Powder flowability expert Tim Freeman, Managing Director of Freeman Technology will present on the topic of advanced powder characterisation and its relevance in powder processing  at Interphex Japan, 27 – 29 June 2012, Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo. Visitors will also have the opportunity to get hands on with Freeman Technology’s FT4 Powder Rheometer in the East Hall on the booth of Malvern  Japan Division of Spectris Co. Ltd,  Freeman Technology’s distribution partner in this territory. 

Taking place from 13:40 to 14:40 on Wednesday, 27 June, Mr Freeman’s presentation; ‘Advanced measurement and understanding of powder flow properties’, will describe the application of the FT4 Powder Rheometer to predict the in-process behaviour of powders.

The FT4 Powder Rheometer uses patented dynamic methodology, a fully automated shear cell and several bulk property tests, including density, compressibility and permeability to quantify powder properties in terms of flow and processability. The resulting information aids efficient plant design and supports the effective troubleshooting and optimisation of powder handling processes.

Visit www.freemantech.co.uk for product information and to access an extensive library of technical and applications information.

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Powder characterisation company Freeman Technology is exhibiting the company’s universal powder tester, the FT4 Powder Rheometer, at ACHEMA 2012 (Frankfurt, Germany; 18-22 June 2012), and members of the team will be speaking at congress sessions.

On 20 June, Operations Manager Jamie Clayton joins forces with Michael Mayer from Azo GmbH to make a presentation focusing on better equipment design strategies for powder processing. They will examine the role of enhanced powder characterisation in promoting greater understanding of the design requirements.

On 22 June, a member of the Freeman team will share their experience of a multivariate approach to analysis of powder flow properties, again in the context of achieving better equipment design strategies for powder processing.

Visitors to the Freeman Technology exhibition stand will be able to find out more about the FT4 Powder Rheometer and discuss their individual powder processing challenges with the company’s expert team.

The FT4 Powder Rheometer is a universal powder tester that uses patented dynamic methodology, automated shear cells and bulk property tests, including density, compressibility and permeability, to quantify powder properties in terms of flow and processability. It delivers data that maximise process and product understanding, accelerate R&D and formulation, and support process optimisation.

Please visit Freeman Technology at ACHEMA on Stand No. 4.2 F62.

More details about how Freeman Technology can help support your powder processing challenges at www.freemantech.co.uk

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Powder characterisation specialist Freeman Technology is delighted to announce that the company is to receive the 2012 Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the category International Trade. Recognised around the world, the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are Britain’s most coveted commercial prizes and this appreciation of Freeman Technology’s rapidly growing international presence follows the company’s 2007 Queen’s Award in the category of Innovation.

"Freeman Technology’s first Queen’s Award in 2007 celebrated our development of the FT4 Powder Rheometer  and the unique contribution it makes to understanding powders – and to supporting manufacturing industry in its drive to improve efficiency and productivity,” said Managing Director, Tim Freeman. "Five years on, not only do we have a proven instrument, we have unparalleled real-world experience, expertise and applications knowledge that supports the use of the system. It is this combination that is proving so powerful to companies across the globe, and which has driven our international business growth, resulting in a doubling of our export sales in just three years.”

The FT4 Powder Rheometer delivers information that helps powder processing industries to maximise process and product understanding, and accelerate R&D, formulation and commercialisation, as well as supporting process optimisation. FT4 systems are installed in many different sectors, including the chemical, pharmaceutical, toners, foods, powder coatings, metals, ceramics, cosmetics and other industries.

Paying tribute to colleagues around the world, Tim Freeman confirmed that 2012 is proving to be a highly significant year for Freeman Technology,  with a great deal of planning and development coming to fruition. 

"Winning this Queen’s Award in the International Trade category really affirms Freeman Technology’s establishment in world markets and reflects the commitment and hard work of all our teams and partners” he said. “Ever since the launch of the FT4 Powder Rheometer more than 8 years ago, strong sales have been supported directly in Europe and the United States, and through distribution partners in Japan. Now with our experience and expertise across many different applications, we are successfully entering many new markets where the FT4 is helping to solve the same problems that challenge powder processors the world over.”

In response to increasing demand for the FT4, Freeman Technology has strengthened sales and applications  support in a number of territories. In the past 12 months the company has established a new direct operation in North America and extended its distribution partnerships to include China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand, all underpinned by a move last year to larger premises in the UK, extending the scope for manufacturing and support.

"The key to our success and the success of our customers is that we now have many years of research to draw upon, to help our customers find their way through the complexity of powder processing. This gives us a deep understanding of powder characterisation and how to interpret and apply the data to the many different challenges that powder processors face. We have some exciting times ahead as we continue to grow and learn about new and existing powders and processes."  www.freemantech.co.uk

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Freeman Technology brings a new dimension to the 2012 PTXi/International Powder & Bulk Solids show (8-10 May 2012, Rosemont, IL) following the establishment of its US subsidiary in January this year. US National Sales Specialist Mike Delancy and Applications Specialist John Yin will be available on the Freeman Technology booth to demonstrate the company’s FT4 Powder Rheometer and to discuss individual powder processing challenges.

The FT4 Powder Rheometer uses patented dynamic methodology, automated shear cells and bulk property tests, including density, compressibility and permeability, to quantify powder properties in terms of flow and processability. It delivers data that maximise process and product understanding, accelerate R&D and formulation, and support process optimisation.

See the team on Booth #2630 or for further details please visit www.freemantech.co.uk

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Tim Freeman, Managing Director of powder characterisation company Freeman Technology, will lead a workshop on ‘Understanding and measuring powder flow properties’ at the Powder & Bulk Solids Exhibition and Conference in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, which runs from 13-15 March 2012.

