Check out Microtrac at the Powder Show in Rosemont, IL! We’re be showcasing our new instrument, the Microtrac Sync as well as favorites like the PartAn!

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The quality and performance of roofing shingles depend on the raw materials used during production and therefore require quality control by particle characterization. These roofing shingles consist of a layer of mineral granules on top of an asphalt layer which is embedded in a fiberglass or cellulose mat. The shingles get fastened to a roof covered with a thin flexible sheeting. The granules, asphalt, mat and sheeting act together to form a durable, flexible and waterproof assembly. The mineral granules must meet standards specifications for size distribution and opacity to ensure minimum damage to the asphalt layer from both mechanical and UV sunlight sources.

In this webinar we discuss the only automated technology on the market that can replace time-consuming, error-ridden manual sieve analysis. Microtrac’s PartAn 3D is a dynamic image particle analyzer that reports the size distribution and opacity requirements as required by ASTM D451. This size distribution is outside the size limits of laser diffraction technology which is often used to replace sieve analysis. Additionally, 3D capabilities of this instrument can be used to indicate coverage efficiency of the granules on the asphalt. Both lab and on-line process models of the instrument will be shown.

This webinar aired on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 11AM EDT.

Questions?

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If you’re using dynamic light scattering (DLS) for the measurement of your nano-particles, you may be familiar with the photon correlation spectroscopy (PCS) method. Although PCS is a widely used DLS method of measurement, there is a superior method.

Microtrac’s proprietary approach to DLS, the frequency power spectrum method (FPS), overcomes the limitations of PCS. Heterodyne FPS gathers data in higher resolution than PCS. Having the detector set to 180° allows to measure in higher concentrations, and to even go on-line. The Microtrac FPS method effectively allows to accurately measure from sub-nanometer to several microns across the widest concentration range on the market.

Join us as we go in depth on dynamic light scattering and discuss topics such as:

Frequency Power Spectrum
Photon Correlation Spectroscopy
Reference Beating
Heterodyne Detection vs Homodyne Detection
and more!

Joining us for this webinar is special guest, Brian Freeland from Dublin City University. He will present comparison data and talk about his experience using Microtrac’s Nanotrac Flex.

This free webinar, Advantages of the Frequency Power Spectrum Method aired on Thursday, June 22, 2017.

Have additional questions or want more information?

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Quality Control of Power Generation Plant By-Products

Coal represents a major contributor to the production of electric power. The large amount of coal used for power generation produces by-products that are deemed deleterious: sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate and carbon dioxide. This presentation outlines some of the advances and positive actions taken by the electric power companies to comply with these acts by using by-products of coal burning for electric power.

Join us on July 27th as we go over:

• Coal power generation pollutants
• Pollution abatement processes
• By-products produced from pollutants
• Particle characterization for quality of by-products
• Particle characterization technologies

This free webinar, Measuring Electric Power Generation By-Products aired on on Thursday, July 27, 2017.

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With over 25 years at the forefront of technological advances in measuring material size and shape in real-time, Microtrac is the established leader in delivering innovative analysis solutions.

Microtrac is proud to announce our new synchronous size and shape analyzer, Sync, which integrates the world’s leading laser diffraction technology with the world’s leading dynamic image analysis technology – Same bench, same sample, same run, same flow cell, same user interface. Users can now get their tried and true particle size distribution together with particle morphology in a single, easy to use graphical user interface.

Using our patented methodology, the Sync interrogates particles, wet or dry, with laser light while simultaneously a high-speed digital camera takes images. The data collected is processed by our FLEX software and presents the user with particle size and shape information. While the software is powerful, the graphical user interface is intuitive and easy to use. The Sync enables users to get more detailed information about their material than ever before and will quickly render size-only instrumentation outdated and incomplete.

Please join us for an in depth webinar on the features and capabilities of the Sync. Let us share with you how Microtrac is changing the paradigm for material characterization.

Join us on Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 11AM EDT

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Microtrac’s Sync uses an innovative hybrid method of particle size and shape measurement that combines laser diffraction and image analysis. Metal Powders require high flowability and packing density for even, fast loading and high strength in final parts. Key parameters to spec are Sphericity, Smoothness, and Size Distribution. These properties are important for outgoing QC for Metal Powder manufacturers and incoming QC for Powder Metalllurgy parts manufacturers. This presentation describes the QC requirements and a combination analytical instrument which measures them.

