Solids Handling
Focus on: Bulk Solids Storage, Handling & Packaging
An automated and precise powder dispenser Intended for distributing resins from reservoirs into reactors, reaction blocks, and microplates, The REDI automated powder-dispensing platform (photo) is available in several configurations. These include: the REDI super, which distributes powder samples from 100…
Tank Coatings: Covering the Basics of Selection and Specification
The interior surfaces of your storage tanks are constantly at risk. If you walk past a tank often without giving thought to what is happening on the inside, it is because you trust the interior coating to protect not only…
Chementator: Resodyn Unveils ‘Entirely New’ Mixing Technology
At the Chem Show last month (New York; Oct. 30 – Nov. 1), Resodyn Acoustic Mixers Inc. (Butte, Mont.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/6902-531) demonstrated its new, impeller-free mixing technology, which induces microscale turbulence through the propagation of acoustic waves. Dubbed ResonantAcoustic Mixing (RAM),…
Solids Processing: Weighing Your Options — The 10 Most Important Scale Considerations
Scales are available in a dizzying array of types and sizes to suit different needs. Although it’s easy to default to price in order to eliminate the tedious task of researching your options, a basic knowledge of these ten key…
Microbial testing
A molecular testing method that attains a viable count of microbial organisms in as little as 4 h compared to the typical 3–14 d needed by standard methods, has been commercialized by Lonza AG (Basel, Switzerland; edlinks.chemengonline.com/6901-544). The genetics-based (RNA…
A less expensive way to produce titanium
A new process to produce titanium, called the TiRO process, has been developed by a team from CSIRO (Melbourne, Australia; edlinks.chemengonline.com/6901-538) through its Light Metals Flagship. The process is said to halve the cost of producing titanium metal components by:…
Honoring a bulk-solids pioneer
Throughout the +100-year history of the chemical engineering profession, there have been numerous examples of a single individual making a breakthrough discovery or contributing a key theory to the field. The awareness of such “single-handed” contributions, however, has certainly diminished…
Dry Screening: Sorting Out The Basic Concepts
The screening process has always been the workhorse for solid-solid separation in chemical, pharmaceutical, food, mineral processing, coal and agricultural sectors. It can be done in dry or wet mode depending on the state of the feed and…
Nanoparticles:Mild Dispersion
As the nanoparticle market continues to swell, expertise is surfacing about nanoparticle grinding and dispersion processes. A grinding solution (wet grinding with agitator bead mills) achieves the production of nanoparticles with an average fineness of 40–100 nanometers (nm).…
Cold-spray coatings
Linde Gas (Murray Hill, N.J.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/6897-538) and partners have developed a high-pressure gas-delivery system that allows coating powders to be sprayed using liquid nitrogen at temperatures that do not melt the powder particles. The system has been optimized to support…