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Milling machines are used to reduce the size of material by cutting, crushing, or grinding it. The choice of industrial milling equipment depends on the industry and the materials to work with. Besides, there is a significant difference between those aimed to remove layers from metal or other materials workpieces and those designed to reduce particle size for materials that come in bulk.

Milling

Classifying

Industrial separation equipment encapsulates the separation process which is to separate components of a liquid mixture, for recovering dissolved solids from liquids. The choice of a suitable technology depends on the identification of the key physical or chemical property, such as size, mass, density, or boiling point, which sets the product of interest apart from the rest of the components. Separation technology is widely used in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries for the isolation of active ingredients and high-purity chemicals. As well as in waste management and recycling industries.

Separation

Ceramics are defined as inorganic and non-metallic materials. Tthey are typically brittle, hard, and elastic as well as resistant to heat and corrosion; in fact, after shaping them into the desired shape, they are heated in an oven called kiln at very high temperatures (1,000 °C to 1,600 °C). Kaolinite and aluminum oxide are the best-known examples of ceramics.

Ceramics

Organic fertilizer production has ancient roots, tracing its origins to ancient farmers who used natural materials like animal manure, compost, and crop residues to improve soil fertility. This sustainable tradition of repurposing organic waste for agricultural benefits has endured through the ages, handed down from one generation of farmers to the next. Producing organic fertilizer industrially involves a series of steps such as extraction, granulation, drying, and employs a combination of organic fertilizer production equipment.

Organic fertilizer

Classifier mills combine a grinding/milling system with a particle size classifier which continuously recirculates over-sized particles back into the grinding zone. The classifying action ensures a uniform final product with a narrow particle size distribution. Important considerations for choosing a classifier mill include the desired particle size, the maximum particle size variance allowed, and the physical properties of the material.

Batch

Continuous

Many industries require fine and consistent powder for their processes. Producing high-quality powders from various raw materials often presents challenges such as achieving the desired particle size distribution and minimizing contamination.
<h2>Grind powders to precise specifications</h2>
The mills and classifiers by Hosokawa Alpine provide advanced grinding and classifying solutions for powder processing. These machines are engineered to handle a variety of materials, including mineral raw materials, chemicals, pharmaceutics, cosmetics, and foodstuffs. With over a century of expertise, Hosokawa Alpine ensures precise particle size reduction and classification, reducing the need for additional sieving steps. The systems include features like high precision air classifiers which allow for fine control over particle size distribution, and advanced milling mechanisms that ensure minimal contamination. The manufacturing process adheres to stringent quality standards making them suitable for GMP-compliant environments. With flexible capacity options, these mills and classifiers support scalable production needs from small batches to continuous, high-volume manufacturing, ensuring efficient and reliable processing.

Industrial powder grinder

Grinders use a spinning blade or rotating abrasive elements to reduce the size of various materials. The specifications, RPM and grit of the engineered grinder, will result in various particle sizes. As a result, what you want to make will determine the type of grinder you need. Grinding is used for improving the texture and flow properties of various products and to enhance the flavor of food products such as coffee, spices, sugar, nuts, sesame, poppy seeds, lentils, wheat, and rice. Choosing the right rotational speed, grinding elements, and processing power allow the grinding and shredding of a wide range of materials into coarse or fine powders. Popular types of heavy duty grinders in food processing include angle grinders, bench grinders and meat grinders.

Grinding

Powder

solid

Pilot

In laboratory and research environments, accurately assessing the flow properties and behavior of powder materials is crucial for the development and optimization of various processes. Traditional methods often lack the precision and reliability required for these in-depth analyses.
<h2>Accurate evaluation of powder properties</h2>
The Powder Tester PT-X by Hosokawa Alpine is an advanced tool designed for comprehensive powder characteristic evaluation in laboratory and R&D settings. It offers automated and repeatable measurement of various powder properties such as flowability, compressibility, and cohesiveness. This device stands out due to its ability to provide detailed insights into powder behavior, enabling researchers and engineers to optimize formulations and processes with high accuracy. Equipped with a user-friendly interface, it simplifies the operation and collection of data. The robust build ensures durability and longevity, making it a valuable addition to any laboratory focused on material science or powder technology.

