A twin-screw extruder can be used as a continuous wet granulator. The ongoing development and commercialization of continuous manufacturing for oral solid-dosage (OSD) pharmaceuticals is creating a ...

Twin-screw granulation process insight is growing as researchers employ new analytical technologies and investigate new ways to use the equipment. The range of applications for twin-screw extruders as ...

Lebanon, Ore. — Lebanon-based Entek Manufacturing Inc. will present new twin screw extrusion technology, wear parts and material handling equipment at Booth W3881 during NPE2024 to help compounders ...

Thermo Electron Corp. of Waltham, Mass., has developed the Prism line of small twin-screw compounding extruders for laboratory use. The machines come in screw diameters of 16, 24 and 36 millimeters.

Formulating drugs to ensure therapeutic consistency, enable rapid development, and allow for cost-effective scale-up has become increasingly challenging. This is especially true in the context of ...

The screw conveyor has an extensive history. Archimedes (ca. 212 BC) invented the first screw conveyor, and his design is still used today for irrigation and grain transfer. Screw conveyors became ...

The hot melt extrusion (HME) process can be employed in the production of a wide range of pharmaceutical dosage forms, including capsules, tablets, lozenges and implants. HME is suitable for both ...

Italy’s Bausano announced today the launch of its next generation twin- and single-screw extrusion lines for PVC and polyolefin (PO) pipes. The twin-screw MD and single-screw E-GO lines enable the ...