Introduced last month at Powtech 2008 (Nuremberg, Germany; September 30 – October 2), the Picojet opposed jet mill is one of the manufacturer’s minimachines that have been downscaled from the well-known standard machine range that will gradually be added to the Picoline series. The Picojet fluidized-bed opposed mill, with integrated classifier, features a 20-mm classifying wheel that runs at speeds up to 60,000 rpm, simultaneously maintaining the rinsing gap geometry with tolerances of just a few micrometers. Reinstalling the classifying wheel after cleaning can be carried out so precisely with no need for elaborate adjustment that all operation critical tolerances are reproducible. The classifier from the Picojet can be used as an independent module on the Picozirk classifier mill, or can be used on its own as the Picosplit classifier. For dry powder processing, the range is completed by the Picolex fine impact mill and the Piconizer spiral jet mill. — Hosokawa Alpine AG, Augsburg, Germany
Standard Milling Machines and Classifiers Get Downsized
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