Editor?s note: The author, Donald E. De Laney, a consultant in polymer process rheology, worked with GE for 17 years and has worked with Dynisco over the past eight years. The plastics compounding and ...

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 ...

When polymers are subjected to shear in processing operations, the long chain of molecules present in them become distorted. The molecules tend to get straightened out (oriented) because of such ...

Pictured above: the MAS 75 extruder, which produces an output of up to 1,100 kilograms per hour, and the CDF-500-D, which offers 3,280 square centimetres of filter surface area and allows a throughput ...

Extrusion and injection molding are the most important conversion techniques used by the thermoplastics processing industry. Certain factors need to be considered before a thermoplastics material is ...

Thanks to their safety, ease of application and ability to administer a precise dose of an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), orally disintegrating films make an appealing method of dosage. The ...