company looks to ‘bright future’ as global sales of universal powder tester grow
27 Sep 07: Welland, UK: At a ceremony held today (Thursday 27 September 2007) Mr Michael Brinton, Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire, presented the Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2007 in the category Innovation to Reg Freeman, managing director of Freeman Technology. The presentation took place at the company’s headquarters in Castlemorton Common, Welland, UK.
Since being named as a recipient of the Queen’s Award in April this year, Freeman Technology’s order book at home and in overseas markets has continued to grow. The proven benefits to clients of the FT4 Powder Rheometer, backed by the priceless recognition of a Queen’s Award have further accelerated the company’s growth.
Freeman Technology manufactures and markets the FT4 Powder Rheometer, a unique universal powder tester that is used in laboratories around the world to measure the flow properties of an extremely wide range of materials. The company has an established base of customers in Europe, the US and Japan, where the FT4 is used in manufacturing industries as diverse as ceramics and pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and powder coatings.
Using patented technology, the FT4 allows manufacturers to characterise powders in ways that relate directly to their processes, giving a sound basis for process management, optimisation, efficiency, increased productivity and improved profitability.
As one client, Dr James Pugh, Senior Engineer at Enser Corporation in Florida, explained: “Our business is heavily involved in the processing and utilization of powders from synthesis to product implementation. As such, the knowledge and understanding of unique powder properties is crucial.
The centrepiece of our powder analytical laboratory is the Freeman Technology FT4 Powder Rheometer. In less than one year we have run over 600 individual powder tests with the rheometer and have directly applied the findings to production.”
The powerful performance of the FT4 combined with the expert instrument and applications support provided by Freeman Technology before, during and after installation, leads users to improved understanding and control of their powders and processes.
Looking to the future, Reg Freeman is confident of continuing market penetration and stated, “We can provide the instrumentation and know-how to help clients meet the challenges of handling and processing powders. This is a strong foundation for the future growth of our business as we continue to develop with, and serve, the powder processing industries.”
About the FT4 – a universal powder tester
The FT4 offers automated bulk, shear and dynamic property measurement in one instrument - producing data that correlate with real processing behaviour. It can help solve powder processing problems that can range from bridging at hopper outlets, through unwanted fluidisation and air entrainment, to batch variability and issues with tabletting, encapsulation and vial filling.
Powders are tested in a consolidated, conditioned and aerated state to fully characterise flow behaviour and the factors influencing it. This facilitates the rapid identification of properties with a critical impact on performance. The FT4’s patented dynamic methodology and unique conditioning step, coupled with automated test programmes eliminate operator-to-operator variability and deliver unsurpassed precision and reproducibility. As a result the instrument is highly differentiating. Testing is fast - a test programme is typically complete in around 5 minutes - while the latest software delivers rapid data analysis, remote from the laboratory where necessary.
About Freeman Technology
Freeman Technology is a specialist company pioneering the measurement and understanding of powders and their flow properties. Founded in 1989, the company developed the novel, patented technology that forms the core of its Powder Rheometer system at its design and manufacturing centre in Worcestershire, UK where all manufacturing takes place in an ISO 9001:2000 accredited environment. The FT4 Powder Rheometer is a universal powder tester that provides three complementary approaches in a single instrument: measurement of bulk properties including permeability, bulk density and compressability; shear property determination with automated shear cells; and dynamic flowability using patented methodology. In April 2007 the company received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation.
Freeman systems are installed around the world in a diverse range of industries. Applications range from optimising new formulations and improving the efficiency of manufacturing processes to the establishment of QC criteria for raw materials, intermediates and final product.
For more information on Freeman Technology, please visit:
Freeman Technology: Award
Queen’s Award presented to Freeman Technology –
company looks to ‘bright future’ as global sales of universal powder tester grow
27 Sep 07: Welland, UK: At a ceremony held today (Thursday 27 September 2007) Mr Michael Brinton, Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire, presented the Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2007 in the category Innovation to Reg Freeman, managing director of Freeman Technology. The presentation took place at the company’s headquarters in Castlemorton Common, Welland, UK.
Since being named as a recipient of the Queen’s Award in April this year, Freeman Technology’s order book at home and in overseas markets has continued to grow. The proven benefits to clients of the FT4 Powder Rheometer, backed by the priceless recognition of a Queen’s Award have further accelerated the company’s growth.
Freeman Technology manufactures and markets the FT4 Powder Rheometer, a unique universal powder tester that is used in laboratories around the world to measure the flow properties of an extremely wide range of materials. The company has an established base of customers in Europe, the US and Japan, where the FT4 is used in manufacturing industries as diverse as ceramics and pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and powder coatings.
Using patented technology, the FT4 allows manufacturers to characterise powders in ways that relate directly to their processes, giving a sound basis for process management, optimisation, efficiency, increased productivity and improved profitability.
As one client, Dr James Pugh, Senior Engineer at Enser Corporation in Florida, explained: “Our business is heavily involved in the processing and utilization of powders from synthesis to product implementation. As such, the knowledge and understanding of unique powder properties is crucial.
The centrepiece of our powder analytical laboratory is the Freeman Technology FT4 Powder Rheometer. In less than one year we have run over 600 individual powder tests with the rheometer and have directly applied the findings to production.”
The powerful performance of the FT4 combined with the expert instrument and applications support provided by Freeman Technology before, during and after installation, leads users to improved understanding and control of their powders and processes.
Looking to the future, Reg Freeman is confident of continuing market penetration and stated, “We can provide the instrumentation and know-how to help clients meet the challenges of handling and processing powders. This is a strong foundation for the future growth of our business as we continue to develop with, and serve, the powder processing industries.”
About the FT4 – a universal powder tester
The FT4 offers automated bulk, shear and dynamic property measurement in one instrument - producing data that correlate with real processing behaviour. It can help solve powder processing problems that can range from bridging at hopper outlets, through unwanted fluidisation and air entrainment, to batch variability and issues with tabletting, encapsulation and vial filling.
Powders are tested in a consolidated, conditioned and aerated state to fully characterise flow behaviour and the factors influencing it. This facilitates the rapid identification of properties with a critical impact on performance. The FT4’s patented dynamic methodology and unique conditioning step, coupled with automated test programmes eliminate operator-to-operator variability and deliver unsurpassed precision and reproducibility. As a result the instrument is highly differentiating. Testing is fast - a test programme is typically complete in around 5 minutes - while the latest software delivers rapid data analysis, remote from the laboratory where necessary.
About Freeman Technology
Freeman Technology is a specialist company pioneering the measurement and understanding of powders and their flow properties. Founded in 1989, the company developed the novel, patented technology that forms the core of its Powder Rheometer system at its design and manufacturing centre in Worcestershire, UK where all manufacturing takes place in an ISO 9001:2000 accredited environment. The FT4 Powder Rheometer is a universal powder tester that provides three complementary approaches in a single instrument: measurement of bulk properties including permeability, bulk density and compressability; shear property determination with automated shear cells; and dynamic flowability using patented methodology. In April 2007 the company received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation.
Freeman systems are installed around the world in a diverse range of industries. Applications range from optimising new formulations and improving the efficiency of manufacturing processes to the establishment of QC criteria for raw materials, intermediates and final product.
For more information on Freeman Technology, please visit:
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