The new Batt-TDS series of powder-dispersing systems (photo) is designed for the development and industrial production of electrode slurries for lithium-ion batteries. The platform offers crucial benefits, compared to existing technologies. The Batt-TDS handles diverse materials by combining multiple functions of several machines into a single core system. At R&D scale, compared to planetary mixers, which require hours of mixing to accomplish dispersion, the Batt-TDS can complete the entire process in a few minutes, enabling faster R&D cycles. Dispersion itself requires only milliseconds as components pass through its inline process chamber. At production scale, this translates to greater than ten-times higher productivity than conventional technologies and twice that of available extruders, says the company. The product range includes a 12-L unit for rapid formulation and process screening, and production systems for throughputs greater than 5,000 L/h. — ystral GmbH, Ballrechten-Dottingen, Germany