FOCUS ON: Affordable New Powder Flow Tester from Brookfield
Brookfield's affordable new Powder Flow Tester (PFT) was developed in cooperation with the Wolfson Centre at the University of Greenwich, UK. The PFT delivers quick and easy analysis of powder flow behavior in industrial processing equipment. It is ideal for manufacturers who process powders daily and want to minimize or eliminate the downtime and expense of hopper/silo discharge failure. Customers can perform QC checks on incoming materials, characterize new formulations for flowability and adjust composition to match established product flow behavior. The Brookfield Powder Flow Tester features a variety of test options and output formats.

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