Mixing And Blending, Powder Flow, Food Texture, Bulk Mixing, and Food Processing news and information
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The Aria Filtra Health Check service offers a comprehensive diagnostic assessment to keep your system running smoothly and minimize downtime.
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Xylem AQUA pro service professionals are highly trained, certified, and equipped to handle any water treatment crisis with precision and efficiency. From emergency mobile solutions to planned maintenance, remote monitoring, commissioning, and on-site operations, our AQUA pro service professionals ensure optimal performance for all your water treatment needs.
AQUA pro service professionals operate in nearly every industry that uses water. The strength of our service relies on our comprehensive training program, extensive service center network, and years of industry expertise.
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- A Trusted Partner - AQUA pro service professionals are trusted advisors, offering high-level expertise to quickly solve issues and provide proactive recommendations to enhance operational efficiency. AQUA pro service professionals bring effective solutions and clear, proactive communication. Our team of AQUA pro technicians are not satisfied until the customers’ goals are met, the project is complete, and the customer is delighted.
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KRYTAR introduces the Model 101720030, an advanced directional coupler designed for systems applications requiring external leveling, precise monitoring, and swept transmission and reflection measurements.
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STELLARIS is a completely re-imagined confocal microscope platform.
STELLARIS confocal microscopes can be combined with all Leica modalities, including FLIM, STED, DLS, and CRS. With the STELLARIS confocal platform, we have re-imagined confocal microscopy to get you closer to the truth.
WHITE PAPERS AND CASE STUDIES
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How A Top Biotech Achieved Right-First-Time Batches
Gain insight into how a global leader in pharmaceutical manufacturing overcame significant challenges related to their ultrafiltration process.
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Enhancing Investigator Training And Communication During COVID-19
Centralizing all trial-related information, enabling seamless interaction and global team coordination through Scout Academy.
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Authentic Engagement: Reaching Underserved Lupus Patients
By partnering with the ICLF, see how we were able to gain access to and build trust with influential community leaders and advocates within the African American communities located near study sites.
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Use Case: How Consulting & Analytics Can Guide Clinical Strategy
A large European pharmaceutical company sought to benchmark a CRO’s suggestions involving a Phase III trial for a newly acquired asset.
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A Decade Of Smart Water Success — The Eastern Band Of The Cherokee Indians
What began as a mandate to reduce water loss has grown into a model of smart water management for the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians (EBCI). Since deploying Kamstrup’s ultrasonic meters in 2016, the utility has transitioned from crisis response to innovation leadership—proving that even the most rugged terrain can support advanced metering infrastructure (AMI).
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Understanding Real-World Patient Characterization And Safety Outcomes Of DEXTENZA
In this study, we can derive confirmation of DEXTENZA’s favorable safety profile across a broader surgical spectrum.
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Elevating Purity: Racemizing Pharmaceutical Products In Flow Microreactors
Discover how our process development team resolved a racemization challenge by delivering a biologically active racemic mixture while maintaining compound purity.
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Sludge Valve Upgrades Reduce The Number Of Corrective Work Orders
Read about one of the largest wastewater treatment plants in the world that recently finished a project for upgrading its sludge valve actuators.
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U.S. Renal Care Achieves 75% Site Adoption Of eConsent
By dispelling prevalent misconceptions regarding participant age, cost, and complexity, see how this platform emerged as a versatile, rapid, and effective solution tailored to the unique needs of the elderly renal care population.
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AEC System Proven Effective For Chloride Removal
In two bench-scale tests, a new technology effectively removed up to 99% of chlorides and 97% of total dissolved solids in a single pass. This solution offers a commercially viable alternative to traditional treatment methods.
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Medable's Japanese Clinical Trial Exceeds FPI Date And eCOA Adherence
A top-10 global pharma company aimed to address eCOA adherence and patient enrollment challenges faced by clinical trial sites in Japan. Explore an initiative to enhance the patient and site experience.
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A Paperless Lab Simplifies, Accelerates Full Sample Lifecycle Data Management
Implementing IDBS’ ELN helped Crown Bioscience realize electronic experimental records, optimizing our business processes and helping them to be more standardized.
NEWS
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Masdar And Iberdrola Announce €5.2B UK Offshore Wind Deal And Full Energization Of 476MW German Offshore Wind Farm7/10/2025
Masdar, a global clean energy leader, and Iberdrola, one of the world’s largest energy companies, have reached two major milestones with a €5.2B co-investment in the UK’s East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm – the largest offshore wind transaction of the decade – and the full energization of their 476MW Baltic Eagle project in Germany.
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University Of St. Thomas Offers No-Cost Machining And CNC Optimization Training7/18/2025
The University of St. Thomas is launching a new, no-cost training program to help manufacturing professionals, engineers, and students upskill and gain valuable insights into using computer simulations to optimize CNC machining.
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Be Part of Photonics Future: CIOE 2025 Visitor Registration Live Now!4/9/2025
The 26th China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE 2025) is set to take place from September 10–12, 2025, at the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center, spanning 240,000 square meters of exhibition space.
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Smarter Dentistry Starts Here: Muskan.AI Enhances Diagnostics, Imaging & Patient Care5/19/2025
Muskan.AI, a pioneer in the application of artificial intelligence to dentistry, has reached several key milestones in its mission to transform dental care through intelligent, accessible, and clinician-focused technology.
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Drawing Inspiration From Ancient Chemical Reactions3/20/2025
To help find solutions to the planet’s climate crisis, MIT Associate Professor Daniel Suess is looking to Earth’s ancient past.
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Mixing and Blending
Mixing and blending are terms that have specific meaning in the food industry. Most food processing experts use the word mixing to describe the process of combining wet and dry materials.
Blending is the term used to describe the process of combining only dry ingredients. The term blending is generally reserved for powders, flakes and granules of varying bulk densities and particle size that require gently blending and minimal contact with blender blades.
Agitation is often used synonymously with the term mixing. However, in food processing, agitation is used to ensure the mixing process to get a homogenous mix is completed faster.
Many industries require the mixing of free-flowing powders. The art of mixing involves different dilution geometries (a geometry is a way of combining unequal amounts of fine powders to ensure an equal distribution).
The geometric mix used depends on the size distribution, shape, particle density, composition and internal structures. Other properties include flow ability, bulk density, mixture quality, dustiness and properties of segregation.
Industrial mixers are used to do the blending and mixing. The shape and hardness of the materials being mixed affects the horsepower required to run the mixer. The type of mixer used in a production line varies depending on the materials that need to be mixed or blended. Paddle mixers are often the best choice for production line mixing because they are easy to clean, have less surface area, and have a minimal number of parts.
Mixing and blending is generally a sub-process within an overall process cycle so when placing a mixer it is important to consider how it integrates into the whole system. That includes impacts to both upstream and downstream product handling.