Comparison of granule properties produced using Twin Screw Extruder and High Shear Mixer: A step towards understanding the mechanism of twin screw wet granulation

Powder Technology

Volumn 238, Issue , 2013, Pages 91-98

  Lee, Kai T ^a   Ingram, Andy ^a   Rowson, Neil A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Granulation; High Shear Mixer; Mechanism; Porosity; Twin Screw Extruder

Indexed keywords

CONSOLIDATION PROCESS; GRANULE PROPERTIES; HIGH SHEAR MIXERS; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; PROCESS CONDITION; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS;

BATCH DATA PROCESSING; COALESCENCE; GRANULATION; MECHANISMS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POROSITY;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG GRANULATION; DRUG GRANULE; EQUIPMENT; HIGH SHEAR MIXER; HIGH SHEAR MIXER GRANULATION; LIQUID; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHARMACOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POROSITY; STRENGTH; SURFACE PROPERTY; TABLET FORMULATION; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDER; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDER WET GRANULATION;

EID: 84875614479     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2012.05.031     Document Type: Article

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