Join us for this webinar as we cover:

• How Microtrac integrated laser diffraction and dynamic image analysis technology in one instrument
• Metal Powder Parts Manufacturing Methods
• Importance of Powder Morphology
• Quality Control for Metal Powders

This webinar aired on Thursday, October 25th, 2018.

Questions?

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Come say hi and see our latest product offerings!

43rd International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC 2019) – Daytona Beach, FL – 1/27/2019

Premier Mining and Metallurgy Conference – Denver, CO – 2/24/2019 – Booth #2135

The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society – Tampa, FL – 3/13/2019 – Booth #416

Pittcon – Philadelphia, PA – 3/17/2019 – Booth #3939

Phosphates 2019 – Orlando, FL – 3/25/2019

Specialty Coffee Expo – Boston, MA – 4/11/2019 – Booth #292

Ceramics Expo – Cleveland, OH – 4/30/2019 – Booth #831

Rapid/TCT Accelerating 3D Manufacturing – Detroit, MI – 5/20/2019 – Booth #2070

Institute of Food Technologists – New Orleans, LA – 6/2/2019

International Conference on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials – Phoenix, AZ – 6/23/2019

Materials Science & Technology – Portland, OR – 9/29/19

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Join us for our new webinar on the Microtrac Sync. Our latest instrument integrates the world’s leading laser diffraction technology with the world’s leading dynamic image analysis technology – Same bench, same sample, same run, same flow cell, same user interface. Users can now get their tried and true particle size distribution together with particle morphology in a single, easy to use graphical user interface.

Using our patented methodology, the Sync interrogates particles, wet or dry, with laser light while simultaneously a high-speed digital camera takes images. The data collected is processed by our FLEX software and presents the user with particle size and shape information. While the software is powerful, the graphical user interface is intuitive and easy to use. The Sync enables users to get more detailed information about their material than ever before and will quickly render size-only instrumentation outdated and incomplete.

Please join us for an in-depth webinar on the features and capabilities of the Sync. Let us share with you how Microtrac is changing the paradigm for material characterization.

Join us on Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 11AM EDT

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Special Guest Speakers: Dr. Zhijun Liu & Dr. Tracy Gibbs

Who Should Attend?

Lab Managers, Production Managers, Formulators, Extractors, R&D Staff and anyone concerned about improving formulations and bioavailability, creating new products, use of organic pesticides, and post processing!

Why?

To gain insight into the creation of nanoemulsions in complicated systems with difficult materials. Technical presentation addressing issues such as:

• Solubility Enhancements
• Advantages of high shear fluid processing instruments
• The benefits of smaller droplets for cannabis products
• Methods for particle size analysis
• Bioavailability Assessment
• Spray drying of formulations – Oil in Water Soluble Products
• Organic Pesticides for Medicinal Plant Production

A Microfluidics M110-P, Microtrac NanoFlex and BUCHI Spray Dryer will be available after the seminar for those wishing to see the latest approach to nanoemulsion creation and particle size analysis.

When?

Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Meet & Greet Time: 11:30 AM
Working Lunch Will be Provided
Duration: Approximately 3 hours

Where?

Embassy Suites Hotel – Denver/Stapleton
4444 N. Havana Street
Denver, CO 80239
PH: 303-375-0400

