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  • Industrial spice milling and blending line with airborne powder and spice bowls, showing how hidden additives in food supply chains can enter during upstream processing.
    27 December 2025

    The Hidden Additives in Food Supply Chains Consumers Never See

    Hidden additives in food supply chains often enter as processing aids at [...]

    Feature Article

  • Powder permeability dosing instability in a hopper feeding a loss in weight feeder.
    27 December 2025

    Powder Permeability, The Hidden Cause of Dosing Instability

    Powder permeability dosing instability often starts with trapped air. Low permeability traps [...]

    Insights

  • Winter powder quality control sampling graphite to prevent flow issues during the Christmas rush
    20 December 2025

    Graphite Under the Tree

    In the Holiday rush, winter humidity shifts and faster throughput can break [...]

    Feature Article

  • EU plastic pellet loss regulation, spill containment and vacuum recovery at a pellet transfer point in a bulk handling area.
    20 December 2025

    EU Plastic Pellet Loss Regulation: Bulk Plant Compliance

    EU plastic pellet loss regulation (EU) 2025/2365 makes spill prevention and documented [...]

    Insights

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Flow & bulk behavior

FlowabilitySegregationDustinessCakingElectrostatic EffectsMoisture SensitivityShearCohesionPermeabilityPacking Density

Particle & surface behavior

AgglomerationAttritionAbrasionWearAdhesionSurface EnergyDispersionRheologyPorosityThermal PropertiesParticle Size Distribution

Processing & handling

Mixing TechnologyHoppersConveyingCompactionCoatingSilo StorageEncapsulation TechniquesSpray DryingMilling

Characterization & analysis

Bulk Solids CharacterizationParticle Size TestingAnalytical Techniques and MethodsChemical Composition AnalysisMicroscopy

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  • Moisture Content Analysis in Powder Samples
    29 June 2024

    Moisture Content Analysis in Powder Samples

    Moisture Content Analysis in Powder Samples an introduction People encounter moisture [...]

    Feature Article

  • bulk density measurement
    9 June 2024

    Bulk Density Measurement

    Bulk density measurement is a fundamental aspect of material characterization. It has [...]

    Feature Article

  • functional component integration
    1 June 2024

    Functional Component Integration: Lab-on-a-Chip Fabrication (part 4)

    Functional component integration: An introduction In the previous series on lab-on-a-chip [...]

    Feature Article

  • Lab-on-a-Chip Fabrication: Deposition Techniques
    25 May 2024

    Lab-on-a-Chip Fabrication: Deposition Techniques (part 3)

    In the second series of lab-on-a-chip, we learned about photolithography. This technique [...]

    Feature Article

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  • seed encapsulation
    9 December 2023

    The Complexity of Seed Encapsulation Processes

    Seed encapsulation Processes play a vital role in preserving and enhancing seeds. [...]

    Feature Article

  • Revolutionary 2D Materials Integration Technique Unveiled for Next-Gen Electronics
    8 December 2023

    Revolutionary 2D Materials Integration Technique Unveiled for Next-Gen Electronics

    2D Materials Integration MIT researchers have introduced a groundbreaking method to [...]

  • EPICS: Nanorod
    7 December 2023

    EPICS: Nanorod-based Breakthrough for Non-Invasive Uric Acid Monitoring

    Researchers at Purdue University have introduced EPICS, a pioneering nanorod-based piezo-electrocatalytic device [...]

  • Coffee grinding
    6 December 2023

    Revolutionizing Coffee Grinding: Impact of Water Addition on Static Electricity

    Researchers have discovered that adding water during coffee grinding reduces static electricity, [...]

  • 2 December 2023

    Electrical Conductivity in Battery Powders

    The electrical conductivity of battery powders is a crucial aspect of the technology [...]

    Insights

  • Functional Powder Design
    2 December 2023

    Designing Functional Powders (video)

  • powder compaction
    2 December 2023

    Powder Compaction

    Powder compaction is a vital process used to form powders [...]

    Feature Article

  • Achieving Homogeneous Mixtures
    25 November 2023

    Achieving Homogeneous Mixtures (video)

  • 25 November 2023

    Storage of absorbents inside a silo

    Some powders are sensitive to air (oxygen) or water (humidity), which can significantly [...]

    Insights

  • Functional Powder Design
    25 November 2023

    Designing Functional Powders

    Functional powder design plays a fundamental role in numerous industries. It [...]

    Feature Article

  • 18 November 2023

    Dilute phase vs dense phase conveying

    Pneumatic conveying moves solid particles through pipelines using gas, often compressed air, as [...]

    Insights

  • Achieving Homogeneous Mixtures
    18 November 2023

    Achieving Homogeneous Mixtures

    Introduction: Why Homogeneous Mixtures Matter Mixing powders is a common practice in [...]

    Feature Article

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