About Powder Processing and Technology

 Innovative Materials Center | Since 1974 

PPT Innovative Materials Center Capabilities: 

Powder Processing Capabilities

PPT's Innovative Materials center is a pilot-scale toll powder processing facility that is fully equipped to handle all process development requirements. We have the equipment for: 

  • Fuel cell materials
  • Electronic materials
  • Metal oxide catalysts Size Classification
  • Wet Grinding
  • Drying
  • Spray Drying
  • Calcining
  • Sintering
  • Advanced ceramics
  • Battery materials
  • Traditional ceramic materials

Reliable Ceramic and Inorganic Processing Partner


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PPT Innovative Materials Center Capabilities:

Powder Processing Capabilities

PPT's Innovative Materials Center is a pilot-scale toll powder processing facility that is fully equipped to handle all process development requirements. We have the equipment for:

  • Size classification
  • Wet grinding
  • Drying
  • Spray drying
  • Calcining
  • Sintering
  • Pelletizing
  • Classification based on size distribution
  • Dry/wet batching
  • Wet/dry milling
  • Analytical testing

Examples of Materials

We can process all types of ceramic and inorganic powders, including:

  • Ferrite
  • Minerals
  • Zeolite
  • Alumina
  • Oxides
  • Clay
  • Mixed metal oxides
  • Zirconia

We can process all types of ceramic and inorganic powders, including:

Powder Size

We provide:

  • Spray dried powder - 30 - 150 µm
  • Milled particles as small as 0.50 µm


Processing Volume

We work with small-scale, single-powder batches from gram scale up to large-scale production runs of millions of pounds per year. We will work with any size batches or samples you have. Contact us for more information.


Innovative Materials Center Equipment

  • Lab-sized Pappenmeier mixer
  • Henschel Intensive Mixer mated to 14" indirect fired rotary calciner capable to 1093º C8" tube diameter indirect electric fired rotary calciner
  • Two Harper elevator kilns capable to 1371º C and nitrogen atmosphere capability
  • Nabertherm shuttle kiln capable to 1340º C and nitrogen atmosphere capability
  • Q-1 Union process batch attritor with YTZ balls
  • Q-6 Union process recirculating attritor with YTZ balls
  • Various laboratory-sized wet ball mills with hardened alloy steel grinding media
  • 1,000-liter capacity ceramic ball mill with high alumina spherical grinding media
  • Laboratory size Bowen tower spray dryer
  • 9'6" Anhydro spray dryer
  • De-lumper
  • Prater mill (dry mill)
  • Mag-separator
  • 24" Sweco multiple deck screener separator