Speakers

Dr. Zhijun Liu Ph.D.; Professor, Louisiana State University: Dr. Liu has been leading a unique medicinal plant program of 20 years. He has expertise in extraction, purification, and standardization of bioactive components. Recently, Dr. Liu has developed formulation technologies to disperse poorly water-soluble compounds such as pyrethrum oil into the nanoscale range. He was a keynote speaker on this subject at an Improving Solubility conference aiming to improve bioavailability during formulation development. He uses botanical food ingredients as solubilizers, penetrators, or absorption enhancers thus creates superior formulations that are safe and compatible to many applications including medicinal drinks for human health or organic pesticides for managing field and greenhouse plants. For examples, he can turn oily extracts into water-soluble powder, encapsulate active ingredients to extend half-life, and mix lipophilic and hydrophilic ingredients in water.
Dr. Tracy Gibb, Ph.D.; Industry Consultant: Tracy is the formulator of over 900 dietary supplements and skin care products, paten holder of the AES (Assimilation Enhancing System), author of multiple books, and has taught and lectured at worldwide symposiums and conferences.
Gabi Carroll, Microfluidics, Regional Sales Manager: Gabriele Carroll has a Bachelor’s Degree in Food Technology. She worked in the Research and Development department at Kraft Foods in Munich for 10 years before moving to the United States. She has been working at Microfluidics for 23 years in both the applications lab and sales management.
Debra Repko, BUCHI Corporation: Debra is the Application and Technical Support Manager at BUCHI Corporation with a strong background in Spray Drying.
Tim Jochum, RGS Scientific, Product Engineer: Tim Jochum is Product Engineer with RGS Scientific as has provided worked with many cannabis applications with respect to Microfluidics high-shear processing and Microtrac’s array of particle size analysis technologies.

Schedule

12:00 pm – Zhijun Liu, Ph.D.
Solubility Enhancement, Bioavailability Improvement and Assessment, Oil in Water-Soluble Powders, and Organic Pesticides for Medicinal Plant Production

12:40 pm – Tracy Gibbs, Ph.D.
Current Technology for Delivery Systems

1:20 pm – Gabi Carroll
Current Technology for Nanoemulsion/Liposome Creation

2:40 pm – Debra Repko
Overview of lab scale spray drying

3:00 pm – Tim Jochum
Size Analysis of Cannabis Products

3:20 pm – Demonstrations
We will create a nanoemulsion from a CBD oil, then spray dry it to create a powder, and then dissolve the powder to disperse the nanoemulsion

Overview

Professor Liu will discuss various aspects of his research and will cover areas that would be related to improvement and testing of cannabis products. He will describe enhancements of solubility and will describe how nanoemulsions enhance bioavailability. He will then show how his group has assessed bioavailability by various methods of testing. Dr. Liu will describe past work in converting oil in water to soluble powders. Finally, he will describe use of organic pesticides for medicinal plant production in greenhouses.

Tracy Gibbs; Nutraceutical Consultant: Tracy will address formulations and the advantages of creating nanoemulsions and liposomes.  He will provide an overview about how nutraceutical ingredients and cannabis formulations might be combined.

Gabi will discuss Microfluidics’ High Shear Processors as a tool for creating nanoemulsions, encapsulations, and nano-sized dispersions for the Cannabis Industry, applications from bench-top to production scale. An emulsion will be created using a Microfluidizer, M-110P.

Debra will describe the technology of spay drying, and share the processing parameters involved to optimize spray drying formulations for the Cannabis market. She will demonstrate a sample being run the B-290 Mini Spray Dryer.

Tim will describe various methods of particle size analysis and discuss how these techniques are vital to optimize the creation of nano-sized dispersions as well as spray dry products for the cannabis industry. He will perform particle size analysis on the samples processed by Yang using the Microfluidizer system and will show the particle size distributions before and after processing.

Following the presentations, we will demonstrate the M110-P, Buchi spray dryer and Microtrac particle size analyzers. A CBD oil will be processed with the M110-P to create a nanoemulsion. Then, the nanoemulsion will be processed within the spray dryer to create a powder now loaded with the nanoemulsion. Finally, the powder will be dissolved within a water solution and the particle size of the dispersed emulsified CBD oil will be. Particle size analysis of the powder and we can answer any questions that current users might have about their systems or projects. The workshop and demonstration will conclude around 4:00 PM.

Reservations can be made by emailing Gwen.James@RGSScientific.com with reference to “Nanoemulsion Seminar” in the subject line of your e-mail and indicate how many will be attending. Feel free to distribute this notification as needed.
For additional information please contact Tim Jochum at 303-944-7490 or Steve Rapp at 214-769-8498.

Seating is limited, so please register as early as possible.

Please click here to view the flyer

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We will be providing an overview of nanoemulsions, formulating specifically with CBD and THC and processing nanoemulsions with the Microfluidizer processor. Tim will go into details about particle size analysis with Microtrac and then discussing the results of the CBD and THC nanoemulsions he has created with the M110P Microfluidizer Processor.

