Malvern Insitec Particle Size Analyzers Support Toshiba Toner Production
24 May 2007
The latest information from the Toshiba plant in Dieppe details the company's experience with Malvern's Insitec analyzers and highlights the value of on-line particle size measurement in toner production. The Insitec system from Malvern Instruments is a fully automated on-line laser diffraction-based analyzer. Toshib's adoption of this on-line technology has delivered a throughput increase of 1%, a reduction in over-grinding, steadier mill operation and a significant decrease in the amount of operator time dedicated to routine analysis. Two Insitec systems operate at Toshiba Dieppe and a third is planned.
The trend within the toner industry is towards products with a smaller particle size. This is driving the need for increasingly tight control of the industry's energy-intensive milling processes. It is also making conventional off-line analytical techniques that involve sample dispersion, such as the Coulter counter, more time-consuming.
The Insitec is a well-established robust particle sizing solution for both wet and dry processes. At its heart lies powerful laser diffraction technology developed and refined by Malvern Instruments over the last 30 years. Sampling and dispersion form an integral part of the Insitec package, which provides a reliable, proven industrially relevant option for sectors as diverse as powder coatings manufacture and cement production. www.malvern.com
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Malvern Instruments is a global company that develops, manufactures and markets advanced analytical systems used in characterizing a wide variety of materials, from bulk powders to the latest nanomaterials and delicate macromolecules. Innovative technologies and powerful software produce systems that deliver industrially relevant data enabling customers to make the connection between micro (eg particle size) and macro (bulk) material properties (rheology) and chemical composition (chemical imaging). Malvern laboratory, on-line and in-line solutions are proven in sectors from cement to pharmaceuticals and support the understanding, improvement and optimization of many industrial processes.
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