Empa-Akademie, Dübendorf, Switzerland
September 25-26, 2024

Dr.-Ing. Stefan Mende 

NETZSCH-Feinmahltechnik GmbH (Germany)

Keynote Speaker

Grinding Systems for ultrafine Grinding of very small Quantities and Scale-up to the Production Scale

Abstract :

Especially in the field of research and development, for example for formulation development, raw material selection or process development, it is necessary to enable extensive screening with the smallest amounts of available substance. Ideally, several samples should be able to be processed simultaneously.
Grinding systems for ultrafine grinding of very small quantities operates according to the principle of a dual centrifuge that is based on the advanced development of a classic centrifuge. In contrast to a conventional centrifuge rotor, the rotor is equipped with two rotary plates.
The test results from those investigations can be validated with small laboratory agitator bead mills and then transferred to any production scale via a reproducible scale-up.

Bio :

1994 – 1999: Study of chemical engineering and mechanical engineering at the University in Halle and Freiberg
1999 – 2004: Phd-student in Braunschweig at the Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering
Since 2004: NETZSCH-Feinmahltechnik GmbH in Selb, Germany
2008 – 2015: Manager of Research and Development
Since 2015: Manager of Technical and Scientific Communication

Range of responsibility:

> Knowledge Managment
> Internal and external laboratory trainings and the performance of NETZSCH seminars and workshops worldwide
> Collaborations and networking between NETZSCH and universities, institutes or industrial partner
> Consultant of the development department