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Extrusion of catalyst and petrochemical materials

Written by Dr Steve Robinson | 09-Nov-2020 13:01:35

An opportunity in laboratory extrusion with catalyst material.  We have recently had some considerable success with one of our customers working with the extrusion of small quantities of catalytic material.

  • The customer required an extruder that would be able to work with batches as little as 10 to 15 grams of material through an approximate 1 mm die but wished to increase the surface area of the resulting dried extrudate.
  • Working in conjunction with our designers and technical support team some options were investigated and the best being the use of “clover leaf” (or tri-lobe holes) in the extruder die.
  • If this sort of technology would be useful to you or if you have other ideas that you want to explore with us then why not contact us for a focussed discussion and see how we will help you.