The course is relevant to those concerned with quality assurance and improvement of existing processes and to those developing new product formulations and processes. It is of particular interest to practitioners in the food, pharmaceutical, pigments, detergents, cosmetics, nuclear, plastics and general chemical industries. Emphasis throughout is on the industrial application of basic principles.
The course covers:
The mixing process and powder flow
The selection of a mixer
The characterisation of powder mixers
Cohesive mixtures
Testing of mixers and sampling
The handling of powder mixtures
Group or individual powder mixing clinic
Mixer scale-up
On completion of the course delegates will have an understanding of:
the relevance of powder flow to the mixing process
the concepts of free-flowing cohesive, segregating, structured and coated powder systems
how to practically and theoretically assess the quality of a powder mixture
Katie Warner
CPD, Conference & Events Unit, University of Leeds
CPD, Conference & Events Unit Faculty of Engineering School of Chemical and Process Engineering Room 3.11 University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT
0113 343 8104
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