In fluid bed processing in the chemical, food or pharmaceutical industries, pneumatic
nozzles are typically used to convert binder or coating liquids into droplets. Producing fine …

INTRODUCTION TO PARTICLE TECHNOLOGY A new edition of the indispensable guide to
particulates and powders Particle technology concerns the formation, processing and …

Agglomeration, which leads to growth in particle size over time, is an important phenomenon
in several applications that use fluidized bed technologies. Understanding, predicting and …

Abstract Granular recycled Construction and Demolition (C&D) materials used in pavement
structures and embankments experience static and dynamic loading during their service life …

Twin-screw wet granulation is gaining increasing interest within the pharmaceutical industry
for the continuous manufacturing of solid oral dosage forms. However, limited prior …

The mixing of a powder of 10-to 50-μ m primary particles into a liquid to form a dispersion
with the highest possible solid content is a common industrial operation. Building on recent …

Liquid induced cohesion has a significant effect on the flow characteristics of wet granular
assemblies. The strength of capillary forces between the particles can be continuously tuned …

Wet granulation is a size-enlargement process applied in many industrial fields, such as
pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, zootecnichal, to improve flowability and compressibility …

Coating of particles in fluidized beds is a widely spread technique to generate well defined
properties of the dispersed solids or to protect active ingredients. The majority of coating …

Bulk solids are exposed to time-dependent mechanical stressing due to particle–particle
and particle-apparatus contact interactions during various manufacturing processes and …