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Feasibility Study of energy efficient, sustainable, innovative Ceramic powders Dry-Mix method and enabling additives

Objective

Established process for the manufacture of ceramic parts involve the key step of mixing in the wet state, and controlled
drying (also called atomization) through Spray Dryer equipment. It can guarantee the absolute control in the size and shape
of the particles, and their residual degree of humidity. The advantages, making this a fundamental step in the ceramic
industry, are related to the flowing capacity of the spray-dried granules, permitting the process at high speed and control
over the final performances of the products. As a drawback, this is recognized as one of the most energy intensive steps in
the ceramic process, due to the massive evaporation of water and the use of compressed air, almost equivalent to the
sintering at high temperature. Early results of independent research conducted from DAXEL, in cooperation with a private
laboratory in Italy, have brought to the awareness that it can be avoided, through the implementation into a dry-mixing
process of fluidizing agents, permitting the granulated powders to reach an equivalent level of fluidity, and therefore enabling
equivalent speed of processing. The advantages DAXEL can provide to its ceramic processor customers are the reduction
of one energy intensive step, the reduction of capital investments at no modification of the final quality. Technological
Feasibility, Market Assessment, Business Models and Plans are the objectives of the DryMix project, oriented to permit the
implementation of the project results into real business cases. A new infancy for the industry of ceramics is expected thanks
to the revolution of the DryMix project, permitting an ambitious sky-rocket for DAXEL production and its central role in the
supply of mixing additives, and the process set up for new ranges of customers, in Europe and Worldwide.

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SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1

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(opens in new window) H2020-SMEInst-2016-2017

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Coordinator

DAXEL SRL
Net EU contribution

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€ 50 000,00
Address
PIAZZALE NENNI 8
42048 RUBIERA
Italy

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SME

The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.

Yes
Region
Nord-Est Emilia-Romagna Reggio nell’Emilia
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
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Total cost

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€ 71 429,00
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