Battery material agitator mill MicroMedia Invicta

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Overview
The MicroMedia Invicta is a bead mill for wet grinding that pairs a redesigned processing unit with a new bead separation system. It improves energy efficiency, increases throughput and raises flow rates while fitting the same compact factory footprint.

Key benefits

• Up to +50% productivity — redesigned processing unit combined with improved bead separation increases throughput per pass or unit time.
• Approximately −25% energy consumption — optimised processing geometry reduces energy demand for equivalent particle-size results.
• ~+100% flow rate capability — the remodelled bead separation and screen design reduce blockages and pressure build-up, enabling faster recirculation and higher average flow.

Product features

• New processing unit design — optimised internal geometry delivers target particle sizes with lower energy input while keeping the same footprint.
• New bead separation system — redesigned separation path and screen reduce blockages, speed recirculation and improve process reliability and safety.
• Digital control & IoT capability — integrated digital control supports manual to fully automated plant integration; compatible with Bühler Insights for process digitalization.
• Retrofit option — designed within the MicroMedia/MicroMedia+ framework to enable upgrades without full system replacement.
• Application-proven design — validated across inks, coatings, electronic materials and battery slurries.

Applications

• Printing inks and liquid packaging inks
• Inkjet and digital inks
• Paints, coatings and automotive coatings
• Electronic materials and conductive pastes
• Battery electrode slurry production
• General wet grinding and dispersing

Additional product notes
MicroMedia Invicta 4 is offered with an active grinding chamber volume of 40 L (20 L more than Invicta 3), suited to efficient processing of larger batches. Coupling Invicta with a MacroMedia pre-grinding unit can further increase energy and CO2 savings in selected processes (example: up to ~270 kWh or ~200 kg CO2e saved per tonne of ink in reference cases).

Technical specifications

• Expected productivity increase: up to +50% (processing unit + bead separation)
• Expected energy efficiency improvement: approx. −25% vs best available alternatives
• Flow rate capability: up to +100% average flow through reduced blockages
• Invicta 4 active grinding chamber volume: 40 L (Invicta 3 = 20 L less)
• Bead separation: remodeled separation system and new screen design
• Control & connectivity: integrated digital control, IoT-ready, compatible with Bühler Insights
• Upgrade path: retrofit-friendly within MicroMedia product family