Speaker, Tim Jochum
Tim Jochum has a B.Sc. in Chemistry from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, and a M.Sc. in Material Science from the Colorado School of Mines. Prior to going back to school for his Masters degree, he worked at the research laboratory for DuPont Electronic Polymers in Ingleside, Texas. Tim has garnered a wealth of knowledge from education and industry as it relates to instrumentation for chemical analysis through physical characterization. He has been working with RGS Scientific and Microfluidics since 2010 and is currently working closely with numerous cannabis operations (CBD and THC) to expand their capabilities. The data for the webinar was generated by Tim to demonstrate the capabilities of Microfluidizer technology, using an M-110P in conjunction with the Microtrac NanoWave II Q for size analysis.

Join us Thursday, Apr 25, 2019 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT.
Register to get a recording if you are unable to attend!

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Microtrac’s Sync uses an innovative hybrid method of particle size and shape measurement that combines laser diffraction and image analysis. Metal Powders require high flowability and packing density for even, fast loading and high strength in final parts. Key parameters to spec are Sphericity, Smoothness, and Size Distribution. These properties are important for outgoing QC for Metal Powder manufacturers and incoming QC for Powder Metalllurgy parts manufacturers. This presentation describes the QC requirements and a combination analytical instrument which measures them.

Join us for this webinar as we cover:

• How Microtrac integrated laser diffraction and dynamic image analysis technology in one instrument
• Metal Powder Parts Manufacturing Methods
• Importance of Powder Morphology
• Quality Control for Metal Powders

Join us for this free webinar on Thursday, May 30th, 2019.

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Haan, June 3rd, 2019 – Today the VERDER Group entered into an agreement to acquire the American Microtrac, Inc. and the Japanese MicrotracBEL Corporation from Nikkiso Co. Ltd. Verder’s Scientific Division is herewith extending its product portfolio with product lines for particle characterization by laser diffraction, dynamic light scattering and surface analysis.

Microtrac is a leading manufacturer and pioneer of instruments for particle analysis using laser diffraction and dynamic light scattering technologies. The instruments are used both for industrial applications and material research. Microtrac has two facilities in the USA located in Montgomeryville, PA and York, PA where Microtrac develops and manufactures all products.

MicrotracBEL is a leading manufacturer of instruments for surface area and porosity analysis applying adsorption technologies. The instruments are used in research intense fields for particle characterization. MicrotracBEL has three facilities in Japan located in Osaka (headquarter), Tokyo and Nagoya.

Verder Scientific is a division of the Verder Group, a family owned group of companies already deeply engaged and well reputed in the global development, manufacturing and distribution of products and services of state-of-the-art scientific applications. Verder Scientific is looking for strategic investments, creating stable, highly competitive instrument business companies focusing on niche markets.

The Microtrac and MicrotracBEL portfolio complements the offering of Verder Scientific, by adding more than 150 employees and more than 35 Mio. € in revenues, creating a larger footprint within the particle characterization market. Microtrac and MicrotracBEL will benefit immediately from the direct market access of Verder in key countries worldwide and from synergies with the other product lines of Verder Scientific.

„With Microtrac and MicrotracBEL two technological leaders in particle and surface analysis are united under the roof of Verder Scientific. We look forward to welcoming the Microtrac and MicrotracBEL teams to our group. Both companies will have access to additional resources to push international expansion and extend its innovative product range”, explains Dr. Jürgen Pankratz, CEO of Verder Scientific.

Paul Cloake, Managing Director of Microtrac, is confident that “the worldwide synergy effects will contribute to the positive development of our organization and further accelerate our company’s growth. We are excited to join Verder Scientific with its flat organisation and collaborative business culture to take our business to the next level.”

Dr. Kazuyuki Nakai, Managing Director of MicrotracBEL adds: “By leveraging our combined capabilities, along with our commercial scale and customer relationships, we will strengthen our position as a trusted partner to our customers worldwide. The MicrotracBEL team welcomes the long-term engagement of Verder Scientific which will enable us to develop our products further.”

True to the Verder Group’s established acquisition strategy Microtrac and MicrotracBEL will not only maintain their headquarters in the US and Japan but these locations will also be used to support further expansion of the Verder Group. The existing Mictrotrac and MicrotracBEL management team will continue to be in charge.

