Micronization

What is micronization and micronization?

Micronization, also known as ultrafine grinding, is a process for significantly reducing the size of particles by grinding. The micronized powders produced in this way are used in a wide variety of industries.

Areas of application for micronized products:

• Food
• Beverage powder
• Plastics
• Additives and pharmaceutical excipients

Advantages of grain size reduction

• Improvement of the dispersing behavior in suspensions
• Improvement of sensor technology
• Increasing the specific surface area
• Improving the texture
• Improving the viscosity of creams, gels and lotions
• Better solution behavior
• Potential increase in bioavailability

“A classic method for producing such fine particles is spray drying, which, however, is generally only possible with water-soluble substances and does not always manage without changing the material properties due to the introduction of heat. Spray drying also reaches its limits with particle sizes below 100 μm^.1 There is also the method of counter jet mills, where the material is accelerated with compressed air and collides with each other.”