Powder characteristic evaluation

Industrial measurement equipment is used as a crucial step before products leave the production line. These measuring instruments check for correct dosage and standards. Equipment for measurement and control employs a wide range of technologies to detect inconsistencies in volumes, sizes, weights, and fill levels as well as to inspect goods for quality against a set of criteria. Specialized measuring tools allow you to minimize the probability for error to its lowest possible, ensuring that both products and packaging meet your benchmarks.

Measurement &amp; Control

Sorting is the process of arranging items systematically, using a specified criterion, to categorize and group similar items and identify non-conforming items for removal. The choice of a sorting machine depends on the type of item to sort, the sorting criteria, the number of categories that the items need to be sorted into, sorting speed, and accuracy. Sorting machines can be used in the food processing industry for sorting and categorizing fruits, vegetables, empty bottles, crates, and other items; other examples include sorting of tablets and capsules by weight for quality control in the pharmaceutical industry. As well as sorting waste in the recycling industry. Manual sorting is a laborious task however, with the use of specialized equipment, manufacturers are able to automate their sorting at high speeds.

Sorting

Drawing samples and testing them for conformity with preset quality standards allows manufacturing units to produce a consistent quality of the product. In a batch process, sample testing systems ensures that each batch meets the specified standards. In a continuous process, product and materials testing helps in the early identification of quality issues, saving significant time and resources, and preventing a sub-standard product from reaching the market. The selection of industrial testing equipment depends on the identification of key quality parameters. These parameters may include volume, weight, viscosity, hardness, particle size distribution, sterility, gauge and containment, among other parameters. Testing machinery need regular calibration to ensure that the parameters being tested are accurate. Some of the more common testing solutions include thermal imagers, scratch testers, optical inspectors and texture analyzers.

Testing

In research and development, precise handling of ultra-small batches of powders or suspensions often poses significant challenges. Accurate size reduction, classifying, or mixing of quantities as small as a few grams is required to produce reliable results.
<h2>Process ultra-small batches with modular flexibility</h2>
The Picoline series by Hosokawa Alpine is a modular lab-scale system specifically designed for handling small quantities of powder or suspension. It consists of a platform combined with eight interchangeable function modules and various accessories. The table-top design features a housing made of brushed stainless steel, making it suitable for clean environments like laboratory fume hoods. The touch panel control system, with an integrated microprocessor, allows easy switching and control of different function modules. This ensures that processes can be quickly set up, controlled, and adjusted with visual feedback. The system supports LIMS integration and USB data export. The Picoline series is ideal for laboratories needing to process mini batches for R&D purposes, offering scalable results that can be transferred to larger process equipment with ease.

Lab-scale powder processing system

Industrial mixing equipment is used to combine two or more solid, liquid or gaseous segregated ingredients into a homogenous single product. The choice of mixing technology depends largely on the physical state of the ingredients and the desired final product. But the sensitivity of the ingredients, the process temperature, and pressure requirements are also critical factors. All these parameters result in a wide range of industrial mixers.

Mixing

Sieving machines are available in various designs such as linear sieves, tumbler sieves, and vibrating sieves each employing a different sieving action. The choice of a suitable sieving machine depends on the desired particle size distribution, required amplitude and frequency of vibrations, and the physical state of the mixture. Sieving machines are used for removing dust from granular products and for grading grains. They are also used for the classification of granular material and the separation of solids from a slurry mix in the food processing industries.

Sieving

Entry level

Industrial

When developing new products with unpredictable grinding properties, the need for flexible systems is paramount. Traditional setups may involve multiple mills and classifiers, taking up significant space and often reducing efficiency during production and research phases.
<h2>Integrate multiple grinding processes seamlessly</h2>
The Multiprocessing System by Hosokawa Alpine offers a versatile solution for flexible production and research requirements. This system integrates multiple mill types into a single compact unit, ideal for rapid changeovers and efficient space utilization. By allowing quick switching between various grinding and classifying modules, it supports small-batch R&D while maintaining compliance with GMP standards. The system is available in sizes ranging from small laboratory setups to large-scale production units. Key features include modular design, optimized dismantling for easy cleaning, and minimal documentation requirements. Ideal for industries such as food, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and minerals, the Multiprocessing System ensures high flexibility, reduced investment costs, and ease of validation.

