Optimizing AM Feedstock Reuse with an FT4 Powder Rheometer

AM powder users, reprocessors and manufacturers share the need to maximise product quality and yield from feedstock while minimising waste of resources. Strategies for powder reuse, through direct recycling or rejuvenation processes, can significantly improve the output of raw materials, but the effectiveness of these strategies can massively vary across different materials and batches. Powder […]

Powder Flow Characterization for Optimizing Processes in Industry and Research

Powders are used extensively across a wide range of industries- they possess many valuable properties and benefits. However, they are also challenging materials with bulk flow properties that are difficult to predict, even within simple process operations. They change their behavior and performance depending on their environment- shear rate, stress conditions, storage duration, humidity, etc. […]

Optimizing Yield for Li-Ion Battery Electrode Manufacturing for Both Wet and Dry Processes

Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are an advanced technology that will play a key role in the trend toward renewable and sustainable industrial electrification solutions. The FT4 Powder Rheometer® is a versatile instrument that can be used in both wet and dry li-ion battery electrode manufacturing processes. The comprehensive powder flow analysis provided can help improve battery efficiency, […]

From Powder Flowability to Mechanical Performance of Fabricated Components

In this webinar, Dr Reza Baserinia, Senior Lecturer at De Montfort University, will explore the relationships between the flow properties of powders used in Additive Manufacturing processes and the mechanical properties of the fabricated components. Flow properties measured using the FT4 Powder Rheometer® are presented alongside tensile strength and surface hardness measurements on fabricated parts […]

Optimizing Li-Ion Battery Electrode Manufacturing: Using the FT4 Powder Rheometer® to Improve Yield

Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are an advanced technology that will play a key role in the trend toward renewable and sustainable industrial electrification solutions. The FT4 Powder Rheometer® is a versatile instrument that can be used in both wet and solid li-ion battery electrode manufacturing processes. The comprehensive powder flow analysis provided can help improve battery efficiency, […]

AM Feedstock Powder and Particle Characterization: A More Complete Picture

Many studies have been presented recently concerning the powder flow or the particle characteristics of feedstocks used in Additive Manufacturing applications.  Analyses of fresh powder, powder that has been used for several build cycles, and blends of these two have been characterized.  In this presentation, both bulk powder rheology and characteristics of particles that make […]

How Comprehensive Powder Characterization can Optimize your Process

Understanding powder behavior is essential for optimizing bulk solids production processes and developing high-quality products. This webinar introduces the challenges associated with predicting powder flowability and discusses how quantifying powder behavior can benefit process performance. Listen to what Tim Freeman, Managing Director at Freeman Technology, a Micromeritics company, has to say about key techniques in […]

Controlling the Impact of Humidity Using the FT4 Powder Rheometer®

Introduction The properties of dry and damp powders can be as dissimilar as those of chalk and cheese. The uptake of even small amounts of moisture can transform powder properties, making humidity and its impact a critical issue for powder processors. While steps can be taken to control moisture level, by drying the material ahead […]

Assessing Batch-to-Batch Variability of Bulk Chemicals Using the FT4 Powder Rheometer®

Introduction Titanium Dioxide has been used as a pigment and opacifier in a wide range of industries for many years, due to its bright white color and high refractive index. However, despite such widespread use, processing Titanium Dioxide in its powdered form is often extremely challenging due to the powder’s high cohesivity. Special measures often […]

Developing a Design Space for Powder Characterization

Anytime a powder is used in a process for a specific purpose, its behavior is often predicted by physical properties of the powder.  Determining the physical properties of a cathode powder can be used to decide which properties are critical to the performance of the cathode, as well as the battery in which it is used.  A sample of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) powder was characterized to determine […]