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Powder Handling and Flow for Additive Manufacturing

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New Short Course

Extend your bulk solids handling knowledge by attending this new course, specifically designed for process engineers.

No previous training is required, if you work in the industry you are qualified to attend.

Powder Handling and Flow for Additive Manufacturing

Dates: 28 – 29 November 2018
Venue: LPW Technology, Cheshire, UK

This course is organised by the Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology in conjunction with LPW Technology, the Fraunhofer IFAM Institute, Bremen and the Knowledge Transfer Network (AM section)

Reason to attend: you will be guided through the critical aspects of powder handling and management for metal and plastics powder-based AM processing

Course topics include:

• Powder recycling and quality issues;
• Contamination and oxidation issues;
• Standards for AM powders;
• Flow behaviour and characterisation of powders;
• Introduction to the handling processes – pneumatic conveying systems, screw feeders, hoppers and silo storage and discharge;

Course Fees: £490 for one-day basic introduction / £765 for 2 day in-depth course featuring quality

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The Wolfson Centre

The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology

About us

Our Mission: To help industry to get it's powders and bulk materials to behave in the way they need them to!

Our Services:

  • Consultancy
  • Research
  • Short Courses

Our Clients:

Industries involved in the processing of powders, particulates and other bulk solids materials from across the spectrum including (but not limited to) food and drink, pharmaceuticals, minerals, renewable energy, chemicals, plastics, recycling, metals, household goods, paper, cosmetics, textiles and rubber.

Ranging from small local companies to international conglomerates.

Our industrial-scale pilot plant is available to test a processing step, or mock up a whole handling process or logistics chain, at full scale or near full scale. This can be used to find and solve the problems off-line, then when you transfer the same process or material to your own or your customers' plant, you can be confident it will work!

Our Experts have over one hundred man-years of experience in solving bulk materials handling problems. Along with a team of Researchers they concentrate on nothing else but the needs of Industry – and are at your disposal.

Our location offers excellent transport links within the UK and EU enabling us to provide a prompt and flexible response to site visit requests and client meetings.

Contact us for advice – don't pick up a hammer – pick up the phone. +44 (0) 20 8331 8646

Where we supply to

Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, South America, North America

Industries we supply to

Automation, Chemicals, Consultants, Components Electronics, Energy and Power, Food and Beverage, Glass Ceramics Cement, Metals and Minerals, OEM, Paper and Pulp, Pharmaceutical Cosmetics Toiletries, Plastics and Rubber, Recycling, Textiles, Tobacco, Water and Wastewater

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