Hosokawa Micron B.V.
About us
HOSOKAWA MICRON B.V. is a global supplier of process equipment and systems for the mechanical and thermal processing of dry and wet powders. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of mixing, drying and agglomeration technologies. Located in Doetinchem, the Netherlands, HOSOKAWA MICRON maintains extensive facilities for R&D, testing, manufacturing, toll processing and after sales services.
HOSOKAWA MICRON has a total of around 200 employees. The company turnover outside Europe is around 30 per cent and the export quota totals around 85 per cent. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Japanese Hosokawa Micron Corporation.
Powder engineering at its best
HOSOKAWA MICRON provides customers with extensive experience and superior know-how in powder process technologies and engineering. The company’s product portfolio focuses on three core processes: mixing, drying and agglomeration. The equipment range includes mixers and dryers for powders, pastes, slurries and liquids, for both batch and continuous operation, from
single units to complete turnkey systems.
HOSOKAWA MICRON mixers are engineered for processes including homogenizing bulk materials, coating particles, fusing materials, wetting and liquids dispersion. HOSOKAWA MICRON dryers are designed to effectively remove moisture under pressurized, atmospheric or vacuum conditions or by freeze drying. The company’s agglomeration technology produces instant agglomerates with an open structure, good solubility and good flow characteristics.
As a technology leader in mixing, drying & agglomeration technologies, HOSOKAWA MICRON process solutions are employed in many industries including the chemical, mineral, metallurgical, food, feed, cosmetic, nuclear, pharmaceutical and plastics processing industry.
HOSOKAWA MICRON boasts a competent and responsive after sales service team, offering full support for installation, commissioning, on-site inspection, repair, preventive maintenance and spare parts services, this to ensure operational reliability, optimal equipment performance and customer satisfaction.
Innovating process technologies for tomorrow
HOSOKAWA MICRON’s strong emphasis on system design capability is backed up by extensive test centre and tolling facilities to help customers in finding the optimal solution for their specific application. Frequently, new developments take place in co-operation with our customers in our well-equipped test and development centre. Comprising more than 2,000 m² and fitted with 30 machines, it offers unique possibilities to determine the most efficient process, system or plant prior to final design.
As part of the company’s activities to nurture future talent, HOSOKAWA MICRON co-founded the 'Innovation Hub Doetinchem'. The purpose of the Innovation Hub is to help educate a new generation of skilled professionals by offering research assignments and internships. Moreover, students provide fresh, new insights and are a continuous source of innovative ideas.
Sustainable process solutions
Hosokawa Micron B.V. is certified according to ISO 14001. Our certification covers all environmental themes of ISO 14001: air, soil, energy, waste, water, noise and hazardous substances. In addition, Hosawa Micron was awarded an EcoVadis Silver Medal for its sustainability achievements. EcoVadis determined that the company was among the top 7% of companies rated by EcoVadis in the special machinery industry.
Our aim is to design our processes in such a way that they best meet environmental, resource efficiency, health and safety requirements, while taking economic factors into account. Current and planned processes are therefore systematically analysed across the three topics of Environment, Society and Governance (ESG).
History
The present HOSOKAWA MICRON B.V. is the result of the merger of four companies in the Netherlands that were in the business of making process machinery. The Japanse HOSOKAWA MICRON CORPORATION acquired these companies during the last two decades of the 21st century and merged them together, combining a wealth of knowledge and expertise in one organization. These companies were Nautamix, Vrieco, ISEM and Schugi.
Nautamix was founded in 1923, as J.E. Nauta started a mechanical workshop in Haarlem. In 1946 he developed the famous Nauta mixer. Vrieco originated from the mechanical workshop of J.W. de Vries in the 1930’s, specializing in mixing machines and conveyors for powdered products. ISEM was founded in 1928 and manufactured machinery for the production of rayon. Schugi started in 1925 as merchants in tropical produce. They developed a machine for processing molasses, which later evolved to become the Flexomix agglomeration system.
Hosokawa Micron Group
The HOSOKAWA MICRON GROUP is a world leader in providing process solutions in the fields of powder and particle processing and blown film technology. The company maintains facilities for research, engineering, manufacturing and service throughout Europe, Asia and North America. The HOSOKAWA MICRON GROUP’s international headquarters is located in Osaka, Japan.
