Granutools SRL

GRANUTOOLS : our company

We are building up on a unique powder knowledge by making the bridge between industrial processes and powder properties.
We spend a lot of efforts connecting the dots between powder industrial processes and laboratory measurements.
We aim at offering predictive results by working in close collaboration with simulations. Hence we narrow the gap between production and the lab.
We are involved in international research projects, collaborations with innovation centers, and normalization processes to improve powder characterisation methods.

Mission

We are a customer-centric company, our goal is to support our customers' efforts in R&D and production handling powders.
We are powder specialists eager to integrate customer feedback into better products.
We listen carefully to customer requests in order to accommodate them.

Technology

Granutools has been created to fill in a gap left in the market for decades between manual powder testers and time-consuming experiments.
Our technologies range from simple mass flow rate testers to tribochargers. All instruments combine strict initialization protocols and a high level of automation.
From image analysis algorithms to laser sensing, we are never put off by new technology challenges as long as it serves our purpose to better understand powder behavior.

All our applications

Additive manufacturing: 

Granutools is also a supplier of powder characterization instruments for the additive manufacturing industry. Working with top tiers R&D centers, we have developed unique know-how available to our customers.

Granutools unique powder characterization Workflow for AM powders offers best-in-class process optimization. And this means better parts, faster ramp-up, and smarter powder lifecycle management

Pharmaceutical: 

Powders are widely used in pharmaceutical applications as an excipient or active ingredient in formulations. Consequently, many production processes are dealing with powders: tableting, wet and dry granulation, blending, caps filling, etc. Therefore, any progress in the understanding of powders flowing behavior can have huge consequences for pharmaceutical industries. Indeed, a powder with inappropriate flowing properties can cause serious complications in production lines (clogging, agglomeration, segregation, etc.).

Most pharmaceutical customers refer to Pharmacopeia when it comes to quality control of their production process. To this end, we offer compliant tap density (Granupack) which can comply with almost any standardized tap density test thanks to its unique software.

The angle of repose meets stringent initialization protocol with the Granuheap. The fully automated tester has best in class precision and repeatability results and almost no operator dependency.

Ceramics:

When it comes to chemical engineering, producing and handling ceramics powder is a big topic. Always willing to extend their range of application, Granutools is currently involved in many projects involving ceramics powders. From Mullite coating to ceramics additive manufacturing, get in touch now with Granutools' expert to learn more about how we can support you with your powders.
 

Food: 

Granutools is also a supplier of powder characterization instruments for the food industry. Working with a wide ranger of top actors producing anything from flour to spices.

Granutools unique powder characterization range of equipment allows high versatility regarding the range of compatible powders. No matter what your product is, contact Granutools to get more data on your application.

Metals:

Working with metal powder producers for the additive manufacturing industry, Granutools was able to understand deeply the behavior of such powder even in other applications. From metal injection molding to coating, contact us, and have a chat with our expert about your application, and learn more about powder behavior.
 

Minerals:

Milled products such as limestone, concrete, calcium oxide are the base of the minerals industry. Those products are used in construction, chemistry, metallurgy, or even agriculture but often, those powders are highly cohesive and additives are commonly used to enhance their flowability. Lear more about our Granutools can help you choose an additive and dose it in order for your powder to be used in new applications.
 

Chemicals:

Granular materials and fine powders are widely used in industrial applications. To control and to optimize processing methods, these materials have to be precisely characterized. The characterization methods are related either to the properties of the grains (granulometry, morphology, chemical composition, …) and to the behavior of the bulk powder (flowability, density, blend stability, electrostatic properties, …).

The chemistry of the particle or the coating can change the behavior of a powder. In that sense, Granutools made several studies on chemicals to understand the impact of such change on powder flowability.

 Academics:

Due to their innovative nature, Granutools’ instruments appear in many publications (more than 30 in 2019!) and are used by state-of-the-art research institutes. Also, their modularity, size, and easy access to raw data allow academics to quickly tune them to their special needs as shown in the examples below.