VisiMix

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• VisiMix
• Simulation of Mixing Processes

VisiMix Ltd, PO Box 45170, Jerusalem, 91450,
Israel Tel 972 - 2 - 5870123 Fax 972 - 2 -
5870206 E-mail info_at_visimix.com
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• VisiMix
• Simulation of Mixing Processes

Presentation Contents - The Customers -
The Technology - ROI - VisiMix Products
- Saving Examples
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About Us
VisiMix is a unique software enabling chemical
engineers, process engineers and RD personnel to
visualize mixing processes via a simple, user
friendly interface. Our products allow
significant savings in time and costs by
drastically reducing the need for
trial-and-error. They have been successfully
adopted by hundreds of companies.
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Customers and Markets
Our Customers
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What Our Customers Say About Us
From the Dow Chemicals Intranet Website
VisiMix This is a highly accessible PC
software for mixing calculations available from
VisiMix Ltd., an Israeli company. It is a rating
calculation tool for both non-reactive and
reactive mixing involving blending, solid
suspension, gas dispersion, liquid-liquid
dispersion, or heat transfer processes in stirred
vessels. It calculates the important process
parameters for single- and two-phase systems
power consumption, circulation rates, local
concentrations of solutes and suspended
particles, drop size, concentrations of
reactants, etc
Dr. Victor Atiemo-Obeng Dow Chemicals Co.
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What Our Customers Say About Us
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Customers and Markets
Customer List
1. L'Oreal, France 2. BASF AG, Germany 3. Dow
Chemical Company, USA 4. Searle (MONSANTO),
USA 5. Lightnin, USA 6. LG Chemicals, S. Korea
7. Xerox , Canada USA 8. The Gillette Co.,
USA UK 9. De Dietrich, France USA 10.
ENIChem, Italy 11. Eli Lilly Company, USA 12.
NIPPON, Japan 13. Novartis, USA 14. Millennium,
USA 15. ICI, UK 16. Hercules, USA 17. Pfizer,
USAUKGr. 18. Mitsubishi Chemicals 19. Abbott
Laboratories, USA 20. GlaxoWellcome,UKSingapore
1. L'Oreal, France 2. Techmix S.r.o, Czesh
Republic 3. BASF AG, Germany 4. BASF, Denmark
5. BP Chemicals - Wingles, France 6. Sanofi
Recherche, France 7. Technimont, Italy 8.
Nycomed Imaging, Norway 9. Hoesch Sohne,
Germany 10. DSM, The Netherlands 11. Searle
(MONSANTO), USA 12. Lightnin, USA 13. Chevron,
USA 14. Teva, Israel 15. Plantex, Israel 16.
Bromine Compounds, Israel 17. ENSIC, France 18.
LG Chemicals, Taejon-city, S. Korea 19. LG
Tech, Yeochon-city, S. Korea 20. Lonza,
Switzerland 21. Thai Plastic and Chemical Public
Company, Thailand 22. Xerox Research Centre of
Canada, Canada 23. Xerox, USA 24. The Gillette
Co., USA 25. Gillette, UK 26. Lecaros, Chile
27. SK Chemicals, S. Korea 28. Dow Chemical
Company, USA 29. Monsanto, USA 30. Buchi AG,
Switzerland 31. Agisys, Hungary 32. Samsung, S.