The workshop takes place on Wednesday 14 March at 10.00am with presentations by  Tim Freeman and Shashikant Gurav, Business Manager of Aimil Ltd., Freeman Technology’s distribution partner in India. Pre-registration is advised and full details can be found at http://www.viablesoft.com/BulksolidConference/index.asp.

Traditionally, manufacturing industry has relied on the knowledge of its engineers to optimise processes, while problems are often overcome through understanding that is based on previous experience. However in today’s economic climate, efficiency and quality are paramount, so a thorough understanding of powder behaviour is essential in designing the operations that make up a process.

The first part of the ‘Understanding and measuring powder flow properties’ workshop illustrates how recent developments in powder characterisation allow process engineers to predict the way in which a material will behave during processing and how best to configure equipment settings for optimal powder and process compatibility. It will also demonstrate how this information can be fed back in at the development stage to provide processability specifications.  Also how it can be used to evaluate the causes of process interruptions or reduced product quality.

The second part of the workshop will involve a practical demonstration of the measurement of powder characteristics using the FT4 Powder Rheometer.

Freeman Technology’s FT4 Powder Rheometer, backed by the company’s unique process-focused approach to powder characterisation, delivers critical information that is essential for understanding and efficiently managing and processing powders. Providing automated shear testing, dynamic flowability and bulk properties measurements, the FT4 is a universal powder tester for formulators, process engineers and QA specialists. For more information please visit www.freemantech.co.uk

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Visitors to the Freeman Technology Booth (#2136) at Interphex 2012 (1-3 May, New York, USA) can find out about the host of new features available in the latest version of the FT4 Powder Rheometer software.

The FT4 Powder Rheometer uses patented dynamic methodology, a fully automated shear cell and several bulk property tests, including density, compressibility and permeability to quantify powder properties in terms of flow and processability. The resulting information aids efficient plant design and supports the effective troubleshooting and optimisation of powder handling processes.

Powder Rheometer software version 5 delivers a clean, clear and intuitive graphical interface with enhanced display of real-time test information.  Importantly it provides step-by step guidance to assist new users in selecting and running tests while still allowing experienced users the freedom to develop and run bespoke methodologies.

Freeman Technology operates on a global basis. Continued expansion of the organisation has included the formal establishment in January 2012 of Freeman Technology Inc and the expansion of the existing US team to include a National Sales Specialist. Applications and sales specialists from the Freeman Technology Inc. team will be available on the company’s booth throughout Interphex 2012.

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Building on a decade of successful business in North America, powder characterisation specialist Freeman Technology is pleased to announce that in January 2012 the company formally established a US subsidiary, Freeman Technology Inc.

This new organisation will take on responsibility for sales, service and applications support for the ever growing number of FT4 Powder Rheometer users in the US, and will work with prospective customers across all industrial markets. Concurrent with this, the appointment of Mike Delancy as National Sales Specialist adds a wealth of commercial and rheological applications experience to the established Freeman Technology team.

Mike joins Freeman Technology Inc. from a leading fluids rheology instrumentation company. He has more than 25 years experience in rheology and thermal analysis instrumentation, supporting customers in pharmaceuticals, polymers, food, consumer products and biotechnology markets.

Looking forward to a busy year ahead Tim Freeman, Managing Director of Freeman Technology said: “Freeman Technology has been operating in the US for a number of years, principally from our UK office but with dedicated local support. The formal creation of a US subsidiary has been something we have been working towards for some time, so we are extremely excited to have reached this point. I’d like to welcome Mike Delancy and also thank all of our US customers and colleagues for their support over the years.”

Sales of the Freeman Technology FT4 Powder Rheometer have grown year on year since the instrument’s introduction over ten years ago, with North America an increasingly active market in the pharmaceutical and other powder processing sectors.

“I know from the surveys we do that our customers in North America have always been happy with the support we provide,” said Tim Freeman, “but building a direct operation will enable us to improve this even further and bring the benefits of the FT4 Powder Rheometer to a wider audience.”

Key contacts at Freeman Technology Inc. are:

Mike Delancy, National Sales Specialist
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Phone: +1 (609) 654-0827
Cell: +1 (609) 332-3517

John Yin, Applications Specialist
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Phone: +1 (718) 358-2058
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Wednesday 14th December 2011

The Freeman Technology-sponsored prize for the best poster at December’s Powder Flow 2011 conference was presented to Hanne Kinnunen, a PhD student at the University of Bath in the UK.  Her presentation ‘The impact of loaded drug dose and the surface roughness of the coarse lactose carrier to the fluidisation characteristics of dry powder inhaler formulations’ was co-authored with Jag Shur and Robert Price, also from the Pharmaceutical Surface Science Research Group in the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology at Bath, and Gerald Hebbink from DFE Pharma in Borcolo, The Netherlands.

The primary aim of the work was to investigate the impact of increasing drug concentration on the fluidisation properties of dry powder inhaler (DPI) formulations prepared with carriers having different surface characteristics. The results indicated that the fluidisation properties of the formulations prepared with the carrier that had a higher degree of surface roughness were less susceptible to change in fluidisation properties when the concentration of the drug was increased.

Tim Freeman, Director of Operations at Freeman Technology was part of the judging team. “It was really pleasing to see a strong set of posters and the judges certainly didn’t have an easy task,” he said. “Our congratulations go to Hanne and I’d like to wish her every success with her continuing research work.”

Powder Flow 2011 is a one-day conference that was held in London on 6 December, and followed a successful inaugural event in 2009.  As well as providing the £250 poster prize, Freeman Technology exhibited the FT4 Powder Rheometer at the event.

For details about Powder Flow 2011 go to www.powderflow2011.com

To find out more about the FT4 Powder Rheometer www.freemantech.co.uk

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