Thursday, February 23, 2012
Brookfield Engineering Laboratories has released its Powder
Flow Pro v. 1.2, an updated version of Brookfield's
automated software used to control its Powder Flow Tester. The PFT Powder Flow
Tester, which won an R&D 100 Award in 2011, provides quick analysis of
powder flow behavior in industrial processing equipment.
The updated software includes a new comparison feature that
allows the user to combine, display, and compare data from both standard and
small shear cell tests in a single graph, allowing users to test and compare
how powders respond in small bins with low consolidating stress and in large
bins with high consolidating stress.
The software also features a Normalized Flow Function. As
more product is added to the hopper, consolidation stress increases raising the
potential for stable bridges or arching to occur. The function enables users to
predict this behavior and modify the manufacturing process or hopper design to
avoid the problem.
Brookfield
Engineering Laboratories, www.brookfieldengineering.com
