Dry an dwet powder flow characteristics have traditionally been subjectively measured by hand or by simply pouring methods.
Such characteristics are dependent on many features including particle or granule size/shape and distribution; humidity or moisture content; surface properties including sorption; electrostatic charge; mixing kinetics; rest/flow transition; interparticulate and particle to contact surface frictions.
The Stable Miccro Systems Powder Flow Analyser with Controlled Flow Measurement rapidly derives an objective numeric value for the sample that characterises and ranks its performance when subjected to a specific test programme.
Measures can be used in product and process development, optimisation and quality control.
The Powder Flow Analyser offers:
- Application with any sample capable of flow, not just free flowing powders.
- Rapid, automated, test and analysis routines for Go - No Go quality control applications.
- Complex mixing and testing cycles for investigative and development studies.
- Sample pre-conditioning at the start of the test, giving independence from variable sample loading.
- User programmable tests cause flow in the sample by slicing, shearing, compressing, compacting, mixing and aerating in any combination and sequence.
- Flow behaviour measurements that define the sample`s behaviour during the programmed test in terms of axial force, time and distance.