Multiprocessing system for flexible research and production

Achieving high fineness in powder processing industries, such as minerals and chemicals, often requires advanced technology to overcome limitations like throughput and energy consumption challenges.
<h2>Achieve precise particle sizes with reduced energy use</h2>
The TDG by Hosokawa Alpine is an advanced fluidised bed opposed jet mill featuring a double-flooded classifying wheel, leveraging Vorced Fortex Technology. This innovation allows for the highest fineness values or increased throughput with higher air flow rates while reducing energy consumption. The mill operates using compressed gas that exits through Laval nozzles, accelerating to speeds above the speed of sound. The design ensures efficient particle size reduction through interparticle collisions, with a dynamic deflector-wheel classifier to set fineness. This system is ideal for processing mineral powders, talc, and barium sulphate, and is customizable in materials like mild steel, stainless steel, or wear-resistant Al2O3 ceramic.

Fluidised bed opposed jet mill for fine particle processing

Size reduction

In many industries, producing powders with a precise and steep particle size distribution is crucial. Traditional grinding methods often fall short, particularly with heat-sensitive or abrasive materials that require contamination-free processing.
<h2>Achieve precise particle size distribution</h2>
The AFG by Hosokawa Alpine is a fluidised bed opposed jet mill that offers high-precision grinding. Utilizing grinding nozzles arranged around the periphery of the chamber, it ensures contamination-free grinding with zero machine wear. The dynamic deflector-wheel classifier allows for precise control of particle size. The unique hinge-back and removable classifier top section makes cleaning straightforward. Capable of handling materials from Mohs' hardness 1 to 10, this mill is ideal for both hard and soft powders. It is particularly suited for applications requiring heat-sensitive or contamination-free processing such as pharmaceuticals, ceramics, and high-performance magnetic materials.

Fluidised bed opposed jet mill for ultrafine powder production

In industrial applications requiring ultra-fine particle sizes, achieving precise and contamination-free grinding can be crucial. Traditional mechanical mills may not meet the requirements for purity and fine-grade powders, particularly for applications in pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals.
<h2>Achieve ultra-fine particle sizes without contamination.</h2>
Jet mills from Hosokawa Alpine offer a specialized grinding solution that uses high-velocity gas streams instead of mechanical grinding tools. These mills function by accelerating particles within the grinding chamber, causing them to collide and fragment into finer particles. Notable models include the Aeroplex AS for pharmaceutical applications and various fluidized bed opposed jet mills like the TDG, TFG, and AFG, each tailored for different industrial needs. The TDG model, for instance, incorporates a double-classifying wheel and Vorced Fortex Technology to achieve ultra-fine fineness down to d97 = 1 μm. These mills are suitable for extremely hard or heat-sensitive materials, providing contamination-free grinding with a high degree of efficiency and easy maintenance.

Ultra-fine powder grinding with jet mills

When processing fine powders, achieving consistent particle size distribution is crucial. Traditional methods often lack precision and throughput needed in modern industry applications, which can result in inefficiencies and material wastage.
<h2>Ensure accurate particle separation and control</h2>
The MS ultrafine classifier by Hosokawa Alpine is designed to provide precise particle separation with pneumatic product feed. This classifier operates within a working range of approximately d97 = 15 to 150 micrometers, ensuring high throughput while saving energy due to its low classifier speed. Unique features include a belt-driven classifying wheel and steplessly adjustable speed controlled by a frequency converter, enabling easy in-operation adjustments to particle size. Fine particles are gathered via rotor blades and discharged through the main air flow, while coarse particles are rejected and discharged separately, improving cut precision and fines yield. The MS classifier is suitable for processing talc, calcium carbonate, bentonite, kaolin, loam, dolomite, quartz, kieselguhr, and fine-grade chemicals. Available in wear-protected designs for abrasive materials and stainless steel for food and pharmaceutical applications, it can also be operated with a table roller mill or in circuit operation with a ball mill.

Ultrafine classifier for precise particle separation

In various industries such as pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and food production, achieving ultra-fine grinding with precise particle size control is a common challenge. Ensuring that the grinding process is efficient and the end-product meets exact specifications is crucial for quality and safety.
<h2>Achieves high fineness with energy efficiency</h2>
The Zirkoplex ZPS by Hosokawa Alpine is designed to meet the demanding requirements of fine grinding applications. This classifier mill is universal for materials up to a Mohs’ hardness of approximately 3.5 and achieves extremely high end-product fineness values, from < 5 µm to 200 µm, with low energy consumption. It features an impact beater mill with an integrated Turboplex classifier for precise top-size limitation. Its welded design includes grinding elements made of special steel. The ZPS mill's efficient grinding process is facilitated by an impact beater unit and a stationary triangular-ribbed grinding track, ensuring continuous comminution and transportation. The multi-wheel classifier system enhances fineness accuracy, even for sticky products like pigments, wax, and resins. High air flow ensures cool grinding, maintaining product integrity. It’s suitable for industries such as chemicals, food, and pharmaceuticals.