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In this webinar we will present data from research conducted at University of Hohenheim on crystal samples of Sodium Chloride, Mono Sodium Glutamate (MSG) and Sugar. These crystals all exhibit particle shapes which diverge from spherical shape by different degrees. These different particle shapes, as well as sizes, can be measured and quantified on the same instrument – a dynamic image analyzer. Those measurements were compared with measurements made on other instruments – a stand-alone laser diffraction analyzer, a simple scanner reporting size and shape, and a manual microscope and SEM. We’ll show how the image analyzer provides data that agree closely with sizes and shapes measured on the other three instruments, in all three orthogonal dimensions and on a much larger and representative sample of particles. Particle shape is becoming an ever more used measurement technology in characterizing particulate samples, because size alone is recognized to often not provide distinguishing differences among samples.

Join us in learning more about Image Analysis and how it has become the most common technology for measuring particle morphology. Special guest, Patrick Wilms from the University of Hohenheim will talk about his experience using Microtrac’s PartAn 3D and the advantages of imagining technology.

This webinar is scheduled for Thu, Jun 20, 2019 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT.

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Last month the VERDER Group entered into an agreement to acquire Microtrac and MicrotracBEL from Nikkiso, a Japanese based company focused on technologies in highly specialized fields ranging from specialty pumps to carbon fiber-reinforced plastic components. On July 1st, 2019, the transfer to Verder was complete and Microtrac officially became part of the Verder family.

On July 10th, Microtrac’s York facility welcomed Andries Verder to help with the changing of the guard. A new, temporary sign was installed while our sign makers work on a more permanent solution. Microtrac’s York facility is a freshly renovated, 34,000 square foot Operations Center. The Operations Center is the home to manufacturing, customer support, training, and particle analysis laboratory services.

Microtrac will continue to operate at their headquarters in the Pennsylvania, USA with the existing management team remaining in place. Our outstanding portfolio, including our newest addition the Sync, will continue to be provided, enhanced and supported. Moreover, with the acquisition by Verder Scientific, we’ll have a wide variety of new technologies and expertise available to our customers.

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Join us on, Thursday, September 12th, for a free webinar on Using Size & Shape To Measure Proppants!

Proppants must have smooth surfaces and must be much more spherical than oblong in shape. Characteristics of proppants are known as roundness and sphericity in particle image analysis nomenclature. Roundness and sphericity have been determined visually comparing a small number of proppant particles with 2-dimensional images on a chart displaying different values of those parameters since the 1960s.

Microtrac offers an analytical instrument which measures size distribution, and many shape parameters, including roundness and sphericity, of very large samples, hundreds of thousands or more, in a matter of minutes.

In this webinar we will discuss fracking, proppants and their properties, and the latest instrument from Microtrac – the Sync.

Register today for this free webinar, Using Size & Shape To Measure Proppants to air on Thursday, September 12th, 2019.

Reserve your seat today!

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Crushed stone aggregate is used as loose bed foundation for highway bed foundation, airport runways and railways. These aggregates need to meet certain size and morphology specifications based on their application. To ensure the product is compliant, quality departments sometime use primitive tools such as sieves and calipers to verify the size and shape of the material. These methods are outdated, labor intensive, and error prone.

The following problems associated with using sieves and calipers to measure size and morphology of large quantities of materials:

• Time consuming
• Error prone
• Small, unrepresentative sampling

There is a faster, more accurate method to measure the size distribution and morphology parameters of aggregates.

Join us to learn more about 3D Dynamic Image Analysis and the Microtrac PartAn3D. Our optical technology uses high-speed, high-resolution cameras to take multiple pictures of each particle’s orientation (length, width, and thickness) as it falls through a sensing zone. Learn more about the preferred sizes and shapes (morphologies) used in the aggregates industry.

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Register for our workshop “Hands on Techniques” in cooperation with Verder Scientific, EOS and Mager Scientific.

When: Tuesday Oct. 29th, 2019 / 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Where: EOS North America, 3813 Helios Way #298, Pflugerville, TX 78660

Are you looking for innovative, efficient solutions for your additive manufacturing process? Industrial 3D printing, Particle Size & Shape Analysis, Elemental Analysis, Heat Treatment, Microstructural Analysis and Hardness Testing- EOS, the Verder Scientific companies and Mager Scientific offer high quality solutions combined with expert advice and support service.

