ON-LINE POWDER MEASUREMENT – Session in English

Industry 4.0 Applied to Powder Processing

In powder-based processes, even minor variations in material or parameters can significantly affect product quality, energy consumption or productivity. Without real-time monitoring, these changes often go unnoticed.

This training shows you how to integrate suitable in-line measurement tools into your processes, enabling you to :

• Support the development of new products and processes by understanding how each parameter affects final material properties, supported by real-time monitoring of grinding, sieving, mixing and granulation operations,
• Improve product quality and consistency by detecting and correcting deviations immediately, stabilising output despite raw material variability, and reducing non-conformities.
• Decrease energy consumption by 10 to 50% by avoiding over-grinding
• Increase operational efficiency by automating process settings, reducing downtime, improving traceability and enhancing reactivity

Through concrete case studies from a variety of industries, you will learn how to select the right technology, interpret data, and apply it to achieve effective plant control.

Program Content

Introduction to Industry 4.0 in powder processing: opportunities and challenges

Key parameters influencing powder processes (grinding, sieving, mixing, granulation)

In-line measurement technologies: principles, selection criteria, and integration

Using real-time monitoring to:

• Support product and process development
• Improve quality and consistency
• Reduce non-conformities and material variability impacts

Process optimisation through automation and data-driven decision making

Energy savings through smart monitoring (avoiding over-grinding, stabilising operations)

Traceability, reactivity, and productivity gains enabled by digital tools

Case studies from various industries demonstrating practical applications