Anglia Ruskin University and Stansted Homogenising Systems Limited KTP 24_25 R4

High-pressure homogenisation works on a lab scale but stalls when companies try to scale it up for industrial use. This project brings together Anglia Ruskin University and Stansted Homogenising Systems to figure out why that happens and how to fix it. Homogenisation forces liquids through a narrow gap at extreme pressure, breaking particles into a uniform mixture—essential for making everything from vaccines to plant-based milk. The problem is that what works in a beaker often fails in a production line, costing manufacturers time and money. The partnership will test how the technology behaves at larger volumes, identifying the engineering and process limits that cause the bottleneck. If successful, the work could let manufacturers skip the costly trial-and-error phase when scaling up. The immediate impact is on the company’s ability to design and sell industrial-scale homogenisers that actually work the first time. This is applied engineering research with a clear commercial endpoint: making a proven lab process reliable at factory scale.