Click here to register for our workshop!

This workshop will provide hands on experience with live operating test systems for:

• 3D Printing
• Feed stock, particle size analysis and morphology
• Particle size Analysis & Dynamic Image Analysis
• Heat treatment for annealing, debinding and sintering
• C,S,N,O,H analysis of powder metals and finished products
• Recovery/recycling of non conforming products for re-use of feed stock materials
• Cutting, polishing and mechanical testing of finished products
• Qness

Please join us for this unique opportunity to experience Additive Manufacturing from Start to Finish!

Presenters:

Dr. Ankit Saharan, Manager of Research and Applications Development at EOS North America

Kyle James, Business Unit Manager for our Retsch product line at Verder Scientific Inc, with extensive experience in sample preparation & particle size reduction for 11 years

Gert Beckmann, Product Manager Retsch Technology GmbH, with over 19 years of experience in particle science and product development

Paul Cloake, President of Microtrac Inc. With over 30 years experience in Laser Diffraction and Dynamic Light Scattering technology in both product and applications development

Michael Hager, Business Unit Manager for our Carbolite Gero product line at Verder Scientific Inc, with a background in material science & experience in heat treating green parts

Cesar Ballester, Sales Manager for our Eltra product line at Verder Scientific Inc, with a background in Chemistry & Engineering

Cathy Johnson, Technical Specialist at Mager Scientific for the ATM Materialography product line, with 30 years’ experience in materials microanalysis as it pertains to material/product development and failure analysis

Ryan Fowler, Hardness testing specialist at Mager Scientific, with over 25 years’ experience in material preparation, hardness testing, and image analysis

Ryan Wicker, PhD PE, Professor and Director of the W.M. Keck Center for 3D Innovation at the University of Texas at El Paso, leading one of the best equipped academic laboratories in the world focused on additive manufacturing.

Agenda:

8:00 AM Registration

8:30 AM Welcome & Introduction (Overview of EOS with Dr. Ankit Saharan)

8:45 AM Welcome & Introduction (Overview of VSUS with Georg Schick, President of VSUS)

Presentations from 9:45am- 12:0pm

9:00 AM EOS Presentation Begins
9:30 AM Retsch Presentation begins
10:10 AM Microtrac/Retsch Technology Presentation begins
10:40 AM Carbolite Gero Presentation Begins
11:10 AM Eltra Presentation Begins
11:40 AM ATM/Qness Presentation Begins

12:20PM Break

12:30-1:30 PM Lunch with Keynote Speaker Ryan Wicker, PhD from UTEP
“Frontier Applications in Powder Based Additive Manufacturing”

1:30 PM-5:00 PM Hands on experience with Equipment

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Lithium-ion batteries are used for a number of consumer products, from cell phones to electric cars. While capacity might be the focus of one industry, others may consider power more important. In order to properly develop the materials for LI batteries, companies need to understand which parameters are most important to their specific application.

In this on-demand webinar we’ll give an overview of Li-ion batteries and different applications, and the different analytical techniques used in the characterization of battery materials.

Speakers:

Terry Stauffer
Particle Characterization Specialist

James Pastore
Customer Application Specialist & Batteries Expert

Join us on Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 11:00 AM EST

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Come say hi and see our latest product offerings!

43rd International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC 2019) – Daytona Beach, FL – 1/27/2019

Premier Mining and Metallurgy Conference – Denver, CO – 2/24/2019 – Booth #2135

The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society – Tampa, FL – 3/13/2019 – Booth #416

Pittcon – Philadelphia, PA – 3/17/2019 – Booth #3939

Phosphates 2019 – Orlando, FL – 3/25/2019

Specialty Coffee Expo – Boston, MA – 4/11/2019 – Booth #292

Ceramics Expo – Cleveland, OH – 4/30/2019 – Booth #831

Rapid/TCT Accelerating 3D Manufacturing – Detroit, MI – 5/20/2019 – Booth #2070

Institute of Food Technologists – New Orleans, LA – 6/2/2019

International Conference on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials – Phoenix, AZ – 6/23/2019

Materials Science & Technology – Portland, OR – 9/29/19

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