Classifier mill for ultra-fine grinding and precise particle size control

In the production of various industrial materials, achieving a specific and consistent particle size distribution is crucial. This is particularly important when working with powders for applications in pharmaceuticals, food, or fine chemicals where precision and product purity are required.
<h2>Achieve precise particle size distribution</h2>
The ACM classifier mill from Hosokawa Alpine combines grinding and classifying in a single unit, making it ideal for ultrafine grinding applications. Powered by a single motor, the mill ensures efficient and cost-effective operation. Capable of achieving a particle size of up to d50 < 10 µm, the ACM classifier mill is suitable for a wide range of applications including pharmaceuticals, food, and fine chemicals. Its durable construction allows for easy maintenance and cleaning, while customization options make it adaptable to various production requirements. The ACM classifier mill operates with a low specific energy requirement and provides a steep particle size distribution curve with minimal oversize particles.

Classifier mill for ultrafine grinding

In various industrial processes, achieving ultrafine grinding of hard materials to the micron scale is often required. Challenges include preventing contamination and managing heat generation during comminution. Precise control over particle size and distribution is also critical in applications like powder coatings or pharmaceuticals.
<h2>Achieve ultrafine grinding with precision and reliability</h2>
The Super Orion S.O. from Hosokawa Alpine is a ball mill designed for dry comminution of hard materials, particularly useful for producing ultrafine particles below 10 micrometers. The grinding drum, supported on water-cooled, oil-lubricated journal bearings, features a lining made of tungsten carbide wear plates, or silex/ceramic elements for applications requiring iron-free processing. The mill’s loading with grinding media (balls) and its variable-speed drive allows for tailored milling operations. A downstream classifier can be integrated for closed-circuit operation, ensuring coarse particles are recirculated for further grinding. Available options such as a frequency converter and load cell system enhance operational precision and efficiency. Ideal for the chemicals, food, and pharmaceutical industries.

Ball mill for dry comminution of hard materials

Blending

Comminution

For industries manufacturing high-quality mineral powders or ceramic materials, achieving ultra-fine particle sizes is often critical. Challenges like achieving consistent fineness and managing energy efficiency can complicate production processes.
<h2>Achieve sub-micron particle sizes</h2>
The Ball Mills and Agitated Media Mills from Hosokawa Alpine are designed to grind powders down to ultra-fine particle sizes. The Super Orion S.O. ball mill is ideal for dry hard crushing as it achieves finenesses of under 10 µm. The Pulvis combines a vertical agitator bead mill with a high-performance classifier and is suitable for grinding hard materials to a fineness of up to d97 = 1 µm. The ATR mill offers a compact design and high power density, achieving fineness of up to approx. 80% < 2 µm. For wet grinding, the ANR vertical agitated media mill is perfect for highly concentrated limestone slurries, typically used in paper production. These mills are suitable for a wide range of hard materials including industrial minerals, metal oxides, and ceramics. Hosokawa Alpine also provides capabilities for both dry and wet grinding, making their equipment versatile for various industries.

Ultra-fine grinding with ball mills and agitated media mills

Industrial drying machines are designed to remove moisture from your product. But the drying process must cater to variations in the state of matter and molecular structure of the input material. Industrial dryer technology exploits the modes of heat transfer (convection, conduction, radiation, evaporative cooling) to control the moisture content.

Drying

In industries such as pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and food processing, precise particle classification in slurries is essential for optimal product quality. The challenge often lies in achieving accurate separation cuts while maintaining high throughput and low maintenance.
<h2>Achieve precise particle separation with high throughput.</h2>
The HEINKEL Classifying Centrifuge is a continuous operation device designed for wet classification of fine, ultrafine, and nanoparticles in slurries. Its precise separation cut capability makes it ideal for producing specific slurry qualities required in various applications. Equipped with an electrically operated turbulence blade, the centrifuge ensures efficient and reliable operation. The pneumatically operated siphon discharge system facilitates the easy removal of classified suspensions. The machine's maintenance-friendly design and low complexity make it user-friendly and cost-efficient. Suitable for industries like pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and food processing, the HEINKEL Classifying Centrifuge offers high throughput and simple installation.