Products & services
Nauta® Minimix
Hosokawa Micron B.V. has a range of small laboratory mixers in her delivery programme which are already applied in many laboratories. For testing and experimental purposes small batches of product can be produced in this small mixer. The result of these tests can be used for scaling up to larger mixer sizes. Features: • Exchangeable containers • Easy cleaning • Variable speeds • Reliable scale-up data • CE-certificate • Orbit arm with timing belt
Vitomix Ribbon Screw Mixer
The Vitomix ribbon screw mixer is a mid-shear mixer capable of ultra-short cycle times with up to 8 times more transport volume than conventional ribbon screw mixers. The Vitomix, also known as ribbon screw blender, also has a wider range of operation using tip speeds from 0.4 m/s to 6.0 m/s. This multi-functional ribbon screw mixer combines gentle mixing and mid to low shear in the one compact machine. It's ideal for the addition of liquids and creates a homogenous mixture without using lump breakers. The ribbon screw mixer is an energy-efficient mixer that reduces energy costs and saves on mixing time.
Nauta Vacuum Dryer
The Nauta® conical screw vacuum dryer is a universal batch dryer suitable for drying materials such as powders, granules, pastes and viscous slurries, especially when products are heat sensitive, contain solvents and are toxic or explosive. The Nauta® conical screw vacuum dryer is capable of handling products that become heavy and sticky during drying and can also be used for vacuum operations such as reaction/crystallisation, heating/cooling, sterilisation, liquid/solid separation and de-aeration.
Continuous Flash Dryer, Drymeister
The flash dryer from Hosokawa is the first drying system of its kind to be patented anywhere in the world. It has been developed to combine drying, de-agglomeration/milling and classifying in one piece of equipment. The latest edition of this flexible drying technology is the Drymeister® (DMR-H): a flash dryer that can dry temperature-sensitive products, safely, even under increased temperatures, in a matter of seconds! The Drymeister® can handle moisture content fluctuations from a few % up to more than 80% in suspensions, slurries, pastes, dough, filter cakes and wet powders. It requires 75% less space and uses about 30-40% less energy per kilogram of evaporated water.
Mini Cyclomix lab mixer
Stand-alone lab mixer with exchangeable product bowls The Mini Cyclomix lab mixer is a high shear batch mixer with exchangeable product bowls of 0.1, 1 or 2 litres, based on the principles of the Cyclomix. It's especially suitable for pharmaceutical applications such as blending DPI formulations.
UPZ fine impact mill / pin mill
The fine impact mills belonging to the Ultraplex® UPZ product line are used for grinding finenesses in the range 50 µm to 5 mm. A wide range of grinding elements is available, making it possible to operate the UPZ as a pin mill if required.
CPM | conical paddle mixer
HomeTechnologiesMixingBatch MixingCurrent:Conical Paddle Mixer CPM | conical paddle mixer The conical paddle mixer can be used for mixing, drying and reaction processes. It is compact, quick, efficient and suitable for many applications in a diverse range of industries. The conical paddle mixer is a multi-purpose mixer for processes where high accuracy and fast mixing with limited product distortion are important. Typical applications The conical paddle mixer is suitable for a wide variety of process applications, including: Mixing of fragile powders and ‘instant’ agglomerates Mixing of powders with liquids Sterilisation and pasteurisation of product batches High-temperature processing of powders and liquids (Vacuum) drying at low temperature with liquid recovery
CPD | conical paddle dryer
The conical paddle dryer (CPD) is Hosokawa’s newest drying technology. The unique paddle design of the vertical, centrally-driven dryer combines extremely fast drying rates with a compact design. It is a universal vacuum dryer that has been developed to enable vacuum, atmospheric and pressurised processing of a variety of materials such as powders, filter cakes, pastes and viscous slurries, especially when they are brittle and/or heat sensitive.
System Solutions
From concept to commissioning We have a wide range of high-quality individual technologies for you to choose from, but what we pride ourselves on the most, is our ability to help and support our customers from concept to commissioning and beyond. We enjoy working in close collaboration with our clients, and would happily help you find the optimum solution for your specific process requirements.