Univex SRM12+ 12 Qt Planetary Mixer, Countertop, 1/3 HP, 115V

The Univex SRM12+ is a 12-quart countertop planetary mixer on a 1/3 hp capacitor-start motor, running from an ordinary 115 V outlet at 6.6 amps. It is the smallest mixer Univex builds, and it carries the same variable-speed transmission as the floor machines above it rather than a simplified version of one.

Four marked speeds, and everything between them

Univex marks the beater shaft at 152, 228, 321 and 406 rpm. The drive is not stepped between those four: hardened alloy gearing works through torque-sensing variable-speed pulleys, so the mixer will hold any speed in the range, and the speed can be changed while it is running.

On a small mixer that matters more than it does on a large one. A 12-quart bowl is often doing delicate work — a meringue that must not be rushed at the start, a batter that splits if it is beaten too fast while cold — and a four-position gearbox forces a choice between two wrong speeds. Being able to ease the speed up as a mix comes together, without stopping, is the difference between a usable small mixer and a frustrating one.

The #12 hub is an option on this model

Univex builds the SRM12+ with or without a #12 power take-off hub, and that choice is made at order time. Specified with the hub, the mixer drives the ALMFC12 grinder, the VS9 slicer and the VS9H shredder at a second set of marked speeds — 117, 178, 231 and 316 rpm — which turns a countertop mixer into a countertop prep station. Specified without it, the hub cannot simply be added later from a parts shelf. Tell us which you want and we will quote it correctly.

Why Operators Choose It

• A 12 qt bowl in 33" of counter. The smallest planetary Univex makes, with a 12 qts. (11.3 liter) stainless steel bowl.
• The full variable-speed drive. Four marked speeds — 152, 228, 321 and 406 rpm — plus anything in between, changeable mid-mix.
• Standard outlet. 115 V single phase at 6.6 A on a NEMA 5-15P plug, with a 6 ft cord attached; 208–240 V available.
• Guarded and interlocked twice. A two-piece stainless guard with interlocks that stop the machine if the guard opens or the bowl is lowered.
• The guard goes in the dishwasher. Univex specifies the two-piece stainless guard as dishwasher safe.
• Two-year on-site warranty. Univex’s published term for every planetary mixer it builds.
• Built in the USA. Printed on the SRM12+ specification sheet.

Controls

Momentary-contact start and stop buttons working through a contactor, and a self-locking hand crank for the bowl lift. The 15-minute timer is an option on this model rather than standard — Univex lists it among the accessories, not the included equipment.

Ideal For

Cafes and coffee shops, small bakeries and pastry kitchens, restaurant dessert stations, test kitchens, and sites where the mixer has to live on a counter and share a standard circuit.

Specifications

A word on the dimensions

The figures above are the ones Univex publishes, and the sheet states that they include the pallet. Treat them as a crate envelope rather than a machine footprint: a 12-quart countertop mixer is plainly not 41" tall, and Univex prints the identical 41" × 33" × 22" for the larger SRM20+ as well. Univex publishes no machine-only dimension for either model. If the question is whether this mixer fits under a shelf, ask us — we will get the uncrated height from the factory rather than let you plan to a pallet.

Dough capacity

Univex publishes no dough-capacity figure for this model on its specification sheet. A capacity chart does exist in the company’s brochure and in the operator manuals, with conditions attached — flour moisture, water temperature, absorption ratio and in some cases a speed restriction — but the tables do not extract cleanly enough for us to be certain which figure belongs to which model. We would rather tell you that than print a pounds-of-dough number that might be the next model’s. Tell us the dough and we will get the figure confirmed by Univex before you order.

Certification

Be precise about this one, because it is easy to overstate. Univex’s NSF wording attaches to the finish: the sheet describes a durable NSF-approved hybrid epoxy / polyester powder coat. It is not a statement that the machine is NSF listed, and Univex publishes no cETLus, UL or ETL mark for any SRM planetary mixer. The "CSA and UL approved" note in the operator manuals refers to the wire insulation in the harness, not to a listing of the mixer. We have quoted the finish claim and left the rest alone.

Two places Univex contradicts itself

Its product page for this mixer lists a 15 qt. stainless bowl against the specification sheet’s 12 qts., and prints 120/60/1 where the sheet prints 115 V. We have published the sheet in both cases. The rated capacity of this machine is 12 quarts; a bowl larger than the rating is not a capacity, and we are not going to advertise one.

What’s Included

• 12 qt. stainless steel bowl
• Two-piece stainless steel safety guard
• Self-locking hand crank bowl lift

Factory Options and Accessories (Additional Cost)

• ALMFC12 meat and food grinder for the #12 hub
• VS9 vegetable slicer with adjustable knife
• VS9H vegetable shredder with plate holder and 3/16" plate, with further plate sizes, grater plates and a julienne plate available
• #12 power take-off hub, where not already fitted
• 15 minute timer
• Prison package, factory installed

Warranty

Two years, on-site parts and labor. Univex states the term in each model’s operator manual — the mixer "carries a two-Year, on-site, parts and labor warranty against any defects in materials or workmanship" — and in its Planetary Mixer Selection Guide, which applies it to every planetary mixer the company builds. Warranty work is scheduled 8:00 am to 5:00 pm local time, Monday to Friday, and claims go to the Univex Warranty Service Department before any repair. Overloading the mixer beyond the published capacity voids it.

Specifications per Univex data; subject to change by the manufacturer.