Research and Development

CUMI Minerals has state-of-the-art research and development centres and holds several intellectual property rights (IPR). The highly motivated and well experienced research teams are involved in continuous process and product innovations which address the customer needs. Our well-equipped laboratories and pilot plants are the key for in-house development. We are also involved in collaborative research work with renowned institutes across the globe for the development of advanced materials. Development programmes with the user industries is another key to our success as this mutually benefits each other. Application engineers work on industry/client specific problems to arrive at optimal solutions.

flow particle image analyser

A Flow Particle Image Analyzer is a device that captures high-speed images of particles as they flow through a narrow channel, allowing for rapid analysis of their size, shape, and structure, making it ideal for quality control and research in pharmaceuticals, environmental science, and materials.

coulter multisizer

The Coulter Multisizer is an advanced particle size analyzer that uses the Coulter Principle (electrical sensing zone method) to accurately measure the size, volume, and count of particles suspended in an electrolyte, making it widely used in industries like pharma, biotech, and materials science for analyzing cells, powders, emulsions, and more.

flame photometer

A Flame Photometer is an analytical instrument used to measure the concentration of certain metal ions—mainly sodium, potassium, lithium, and calcium—by detecting the light emitted when the sample is introduced into a flame, making it commonly used in clinical labs, agriculture, and environmental testing.

friability testing machine

A Friability Testing Machine is used to test the mechanical strength of tablets by rotating them in a drum to measure how much they chip, crumble, or break under stress, ensuring the tablets can withstand handling, packaging, and transportation without losing integrity.

Surface Area Analyser

A Surface Area Analyzer is an instrument used to measure the specific surface area of powders or porous materials—usually through gas adsorption methods like BET (Brunauer–Emmett–Teller)—which helps in understanding material properties such as reactivity, porosity, and adsorption capacity in industries like catalysts, pharmaceuticals, and batteries.

XRF

XRF (X-ray Fluorescence) is a non-destructive analytical technique used to determine the elemental composition of materials by measuring the secondary X-rays emitted from a sample when it is excited by a primary X-ray source, commonly used in mining, metallurgy, environmental testing, and quality control.

Malvern Mastersizer

The Malvern Mastersizer is a laser diffraction-based particle size analyzer used to measure the size distribution of particles in powders, suspensions, and emulsions, offering fast, accurate, and repeatable results widely used in pharmaceuticals, food, cement, and chemical industries.

SEM

SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) is an advanced microscope that uses a focused beam of electrons instead of light to produce highly detailed, magnified images of a sample’s surface, allowing for analysis of morphology, texture, and composition at the micro to nanoscale, widely used in materials science, biology, and semiconductor research.

Pilot Fusion Facility

A Pilot Fusion Facility is essentially a scaled-down, pre-commercial nuclear fusion reactor designed to demonstrate practical and sustained fusion power generation. Unlike experimental test reactors, pilot facilities focus on proving key technologies like efficient tritium fuel handling, continuous operation, net energy gain, and integration with power grids—crucial steps before full-scale commercial plants.

Carbon Sulfur Analyser

A Carbon Sulfur Analyzer is an instrument used to precisely measure the carbon and sulfur content in inorganic materials like metals, alloys, ceramics, and ores by using combustion followed by infrared detection, making it essential for quality control in metallurgy, mining, and materials science.