Classifying centrifuge for wet classification of fine particles

Industrial centrifuges are widely used for mechanical solid-liquid separation of components in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries. This is achieved by rapidly rotating the contents within a container to separate fluid of different densities or to remove liquids from solids.

Centrifuging

In high-capacity manufacturing environments, achieving consistent particle size while processing bulk materials can be challenging. Ensuring high throughput alongside precise milling requires specialized equipment designed to handle large quantities efficiently.
<h2>Efficiently mill bulk materials with high throughput</h2>
The Hanningfield Uni-Mill M60-B is designed for high-capacity production applications, particularly for milling bulk materials. Featuring a 609mm screen, it achieves throughputs up to 7,200 kgs/hr, depending on specific applications. The unit is equipped with a 15.0kW motor and standard operating speed of 480RPM, with variable speed options available. This conical mill allows operators to set the screen and impeller gap distance for optimal milling performance. It is built from 316L stainless steel for contact parts and 304 stainless steel for non-contact parts, ensuring durability and compliance with industrial standards. With a weight of approximately 475kg, the M60-B can be supplied with various mounting solutions including mobile frame, fixed-stand, hoist-mounted, or free-standing versions.

High capacity production milling for bulk materials

In chocolate production or when processing high-fat seeds and nuts, achieving a consistent and finely ground product is essential. Traditional grinding methods may not meet the required fineness or may consume too much energy, posing challenges in efficiency and output quality.
<h2>Pre-grind cocoa nibs efficiently and consistently</h2>
The PG Series, developed by Caotech, offers advanced beater blade mills for continuous pre-grinding of cocoa nibs and various high-fat content seeds and nuts. The line includes the PG 1500, PG 3000, and PG 6000, capable of handling capacities ranging from 1,000 kg/h to 6,000 kg/h. The mills deliver constant product quality with minimal maintenance due to their robust design and low energy consumption. The fineness of the finished product is adjustable via the gap size of the sieve, ensuring control over particle size distribution. These mills are optimized for efficient energy use, reducing overall operational costs while maintaining excellent grinding results.

Cocoa nibs pre-grinder for high fat seeds and nuts

Milling apples and pears efficiently for juice production or other uses requires equipment that delivers fine mash while ensuring high throughput and low energy consumption.
<h2>Ensures optimal mash structure and high throughput</h2>
The C25 grinding mill from Bucher Unipektin is engineered specifically to mash apples and pears with outstanding efficiency. Also suitable for grinding berries and vegetables, this mill produces fine mash particles using a patented discharge slot design. The structure features a housing with rectangular feed and discharge hoppers, a horizontal feed auger, a fast-turning rotor, and a grinding cage equipped with grinding knives. The rotor and feed auger are driven by an asynchronous motor, ensuring consistent and reliable operation. The innovative grinding cage, made with exchangeable segments, features discharge slots that offer high throughput and low energy usage. Cleaning and maintenance are straightforward, as the cage can be easily dismounted and rotated 180° for optimal use of the grinding knives. The grinding knives themselves feature different sized teeth to allow variations in mash structure as needed.

Grinding mill for apple and pear mash

In the pharmaceutical industry, precise particle size control is crucial for consistent drug formulation and bioavailability. Dealing with materials of varying properties, from crystalline to fibrous, presents significant challenges in maintaining uniform particle size without compromising material integrity.
<h2>Achieve precise particle size reduction</h2>
The AUSMILL series by Austar includes hammer mills, cone mills, and centrifugal sieving mills, each designed for specific material properties and applications. The hammer mill HMA series efficiently crushes rigid and fibrous materials with adjustable screen sizes (0.2-10mm) and features temperature control and dust prevention mechanisms. The cone mill CMA series addresses both dry and wet materials with its customizable crushing rotor and real-time monitoring systems. The centrifugal sieving mill SCMA series excels in handling viscous materials, offering high-capacity, low-temperature rise operations, and effective particle size control via centrifugal force. All the mills support CIP/SIP for ease of maintenance and comply with stringent pharmaceutical standards.

