A new twist makes it possible to fluidize very fine powders

摘要

Nara Machinery Co. (Tokyo; nara-m.co.jp), with the support of Satoru Watano of the Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, has commercialized a rotating fluidized-bed (FB) ssytem, called Omnitex, which can fluidize fine (0.1-50-mum dia). powders (diagram).