ONLY RAM GIVES YOU ACCURACY, REPEATABILITY & PURITY IN CHEMICAL MIXING & DEVELOPMENT

Resonant Acoustic Mixing (RAM) is increasingly used in chemical mixing because it solves many challenges that traditional mixing methods can't handle efficiently or safely. Here's how it's being used successfully in chemical mixing applications worldwide:

🔬 1. Homogeneous Mixing of Multi-Phase Chemicals

RAM can mix liquids, solids, gases, and their combinations uniformly, even when viscosities differ drastically or when materials are immiscible (like oil and water).

✅ Success Example:
Blending liquid-liquid reactants with vastly different viscosities (e.g., glycerin with hexane) without creating emulsions or requiring surfactants.

🧪 2. Mechanochemistry (Solid-State Reactions)

RAM enables chemical reactions between solid reactants—no solvents needed. This is called mechanochemistry, and RAM excels here because it delivers high energy without direct contact.

✅ Success Example:
Synthesizing metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), catalytic powders, or organics without solvents, reducing environmental impact.

Check out RAM and mechanochemistry in the digital exhibit, Mix, Crush, Shear from the Science History Institute's website.

⚗️ 3. In-Situ Reactions in Closed Containers

RAM can perform chemical reactions directly in sealed vessels, maintaining an inert atmosphere (e.g., nitrogen or argon) or applying vacuum or temperature control with jacketed containers.

✅ Success Example:
Reactive blending of hazardous or air-sensitive chemicals without exposure or cleanup.

🧴 4. Coating, Encapsulation & Surface Modification

RAM uniformly coats powders, particles, or granules with chemical layers (e.g., polymers, catalysts, lubricants) without using excess solvents or binders.

✅ Success Example:
Applying anti-caking agents or chemical coatings to explosives or energetic materials (used by DoD and NASA).

⏱️ 5. Ultra-Fast Reaction Times

RAM significantly shortens reaction and mixing times due to high energy transfer—mixing is often 10x to 100x faster than traditional mixers.

✅ Success Example:
Speeding up polymer precursor mixing or batch chemical synthesis where reaction kinetics are limited by diffusion.

💡 Why It Works So Well in Chemical Applications

• No blades or shafts: Zero shear degradation of sensitive reactants.

• Non-contact: No contamination and easy cleanup—especially valuable for hazardous or toxic chemicals.

• Consistent energy distribution: Results in repeatable, scalable reactions.

• High safety profile: Used in defense, pharma, and aerospace for sensitive or explosive chemistries.

🔧 Typical Chemical Mixing Use Cases

• Polymer blending and compounding

• Catalysis and catalyst support coating

• Solvent-free reactions

• Nanomaterial dispersion

• Battery material preparation (e.g., anodes, cathodes)

• Pharmaceutical synthesis and API mixing

RAM mixers provide 10X to 100X faster mixing and dispersion rates with increased intra-batch uniformity and consistency.

Both heating and cooling systems can be applied for tighter reactive process control and increased consistency of the chemical blending process. 

Rapid emulsification and extended life suspensions provide immense benefits to chemical mixing with RAM.

Applications for RAM products in the Chemical Mixer Industry is uncapped and inclusive of:

• Catalysts
• Chlorinated Organics
• Epoxy Hardeners
• Floatation Reagents
• Gas Storage Materials
• Lubricant Pastes & Oils
• Mechanochemistry
• Optical Brighteners
• PVB Emulsions
• Specialty Chemicals
• Technical Polymers
• Thermal Transfer Materials
• And Many More