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Electrostatic Troubleshooting in Powder handling
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Electrostatic Troubleshooting in Powder handling

Conveying, Dustiness, Electrostatic Effects, Flowability, Know How

Electrostatic Troubleshooting in Powder handling

Electrostatic troubleshooting in powder handling addresses particle properties, [...]

By Stephane Sloots|2026-04-18T10:28:01+01:0029 August 2025|Categories: Conveying, Dustiness, Electrostatic Effects, Flowability, Know How|Tags: bulk solids handling, dust explosion prevention, electrostatic troubleshooting powder handling, hopper discharge, particle adhesion, pneumatic conveying, powder flow, powder processing safety, powder QA, static control, triboelectric charging|0 Comments

Segregation Mechanisms and Prevention in Blending and Transport
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Segregation Mechanisms and Prevention in Blending and Transport

Bulk Solids Characterization, Conveying, Flowability, Hoppers, Know How, Mixing technology, Segregation

Segregation Mechanisms and Prevention in Blending and Transport

Segregation ruins powder blends after mixing. This article [...]

By Stephane Sloots|2026-04-18T10:29:39+01:005 July 2025|Categories: Bulk Solids Characterization, Conveying, Flowability, Hoppers, Know How, Mixing technology, Segregation|Tags: blending uniformity, bulk powder handling, flow issues, flowability, Know How, mixing defects, particle separation, powder segregation, powder transport, process troubleshooting|0 Comments

Selecting the Right Feeder for your Powder Type
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Selecting the Right Feeder for your Powder Type

Bulk Solids Characterization, Conveying, Flowability, Hoppers, Know How, Mixing technology, powders, Wear

Selecting the Right Feeder for your Powder Type

Selecting the right powder feeder prevents flow issues [...]

By Stephane Sloots|2025-07-09T11:10:27+01:001 June 2025|Categories: Bulk Solids Characterization, Conveying, Flowability, Hoppers, Know How, Mixing technology, powders, Wear|Tags: feeder selection matrix, gravimetric feeder, loss-in-weight feeder, powder feeder selection, powder handling accuracy, volumetric feeder|0 Comments

Powders and Particulate Material in Gases and Liquids
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Powders and Particulate Material in Gases and Liquids

Conveying, Dispersion, Feature Article, Flowability, Oil and Gas, Petroleum Industry, powders, research, Rheology, Segregation, Transport, Viscosity

Powders and Particulate Material in Gases and Liquids

Powder and particulate material production involves more than [...]

By Stephane Sloots|2025-07-09T11:17:14+01:0023 March 2024|Categories: Conveying, Dispersion, Feature Article, Flowability, Oil and Gas, Petroleum Industry, powders, research, Rheology, Segregation, Transport, Viscosity|Tags: acoustofluidics, additive manufacturing, advancement, biomedical diagnostics, biomedical engineering, chemical synthesis, droplet-based microfluidics, drug delivery, efficiency, emerging technologies, exploration, fabrication techniques, fluid dynamics, innovation, lab-on-a-chip, microfluidics, particle manipulation, precision, tissue engineering|0 Comments

Designing Industrial Powder Processing Plants
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Designing Industrial Powder Processing Plants

Conveying, Feature Article, powders, research, Transport

Designing Industrial Powder Processing Plants

Designing industrial powder processing plants is an intricate [...]

By Stephane Sloots|2025-07-09T11:18:37+01:0010 February 2024|Categories: Conveying, Feature Article, powders, research, Transport|Tags: Automation, control technologies, DORST Technologies, equipment selection, feasibility studies, FEECO International, GEA Group, HMI, Hosokawa Micron Powder Systems, human-machine interface, industrial powder processing, pharmaceutical tablet production, plant design, PLC, powder metallurgy, powder technology, programmable logic controllers, Scalability|0 Comments

The Particle Magic of Christmas
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The Particle Magic of Christmas

Additives, Coating, Compaction, Conveying, Editors pick, Feature Article, Food Industry, Granules, Mixing technology, Particle size distribution, Pigments and Paints, powders

The Particle Magic of Christmas

Christmas blends centuries of pagan and Christian traditions [...]

By Stephane Sloots|2025-07-09T11:22:18+01:0018 December 2023|Categories: Additives, Coating, Compaction, Conveying, Editors pick, Feature Article, Food Industry, Granules, Mixing technology, Particle size distribution, Pigments and Paints, powders|Tags: artificial snow, Christmas, festive decorations, food, holiday traditions, particle manipulation, Powder coating, powder technology, scientific exploration, snow globes|0 Comments

Achieving Homogeneous Mixtures

Introduction: Why Homogeneous Mixtures Matter Mixing powders is [...]

Particulate Materials and Facility Stoppage
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Particulate Materials and Facility Stoppage

Caking, Chemical Industry, Conveying, Dustiness, Editors pick, Feature Article, Hoppers, Legislation and Standards, Silo storage, Transport

Particulate Materials and Facility Stoppage

In today’s competitive market, improving manufacturing efficiency and [...]

By Stephane Sloots|2026-04-18T10:34:25+01:0028 May 2023|Categories: Caking, Chemical Industry, Conveying, Dustiness, Editors pick, Feature Article, Hoppers, Legislation and Standards, Silo storage, Transport|Tags: bins, containers, downtime, dust, facility design, facility improvements, hoppers, mechanical equipment, OEE, overall equipment effectiveness, powder flow, Powder Processing, production facility, rat holing, silos, spray drying, stoppage, tooling|0 Comments

Milk Powder and the various stages of processing
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Milk Powder and the various stages of processing

Abrasion, Attrition, Caking, Conveying, DSS_Featured, Feature Article, Food Industry, Granules, Laboratory, Mixing technology, powders, Silo storage

Milk Powder and the various stages of processing

In the 1920s and 30s, Sweden faced a dairy [...]

By Martijn Daalder|2024-11-14T10:48:23+00:0030 April 2023|Categories: Abrasion, Attrition, Caking, Conveying, DSS_Featured, Feature Article, Food Industry, Granules, Laboratory, Mixing technology, powders, Silo storage|Tags: caking, casein, Delft Solids Solutions, denature, drum drying, DSS, freeze drying, laboratories, Maillard, milk powder, pneumatic, proteins, silos, spray drying, ultra-high temperature, water activity, whey|0 Comments

Wear of the pneumatic pipeline walls: contaminating the conveyed material
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Wear of the pneumatic pipeline walls: contaminating the conveyed material

Abrasion, Attrition, Conveying, DSS_Featured, Dustiness, Silo storage, Transport, Wear

Wear of the pneumatic pipeline walls: contaminating the conveyed material

In Pneumatic Conveying Systems, particle velocity and bend [...]

By Martijn Daalder|2025-12-13T12:31:12+00:0012 June 2022|Categories: Abrasion, Attrition, Conveying, DSS_Featured, Dustiness, Silo storage, Transport, Wear|Tags: abrasion reduction, contaminants, Delft Solids Solutions, heavy metals contamination, industrial sample testing, iron, particle erosion, particle science, particle technology, particle velocity, pipeline design, pipeline wear, pneumatic conveying systems, product quality, sustainability in particle processing, zinc|0 Comments

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Electrostatic Troubleshooting in Powder handling

Segregation Mechanisms and Prevention in Blending and Transport

Selecting the Right Feeder for your Powder Type

Powders and Particulate Material in Gases and Liquids

Designing Industrial Powder Processing Plants

The Particle Magic of Christmas

Achieving Homogeneous Mixtures

Particulate Materials and Facility Stoppage

Milk Powder and the various stages of processing

Wear of the pneumatic pipeline walls: contaminating the conveyed material