What deagglomeration routes does Baikowski® use for its powders?

Depending on the targeted particle size and PSD, Baikowski® uses different deagglomeration routes: (1) jet milling to reach medium particle sizes with a broad PSD (sometimes one or two populations); (2) ball milling to achieve stronger size reduction through mechanical forces and a narrower PSD than jet milling; and (3) wet milling to reach the smallest particle sizes with the narrowest PSD among these processes. These routes also support control of dispersion, morphology, composition, homogeneity and sintering reactivity.

What are the key benefits of ready-to-use and ready-to-press (RTP) oxides?

Ready-to-use and RTP oxides are designed to simplify process integration and improve repeatability. Typical benefits include improved flowability, better press response, and higher consistency of the final product.

Which ready-to-use formats are available?

Wet milling enables the design and production of ready-to-use suspensions (slurries), spray-dried powders with or without binder, and freeze-dried solutions.

Which applications can benefit from these solutions?

These solutions support advanced sectors such as energy, batteries, healthcare and 3D printing by enabling innovative material designs. Examples include ceramic injection molding (spray-dried powders to facilitate feedstock production), CMP polishing for semiconductors (ready-to-use suspensions to help ensure the absence of large particles), and dental restorative formulations (YbF3 nanodispersions already dispersed to support high performance; Mathym® within the Baikowski® group is a key player in this market).

Are ready-to-use solutions customizable?

Yes. Beyond commercial references—such as high-purity alumina (BA15, GEA6, GE9), ZTA/ATZ composite solutions, and spinels—Baikowski® provides customization in close collaboration with customers’ process teams.

Custom and ready-to-use oxides

Designing easy-to-use solutions that meet your needs, processes and applications is part of our know-how and DNA. Through our sites in France, the USA and Asia, Baikowski® supplies ultra-high-purity alumina, spinel, YAG and other specialty oxides worldwide as powders, slurries, and ready-to-use solutions (spray-dried, Ready-to-Press)

Explore our ready-to-use oxides

Ready-to-use and ready-to-press oxides

Which deagglomerated powders does Baikowski® offer?

Several methods of powder deagglomeration are used according to the desired particle size and distribution.

Jet milling is the easiest way to produce middle-size milled powders that offer a large size distribution composed of one or two populations.
Ball milling is a size reduction technique using only mechanical forces that enables a lower size distribution than jet milling.
Wet milling allows the production of smaller particle size and a narrower size distribution versus other milling methods.

Thanks to these different deagglomeration processes, Baikowski® has not only the ability to expand its product portfolio with products that offer specific physicochemical properties and a higher sintering reactivity, but also to control dispersion, morphology, composition, homogeneity at the powder grain level.

What are the benefits of ready-to-use and Ready-to-Press (RTP) oxides?

Wet milling enables the design and production of:

Ready-to-use slurries
Spray-dried powders (with or without binder)
Freeze-dried solutions

Among the various benefits of ready-to-use or ready-to-press solutions, we can mention a

better flowability,
an improved behavior while pressing ceramics
a perfect consistency of your final product.

Which applications are concerned?

In general, slurries and spray-dried powders have helped our customers develop unique solutions in various markets including energy, battery, health or 3D printing, by allowing the design of innovative materials.

Concrete examples:

Ceramic injection molding: spray-dried powders facilitate feedstock production and help optimize the process.
CMP polishing (semiconductors): ready-to-use suspensions help ensure the absence of large particles in the chemical mechanical planarization process.
Dental: YbF3 nano-dispersions, already dispersed in the dental formulations, have allowed outstanding performances for restorative applications. Mathym®, the producer of nano-dispersions within the Baikowski ® group, is a key actor of this market.

Are these ready-to-use solutions customizable?

Taking into account all of the above, our GE9, GEA6, and BA15 high purity alumina products, as well as our ZTA/ATZ and spinel solutions are commercially available in slurry, spray-dry and ready-to-press forms.

Beyond these solutions, Baikowski® provides customization services in close collaboration with your process teams.