Korea 33. Mervers, Holland 34. American
Cyanamid Company, USA 35. Belinka Belles, d.o.o.,
Slovenia 36. LG Chem. , ABS Division (S.
Korea) 37. BFGoodrich Advanced Technology Group,
US 38. PT MECO INOXPRIMA, Indonesia 39. Ion
Exchange, India 40. IL JIN Eng. Const. Ltd.,
Korea 41. CSIR Ltd., South Africa 42. PTI, Brazil
43. De Dietrich, France 44. De Dietrich, USA
45. Rhodia (Rhone Poulenc Group), Brazil 46.
Inymassa, Spain 47. ENIChem, Italy 48. Satake,
Japan 49. Chesebrough-Ponds, USA 50. Unilever,
Italy 51. Schering-Plough, USA 52. Ontec,
Israel 53. Cytec, USA 54. Degussa, Germany 55.
IHN Groningen BV, the Netherlands 56. PEAS BV,
the Netherlands 57. Eli Lilly Company, USA 58.
BSL (Dow group), Germany 59. VMD PTE Ltd.,
Singapore 60. Tecnicas Reunidas, Spain 61.
NIPPON, Japan 62. Chr. Hansen, Denmark 63.
Danisco, Denmark 64. Novartis, USA 65. SNECMA,
France 66. Millennium, USA 67. Ucosan B.V.,
Holland 68. Norde Veenendaal B.V., Holland 69.
Akzo Nobel, Germany 70. Astra Charnwood, UK 71.
ICI, UK 72. Stork, Netherlands 73. Hercules, USA
74. Luigi Menestrina, Italy 75. Siersma
Leidshendam, the Netherlands 76. Sara Lee, the
Netherlands 77. Pfizer, USA 78. Pfizer, UK 79.
Pfizer, Germany 80. Beiersdorf AG, Germany 81.
Sintef Applied Chemistry, Norway 82. Chemitec
OY, Finland 83. Makhteshim, Israel 84.
Chemagis, Israel
85. Nitto Denco, Japan 86. 3M, USA 87. Broom
Chemie, the Netherlands 88. Atlas-Stord,
Denmark 89. Canon, Japan 90. Mitsubishi
Chemicals 91. Imation, USA 92. NIKKI, Japan 93.
Fuji Xerox, Japan 94. Oxy Vynils 95. Scanlube,
Sweden 96. GlaxoWellcome, Singapore 97.
GlaxoSmithKline, UK 98. SmithKline Beecham, USA
99. MF Process Simulation, The Netherlands 100.
Abbott Laboratories, USA 101. Air Products,
USA 102. Gruppo Lepetit, Italy 103. Johnson
Polymer, Holland 104. Dow Corning, USA 105.
Pharmacia Biotech, Sweden 106. Panandiker
Research Development (P) Ltd., India 107.
Fujifilm, Japan 108. Katholieke Hogeschool
Brugge-Oostende, Belgium 109. The Casali
Institute, Israel 110. Noordelijke Hogeschool
Leeuwarden, the Netherlands 111. Stettin
University 112. Taiwan University 113. Ecole
d'Electrochemie, France 114. Ecole Polytechnique,
Canada 115. University of Western Ontario, Canada
116. University of Barcelona, Spain 117.
Taejon National University, S. Korea 118. Otto
von Guericke Universitat, Germany 119. Tsinghua
University, China 120. VUOS, Czesh Republic 121.
Universita di Roma, Italy 122. Hanyang
University, S. Korea 123. Royal Institute of
Technology, Sweden
Total 123 customers
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De Dietrich - Example
http//www.ddpsinc.com/MixingSimulations.htm
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De Dietrich - Example
http//www.ddpsinc.com/Visimix.htm
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Simple and Effective - Interface
Technology - Simulation of Mixing Processes
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Simple and Effective - Background
Technology - Simulation of Mixing Processes

