Performance considerations in stator selection for high shear rotor-stator mixers

Note on terminology and evidence basis

Specific work head names such as Coarse Disintegrating Head, Square Hole Screen, Standard Emulsor Screen, Fine Emulsor Screen, and Slotted Head follow commercial rotor-stator mixer nomenclature used by equipment suppliers. General engineering claims in this article are based on peer reviewed rotor-stator literature concerning shear generation, emulsification, hydraulic behavior, and scale up. Where a statement maps general process physics to a named commercial head type, that statement should be read as process engineering interpretation unless a comparative experimental source is cited directly for that geometry.