time while protecting delicate ingredients.
4)CIP Friendly Structure
Cleaning-in-place (CIP) is vital in modern food and beverage plants. Tiantai mixing tanks are equipped with rotary spray balls and self-draining bottoms, making every corner reachable during cleaning cycles. This shortens downtime and ensures full hygiene without manual scrubbing.
5)Temperature Control Options
For beer wort mixing, syrup dissolution, or enzyme activation, heating and cooling are often required. Tiantai tanks can include jacketed walls for steam or glycol circulation, as well as insulation to maintain stable temperature control throughout production.
6)Automation and Control
Tiantai’s advanced control systems allow automatic speed adjustment, temperature monitoring, and recipe control. Operators can check and adjust parameters through the touch screen interface, ensuring precision in every batch.
Designing for Beer & Beverage Lines
1)In beer production, mixing tanks are widely used for:
Preparing syrup or adjuncts (such as rice, corn, cassava, or sugar solution)
Blending wort, flavoring, and additives
Mixing cleaning or sanitizing liquids for CIP systems
2)In beverage plants, mixing tanks play an even broader role:
Dissolving sugar and stabilizers
Homogenizing flavors and colors
Carbonating water and syrups before filling
Because of these diverse applications, each mixing tank design must match the specific viscosity, temperature, and process flow of your product line. Tiantai’s engineering team works directly with each customer to calculate tank dimensions, impeller type, and motor power — ensuring perfect fluid dynamics for your process.
An Example: 1000 L Mixing Tank
A 1000 L Tiantai mixing tank is one of our most popular models for microbreweries and medium beverage factories. It typically features:
1)Material: SUS304 stainless steel, thickness 3 mm
2)Surface finish: Inner polish ≤ 0.4 µm Ra, outer matte or mirror finish
3)Structure: Cylindrical vertical tank with conical bottom and top manway
4)Agitator: Top-mounted motor with variable speed, stainless impeller
5)Accessories: baffles, temperature sensor, sight glass, sampling valve, CIP spray ball, pressure gauge, and butterfly outlet valve
6)Capacity range: Working volume 80 % of total volume for efficient mixing
7)Optional features: Jacketed wall for heating/cooling, insulation layer, load cells, and PLC automatic control system
This configuration provides reliable, energy-efficient mixing performance suitable for beer, juice, tea, or energy drinks. It is compact, easy to clean, and fully compliant with international food-grade standards.
What makes Tiantai unique is not only the quality of individual tanks, but also our ability to integrate them into complete production systems. Our engineering service covers:
Layout design for brewhouse or beverage factory
Pipeline connection for glycol, CIP, and product flow
Electrical control cabinet integration
On-site installation and commissioning
Operator training and after-sales support
With Tiantai, clients don’t just buy equipment. They gain a complete turnkey solution optimized for performance, hygiene, and return on investment.
Whether you are planning a new craft brewery, upgrading a juice or kombucha line, or expanding an existing plant, Tiantai can help you select and design the right mixing tank and integrated process equipment.
Contact Information:
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Contact Person: Emily Gong