• The First and the only tool in the Industry
• Reliable and accurate results
• Based on More Than 300 Man Years of RD and
  Industry Experience
• Replacing Pilot Experiments
• Accelerated Time-to-Market process
• User Friendly and easily accessible

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Simple and Effective
Return On Investment (ROI)
Per Year basis
Savings Per project - 20,000 Per year
- 150,000 (5-10 projects per year)

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Quality
Time
Time To Market
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VisiMix Products
Introduction

• VisiMix software
• Based on advanced scientific knowledge and
  practical expertise
• User-friendly and easy to operate
• Requires easily accessible initial data

• The latest VisiMix products are
• VisiMix 2K8 Turbulent
• VisiMix 2K8 Laminar
• VisiMix 2K8 Different Impellers
• VisiXcel

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VisiMix Products
VisiMix Software Products

• VisiMix 2K8 Turbulent for low-viscosity liquids
  and multiphase systems.
• The program provides process parameters
  necessary for analysis, scaling-up and
  optimization of mixing tanks and reactors with
  all types of impellers

• Calculations of
• Blending
• Suspension
• Dissolution
• Emulsification
• Gas dispersion
• Heat transfer
• Chemical reactions
• Mechanical stability of shafts

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VisiMix Products
VisiMix Software Products

• VisiMix 2K8 Laminar - for highly viscous media

• Newtonian and non-Newtonian
• Macro-scale blending
• Micromixing in high-shear areas
• Heat transfer

    pastes    creams   
shampoos    liquid soaps    gels   
ointments    paints    coatings   
slurries    polymer solutions
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VisiMix Products
VisiMix Software Products

• VisiMix 2K8 Different Impellers for combined
  mixing devices

• The program handles mixing devices
  consisting of any 2 5 impellers. Different
  distances between impellers
• Used in combination with VisiMix Turbulent.
  
• Provides parameters of hydrodynamics,
  turbulence and heat transfer. 

• VisiMix VisiXcel automatic conversion of
  VisiMix output parameters into Excel
  spreadsheets.

• Integrating VisiMix report parameters in standard
  Excel worksheets
• Analyzing VisiMix results in Excel

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VisiMix Orientation
VisiMix Demonstration Tools
The VisiMix Demonstration Tools

• VisiMix Turbulent Examples User Guide
• VisiMix Laminar - Examples User Guide
• VisiMix Different Impellers Examples User
  Guide
• VisiMix Turbulent SV Trial Education
• VisiMix Review of Mathematical Models
• Selected Verification Examples
• The Comparison between Published
  Experimental Data and VisiMix Calculations

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Saving Examples

• Finance Saving Examples (ROI)
• Cooling A Paste
• Paints
• Suspension in a Batch Reactor
• Scale up Methodology

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Finance Saving Examples (ROI)
Example Case Classic Solution Visimix Solution Saving
Cooling of a Paste Batch Production Time Replacement of the whole mechanical system Input the existing mixing systems parameters to VisiMix software, implement small changes 125,000 per year
Paste and Coating Mixing several components to obtain high quality paint during scale-up process Increase the impeller speed and improve the heat removal in the tank. No successful results obtained Change agitator dimension for uniform mixing without overheating 40,000 per year
Suspensions in a batch reactor Plugging of the bottom valve of the reactor Replacement of the agitator Lower the impeller position 12,000 saved on the cost of a new impeller and for all associated operational costs
Scale up Methodology Implementation during the Scale studies Calculation after finishing the development stage Calculation during the development stage Decrease in the quantity of out of spec material in the launching and production steps.
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Cooling a Paste
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Cooling a Paste
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Cooling a Paste
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Cooling a Paste
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Cooling a Paste
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PAINTS
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PAINTS
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PAINTS
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PAINTS
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PAINTS
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PAINTS
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Suspension in a batch reactor
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Suspension in a batch reactor
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Suspension in a batch reactor
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Suspension in a batch reactor
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Suspension in a batch reactor
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Scale up optimization using simulation
experiments.
Scale Up Methodology (J.M. Berty. CEP, 1979)
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Scale up optimization using simulation
experiments.
Scale Up Methodology (J.M. Berty. CEP, 1979)
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Scale Up optimization using simulation
experiments.
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Scale Up optimization using simulation
experiments.
Financial aspects
produced lots until achieving to a stable
process
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Summary

• Save per project
• Save during development

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Thank You

• Positive reaction from customers from all over
  the world confirms
• - VisiMix is of tremendous help wherever
  mixing is involved.
• Thank you
• From the VisiMix Team

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Thank you for your attention