Processor Vessels

Walker Engineered Products is a leader in processor equipment, technology and options.  Customers realize the benefits of Walker process vessels with:

• the design and fabrication to 3-A Sanitary Standards
• the saving of process steps
• the ease of integrating a Walker vessel into a process line
• the flexibility of materials, vessel configurations and capacities from 10 to 10,000 gallons

Heat Transfer Technologies
Walker offers various technologies for heat transfer including channel on side wall, dimples on bottom cone and half pipe for high temperature applications in the chemical industry.

Processor Configurations
Available configurations of processors include cone bottom, dish top/bottom, slope bottom, open top or flat top w/ hinged covers and more.

Flexibility of Materials
Our engineers can specify the right stainless steel or other metal options for your applications: 304 stainless; 316; AL6XN more resistant to chlorine attack; alloy 20 for chemical process applications; Hastalloy for pharmaceutical and personal care products.

3-A Sanitary Standards
3-A Sanitary Standards are the gold standard for processor vessels. Walker is committed to designing and manufacturing to these benchmark sanitary standards that certify hygienic equipment design for dairy and food processing equipment.  Walker Engineered Products is the only stainless steel vessel fabricator that has the 3-A authorization symbol for five categories: silos, uninsulated tanks, storage tanks, batch processors, and batch pasteurizers.

Viscosity Ranges

Examples of Common Food Viscosity
Viscosity Range		Product Examples
0 to 500 cps		water, milk, fruit juices, ice cream mix
500 to 2,000 cps		catsup (hot), jams, spaghettisauce, whey (50% solids), corn starch
2,000 to 5,000 cps		barbecue sauce, pancake mix, chocolate syrup, honey, tomato sauce
5,000 to 15,000 cps		fruit purees, condensed milk, juice concentrate, sour cream, tomato paste, yougurt
15,000 & Up cps		cream cheese, baby food, liquid sponge mix, molasses

Please refer to the examples of cps viscosity measurements and related food items to get an idea which processors are best suited for which levels of viscosity.
 

Finding the Optimal Agitation for your product:
	Viscosity Range (CPS)	0 to 500	500 to 2,000	2,000 to 5,000	5,000 to 15,000	15,000 & up
	PZ & PZ-ST sloped bottom, side outles, multi zone heat transfer	Best	Good
	PZ-CB cone bottom, center outlet, multi zone heat transfer	Good	Best	Best	Best	Good
	PZ-CR couter rotating agitators, cone bottom, center outlet, multi zone heat transfer					Best
	PZ-K process kettle, center outlet, counter rotating agitator, multi zone heat transfer	Best	Best	Best	Best
	HI-MIX sloped bottom, squirrel cage agitation-powers/particulates into slurries	Best	Best	Good
	MULTI-MIXER bottom mounted high speed mixer, counter rotating agitator, options-heat/cool		Good	Best	Best	Good
	LIQUI-MIXER bottom mounted high speed mixer-agitation-powers/particles into slurries		Best	Good	Good	Good

Batch Processors
Walker can build processor vessels up to 10,000 gallon capacity and larger on request.