These challenges can lead to limited capacity, erratic flow, and equipment damage. Potential solutions include optimizing equipment design and refining material handling processes to ensure a ...

A number of parameters are critical for optimal performance during an extrusion process. For example, the applied screw speed, the screw configuration, and the thermo-mechanical energy input from the ...

The pharmaceutical industry's focus on process understanding, monitoring, and control is driving manufacturers to take greater steps toward identifying possible manufacturing bottlenecks earlier in ...

Dry powder coating is becoming increasingly prevalent, whereby larger ‘host’ particles are coated by many fine ‘guest’ particles in order to improve the properties of the product. The most common ...

Much important work in defining standardised procedures for metal AM has been carried out over the last decade. In particular, recent technical specifications for powder feedstock characterisation ...

As a result, powder flowability plays a key role in both manufacturing efficiency and product quality. Testing flowability is essential for predicting how materials will behave during processing, ...

GranuTools enhances powder understanding by offering cutting-edge physical characterization tools. Integrating years of experience in scientific instrumentation with fundamental studies on powder ...

1 Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Institute of Particle Technology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany 2 Interdisciplinary Center for Functional ...