Mixing And Blending, Powder Flow, Food Texture, Bulk Mixing, and Food Processing news and information
PRODUCTS
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Our powerful L-band amplifier delivers exceptional performance, reliability, and quiet operation for pulse radar and HIRF pulse applications.
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Smart leak detection with SIWA Leak Finder makes the most of your existing investment in sensors and hydraulic models to take you to the next level of non-revenue water reduction in your drinking water transmission and distribution network. The cloud-based application analyzes your real-time flow data using cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and hydraulic modeling to identify leaks and anomalies. With SIWA Leak Finder you can detect leaks more quickly and accurately so your maintenance teams spend more time in the right location on points of interest that really matter.
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The AMP4065LC-400 is a high-power solid-state amplifier tailored for demanding applications, including EMI/RFI testing, lab work, CW/Pulse, and electronic warfare communications.
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Rapid protein characterization and metabolomic analysis with microfluidic technology for highly efficient separations of complex samples. Simplify sample preparation, reduce analysis time, and achieve faster results with the ZipChip CE-MS device.
ZipChip CE-MS device efficiently separates and seamlessly introduces samples into your mass spectrometer with electrospray ionization (ESI). Common challenging analyses are made easy, including protein separation for biopharmaceutical critical quality attributes (CQA), Charge Variant Analysis, and metabolite quantification from biological matrices. Experience a powerful alternative to liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC MS).
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The MFBT-00003PSM is a surface mount MMIC tunable filter for adaptive filtering applications that offers separate low pass and high pass tuning capabilities.
WHITE PAPERS AND CASE STUDIES
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Accelerate Your Oncology Breakthroughs
Finding the right partnership can help your oncology clinical trials overcome trial complexities through strategic planning, a deep scientific understanding, and operational excellence.
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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.
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Bridging The Gap During Organizational Restructuring For Continuity
Navigating workforce turnover and restructuring can threaten project timelines. Discover how leveraging an experienced on-site team can ensure long-term continuity.
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Phenotypic Characterization Of Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis Mod
To gain deeper biological insight, lung injury in this model has been further characterized through cellular phenotyping, gene expression analysis, and cytokine profiling.
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Measuring Laser Output In Medical Equipment Manufacturing For FDA Approval
With expertise in power and energy measurement for lasers, see why Gentec-EO is the go-to choice for medical manufacturers in need of accurate and reliable laser beam measurement solutions.
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Support Digital Transformation And Enable Collaboration Between Teams
Discover the solution PharmaEssentia, a Taiwanese pharmaceutical company, chose to help teams capture, structure, and interrogate data from a single source, making their collaboration more efficient.
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University Of Ottawa Relies On The BEAMAGE Series To Measure Laser Profiles
The University of Ottawa lab successfully used beam profilers to improve Power-Over-Fiber receiver chip development, ensuring precise, efficient laser measurements for advanced photonic research.
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Custom Orthodontic Aligner Manufacturer Ensures Compliance With Tulip
A pioneering orthodontic startup is transforming custom aligner production using 3D printing and software to cut time and costs in half while scaling rapidly to ensure quality and compliance.
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City Of Lodi Employs GAC To Remove Contaminants From Groundwater
In this case study, read about AV's unique Concept to Commission approach which enabled a team to design, manufacture, and install GAC systems and interconnecting site pipe in just 10 working hours.
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How Sharp Packaging's Clinical Packaging Process Is 30% Faster
Discover how digitized workflows and real-time verification are helping streamline clinical trial packaging, reduce complexity, and improve quality in a high-stakes, time-sensitive environment.
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Study Viral Infection In Resting Humans CD4+ T Cells With Synthetic sgRNAs
Discover how Synthego's proprietary synthetic sgRNA, combined with Lonza’s 4D-Nucleofector®, enabled highly efficient gene editing in resting human CD4+ T cells.
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Modernizing Operational Maintenance At Treatment Plants
In 2017, the Harford County Division of Water and Sewer began looking for a modern work management solution to help automate preventive maintenance, coordinate work activities between groups, manage material inventories, and capture important data.
NEWS
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U.S. Department Of Energy Announces $6.9M In Projects To Support Effective Community Waste-To-Energy Strategies For Local Transportation Needs1/7/2025
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) announced $6.9M in funding for nine projects to support local waste-to-energy management solutions for transportation energy needs.
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PulpFixin Announces Strategic Distribution Partnership With Wildcat Laboratory Solutions To Expand Sustainable Lab Products Across The UK And EU4/14/2025
PulpFixin, an innovator of sustainable laboratory products, announced today a new distribution partnership with Wildcat Laboratory Solutions a leading provider of lab equipment and solutions across the United Kingdom and European Union.
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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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Puraffinity Signs First Commercial Agreement For Full-Scale Deployment Of Its PFAS Removal Technology6/2/2025
The agreement was signed with Envytech Solutions, the leading expert in mobile water treatment in the Nordic region and a member of the Sortera Group, which operates across the Nordics and the UK.
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How Lakes Connect To Groundwater Critical For Resilience To Climate Change7/9/2025
The study drew on data from 350 lakes across 18 European countries, collected between 2022 and 2024, to provide a comprehensive picture of how the continent’s lakes are coping with climate change.
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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.