Hauschild - Model SpeedMixer DAC 150.3 FVZ / DAC 250.3 FVZ Series -Benchtop Mixing System

This laboratory faced the same challenges as many others in the industry due to the conventional mixing they had been using:

1. Inadequate Dispersion and Deagglomeration: Lower energy methods like stir bars were unable to effectively disperse and deagglomerate the material, hampering the achievement of optimal material properties. The mortar and pestle sometimes worked well but was very inconsistent from operator to operator.
2. Material Consumption: Ball milling worked well but required larger quantities of expensive materials, which limited the laboratory’s ability to conduct experiments on a smaller scale.
3. Entrapped Air Bubbles: Most of the processes they had tried inherently entrained air which resulted in the presence of bubbles, leading to defects during the subsequent coating process.
4. Unsafe operating conditions: Roll mills had been considered but were ultimately deemed too unsafe for use in their lab.