Process News

Latest Update: January 2010  

WAB AG became a new member of Domino  

For many decades, Willy A. Bachofen AG have specialised in milling and fine dispersion technology with its world renowned DYNO®-MILL. With its head quarters based in Switzerland WAB operates with 4 subsidiary companies and a complementary workforce of over 45 sales and service centres throughout the world.
The stringent requirements which the finished product has to fulfil also demand the highest engineering standards, quality performance, abrasion resistance and material compatibility from the machine components.


picture: Harald Frommherz, Managing Director WAB AG and Brian Borrill, Sales Manager BHR Group

In the particle size reduction programmes, the quality boundaries are forever being pushed further and requirements are constantly changing. To meet these demands Willy A. Bachofen have always placed itself in the customers environment to better understand their targets and aspirations.

Willy A. Bachofen AG became members of the industrial consortium run at BHR Group, DOMINO, having identified such joint values that will allow both parties to create synergies through bead milling studies.

The inclusion of WAB AG offers all new and existing members the possibility to better combine their products and services. With an extensive mill program and many years of expertise, WAB AG will play its role as an active partner in the research and development that the BHR Group will undertake in a large field of process applications.

BHR Group in Los Angeles

BHR Group recently attended the AAPS Conference in Los Angeles as part of a UKTI Trade Mission.

The highlight of the visit was a reception hosted by The British Consul General Dame Barbara Hay at LA's presiteous City Club. Many of the worlds leading Pharmaceutical companies attended the reception and showed great interest in the research capabilities of BHR particularly in the areas of Nanoparticle Dispersion and Process Intensification. With the new contacts made in LA, BHR is confident of significant growth of its already impressive international Pharmaceutical client base.

Dispersion of Nanoparticles in Liquids;
An Industrial Consortium By BHR Group

BHR Group launched an industrial consortium, DOMINO, in October 2007. This project, fully sponsored by its industrial members, investigates the incorporation and dispersion of nanoparticles and nanoclays in liquids.

The programme comprises experimental studies, numerical modelling work and development of design procedures. The incorporation, kinetics and mechanisms of break up are studied in relation to equipment design, geometry and material properties.

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BHR Group's Senior Consultant won an award

The following paper with co-author from BHR Group, Dr G. Ozcan-Taskin has been recognised in the "Top-75 most cited articles" as published in the IChemE journals 2006- 2009.

"Dispersion of nano-particle clusters using mixed flow and high shear impellers in stirred tanks"
L. Xie C.D. Rielly W. Eagles G. Özcan-Taskin
Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Volume 85, Issue 5 A (2007), Pages 676-684

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This publication is based on the work carried out within PROFORM (NMP4-CT-2004-505654)- a collaborative project which BHR Group undertook with 9 other partners with partial funding from FP6 of the EC.