Hosokawa’s “Basics of Material Agglomeration” Webinar attracted more then 400 guests to participate in the live broadcast on September 30th. Agglomeration is a specific particle size enlargement process in which particles are “glued” together to increase its’ particle size. Reasons to increase particle size can be to improve flowability, dispersibility/wettability, density, reducing dust or product appearance and to prevent segregation.

The webinar focused on:

• The principles agglomeration & wet granulation – how it works
• Why agglomerate materials – benefits & problems
• Technologies available for wet granulation
• Factors & considerations in planning an agglomeration process
• Applications and materials that improve with agglomeration