Inter-tablet coating variability: Residence times in a horizontal pan coater

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2881-2894

  Kalbag, Arjun ^a   Wassgren, Carl ^a   Sumana Penumetcha, Sai ^a   Pérez Ramos, José D ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coating; DEM; Pharmaceuticals; Rotating drum; Tablets; Variability

Indexed keywords

COATED MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ROTATING DRUM; TABLETS;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

COATED MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 43049164291     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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