Homogenizers / Mechanical Homogenizer

Homogenizers create suspensions or emulsions of mutually insoluble material, and make accessible material sequestered in matrices, such as animal tissue. A homogenizer will typically be mechanical in design, with some having ultrasonic capabilities as well. A mechanical homogenizer applying rotational shear forces can achieve maximum rotational speeds of 35,000 rpms, and test a wide sample-size range as wide as 0.03 mL to 40 L. Precision computer control technology allows some mechanical homogenizers to be operated from a laptop PC, and offer speed adjustments in increments of hundreds of rpms.