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Granudrum

Motivation

Our approach at Granutools is to have the best proxy for your process. A good proxy in terms of measurement method is a device able to mimic the process conditions. The stress state and the flow field of the powder should be comparable in the powder tester and in the process.

We developed the GranuDrum following this statement. Therefore, for example in the next processes, the rotating drum geometry of the GranuDrum powder tester is a good proxy: the recoater process in additive manufacturing, the rotating mixer in a pharma process, the optifiller stage in tableting, the rotary press, among others. These processes have a high flow field and a low-stress state, as shown in the image below just like in the rotating drum. The GranuDrum is a good complementary tool for the shear cell.

Granutools : our company

We are building up on a unique powder knowledge by making the bridge between industrial processes and powder properties.

We spend a lot of efforts connecting the dots between powder industrial processes and laboratory measurements.

We aim at offering predictive results by working in close collaboration with simulations. Hence we narrow the gap between production and the lab.

We are involved in international research projects, collaborations with innovation centers, and normalization processes to improve powder characterisation methods.

Mission

We are a customer-centric company, our goal is to support our customers' efforts in R&D and production handling powders.

We are powder specialists eager to integrate customer feedback into better products.

We listen carefully to customer requests in order to accommodate them.

Technology

Granutools has been created to fill in a gap left in the market for decades between manual powder testers and time-consuming experiments.

Our technologies range from simple mass flow rate testers to tribochargers. All instruments combine strict initialization protocols and a high level of automation.

From image analysis algorithms to laser sensing, we are never put off by new technology challenges as long as it serves our purpose to better understand powder behavior.