Particle size control equipment for pharmaceutical applications

Crushing is the process of applying an amplified force to a material to break it down into smaller pieces. A crusher is a machine designed to crush large chunks of material into smaller bits or a powder. They are used to reduce mineral rocks to smaller rocks, gravel, or dust. They are also used to reduce the size of waste materials for easier disposal/recycling or to reduce the size of a solid mix of raw materials. Crusher equipment selection depends on the physical properties of the material to be processed, the in-feed size, and the desired output particle size.

Crushing

Complex processes call for continuous tracking and monitoring systems that help you to keep the manufacturing operation under control. The technology analyzes the components in the production phase for divergence in behavior or changes in conditions. Based on advanced software applications, monitoring platforms make sure that your products satisfy the quality criteria while they are being developed.

Monitoring

Widely used in the construction industry as filling materials, calcium carbonate is usually made from pulverized limestones. As a result, vibration and noise are typical issues during CaCO3 powder production processes, especially during grinding. Therefore, it is essential to have a classifier milling system to ensure low noise and low vibration while achieving the maximum particle fineness required in CaCO3 powder production.


<h2>Mill for fine grinding and drying of soft to medium-hard minerals</h2>
The Pendulum Mill PM by NEUMAN &amp; ESSER is a roller mill used for fine grinding and drying soft to medium-hard materials such as clay, bentonite, limestone, and many other minerals. It is a robust and durable design of combined grinding, de-agglomeration, drying, and classifying system.

The mill consists of a sturdy cast, mill housing, and a rotor with a crosshead. The grinding roller travels on the rings, whose centrifugal action against the grinding ring reduces the minerals into finer sizes. Rotating shovels guide the particles from the mill bottom to the grinding zone. The air system then transports the ground particles to the classifier, where it rejects coarse particles and sends them back to the mill for further grinding. The speed of the classifier can be adjusted to meet the required particle size and distribution. Finally, a downstream collector receives the particles with the necessary final degree of fineness.

The Pendulum Mill PM can achieve narrow particle size distribution with an upper particle size ranging from 10 μm to 1,000 μm (1,250 to 18 mesh). The mill capacity ranges from 0.5 t/h to 150 t/h and can process up to 35% humidity material.

Grinding and drying of CaCO3

Recovered Carbon Black (rCB) can be recycled back to the tire production chain and serves as a usable material in the manufacturing of rubber products such as conveyor belts. The main challenge in recycling tires for recovered carbon black of versatile use is refining the pyrolyzed tire materials from various feedstocks to achieve consistent fineness. Typically, an efficient grinding, milling, and classifying system are required to ensure the desired fineness of rCB and increase its value.


<h2>Classifier mill for superfine grinding and classifying process</h2>
The Impact Classifier Mill ICX by NEUMAN &amp; ESSER is suited for dry grinding by combining extra-fine grinding with high-precision classification in a single assembly. During grinding, rapidly moving grinding tools convey feed materials into the liner at variable speeds and crush them. The integrated classifier separates coarse particles carried via airflow. Coarse materials rejected from the classifier re-enters the grinding zone for further reduction. The ICX can achieve particle size top cut from 5 µm to 50 µm. It also enables high throughput rates with high energy efficiency and the capability to process mill capacities ranging from 10 kg/hr to 20,000 kg/hr.

The direct drive uses a VFD-controlled motor; this avoids using a gearbox and oil supply in the rotor. As a result, the ICX can provide easy operation, low maintenance, and low energy consumption by using this design.

When grinding potentially explosive dust such as carbon black, a pressure shock-resistant classifier mill is pressure-resistant up to 11 bar. The NEA ICX is also compatible, and other ATEX-compliant systems can be attached to it.

Classifier mill for recovered carbon black

High-quality powder coatings are often required to manufacture equipment, appliances, and vehicles to ensure product durability and longevity. A combined dry grinding and classifying system can significantly help to improve the quality of powder coatings production by providing steep particle size distribution. To achieve the finest uniform powder coatings, the mixture of pigment, polymer resin, and other additives must be finely pulverized.


<h2>Classifier mill to grind brittle material dry, free-flowing, and fine powders</h2>
The Impact Classifier Mill ICM by NEUMAN &amp; ESSER is designed for grinding brittle material to superfine particles such as materials for powder coatings. It combines efficient impact grinding and precise classification technology. During impact grinding, grinding tools throw feed materials into the liner and crush it. The classifier separates coarse particles and sends them back to the mill’s grinding zone for further grinding. It effectively achieves grinding cuts and narrow particle size distribution of 20 μm to 1,000 μm. The throughput of the various mill sizes and designs can range from 10 kg/hr to 20,000 kg/hr. In addition, the large grinding chamber has cooler temperatures that result in lower fines generation.

The ICM employs direct drive technology, a type of permanent-magnet synchronous motor. It removes using a gearbox and oil supply in its rotor, making the mill easy to operate and clean. In addition, the mill is pressure shock resistant up to 11 bar, a must when grinding for powder coatings.

Classifier mill for powder coating

To coat your consumer products with color or taste-enhancing substances, specialized technologies are available that ensure all the contents are individually and evenly covered. The process starts with loading your goods onto rotating drums, exposing the products to spray nozzles that treat them with your prescribed coating formula.

Coating

After crushing and drying mined bentonite, this clay mineral is usually processed through a grinding mill into powder form. To maximize the capability of bentonite powder in hydration and water absorption, a combined milling and drying system with a higher lifetime of wearing parts is required to achieve desired fineness and product quality.


<h2>Mill for grinding and drying soft to medium minerals</h2>
The Pendulum Mill PM by NEUMAN &amp; ESSER is a roller mill used for fine grinding and drying minerals such as bentonite, clay, limestone, and others. It combines grinding, de-agglomeration, drying and classifying, making it an extremely robust and durable design.

The mill consists of a sturdy cast, mill housing, and a rotor with a crosshead and pendulums whose rollers run against a grinding ring crushing the bentonite material into fine sizes. Air transports the materials to the grinding zone through channels and rotating shovels. Both fine and coarse particles enter the classifier, where it separates coarse particles and sends them back to the mill for further grinding. The classifier speed can be adjusted to meet the requirements that come with the desired particle size distribution. Finally, the downstream collector receives the particles with the required final degree of fineness.

The Pendulum Mill PM can achieve upper particle sizes ranging from 10 μm to 1,000 μm (1,250 to 18 mesh). The various mill capacities can receive input quantities ranging from 0.5 t/h to 150 t/h and process feed material moisture of up to 35%.

Grinding and drying of bentonite

Classifier mills

If you want to make your eyes more attractive and add depth and dimension to them, applying color to your lids is what it takes. Eyeshadow serves this purpose and is available in powder, liquid, pencil and mousse form. In an eyeshadow production line, compact eyeshadows are produced by grinding and mixing powders before compaction, whereas molded eyeshadows are made from waxes and oils mixed with pigments and then poured into molds. Instead, by mixing oils, gelling agents, elastomers, and pigments you can make a mousse eyeshadow.

Eyeshadow

Flour processing technology has changed drastically since the days of the millstone pulled by a mule. But demand for more refined flour means that the production process is now slower than with more rudimentary techniques. When mixed with water, protein in wheat flour form an elastic gluten structure, giving bakery products their irresistible fluffiness.

Flour

Gypsum is a naturally occurring mineral that serves many purposes, with the United States producing the largest crude gypsum in the world. Cover walls, ceilings, plasters, fertilizers, cosmetics and some foods: gypsum’s vast applications granted it the recognition of "wonder mineral". Gypsum making equipment helps in making gypsum powder or board for industrial use.

Gypsum

Forged metal objects appear seamless, simple items. But as the use of metals changed over time and constructions became more intricate with additive manufacturing, a new way of processing materials surfaced. Metal powder manufacturing replaces the classic blacksmithing techniques, reducing scrap waste in the meantime. The final metal products, however, retain that shiny allure of the archetypal metal pieces.

Metal powder

Unlike natural resins, synthetic resins produced in the industry make up 30 to 60% of plastic composition. Silicone resins, gum arabic, epoxy resins, acrylic resin and carrageenan are some of the different types of synthetic resins that exist. You manufacture them using the chemical polymerization process. Synthetic resin making equipment can help you with that.

Synthetic resin

As traced back to the first half of the 19th century, attempts at synthetic rubber production were simply to reproduce the original material due to the rubber shortage following World War II. Synthetic rubber production processes differentiate between producing the rubber, which can be done via solution polymerization and emulsion polymerization and creating the final product with the help of techniques such as molding and vulcanization.

Synthetic rubber

A toner is a fine powder located in printer and copier cartridges. One peculiar property the product is their ability to act like liquids. Toner manufacturing equipment sees to it that the particle size is between 5 and 30 micrometers to flow through the cartridge.

Toner

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