Mixing And Blending, Powder Flow, Food Texture, Bulk Mixing, and Food Processing news and information
PRODUCTS
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Providing around-the-clock support, enabled by at least two QPs per assignment, delivering full continuity, and reduced risk.
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bioGO® Mobile cleanrooms for radiopharmaceutical preparation and compounding
Discover Germfree’s custom mobile radiopharmaceutical compounding trailer or single module. These all-in-one facilities seamlessly serve individual hospitals or specialty compounding pharmacies
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Discover agile labeling and packaging services for pharmaceuticals, specializing in custom designs, regulatory support, and small to medium batch production with quick turnaround times.
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This collaborative automated sample handler eliminates manual sample handling enabling testing of large sample sets and collection of statistically significant data, while freeing analyst’s time. The FMS Automation Module has a sample capacity of hundreds of vials and can complete headspace testing with a throughput as high as 300 samples per hour.
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Access or Service hatches range in size, shape and function. Some service hatches are fitted with an enclosure shell for housing devices, with these type of hatches the primary barrier is maintained, regardless if the hatch door is open or closed.
WHITE PAPERS AND CASE STUDIES
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Executing Concurrent Decentralized RCTs And RWE At Scale
See how a team of four managed data for 40 peer-reviewed studies and 200,000 participants.
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Electronic Body Maps Drive Standardization Across Top-10 Pharma
Learn how a top-10 pharmaceutical client was able to "fundamentally transform the way they execute clinical trials" with the digitization and standardization of pain maps in a diabetic polyneuropathy trial.
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Leveraging Surface Plasmon Resonance For Characterizing Ternary Complexes
Uncover how Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) can be used to gain real-time, label-free insights into PROTAC binding kinetics and ternary complex formation.
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Improving Patient Health And Safety: SOPs And Process Mapping
In this study, a biotech company faced compliance challenges due to inadequate SOPs that lacked detailed process maps. Propharma stepped in to provide a strategy and project plan.
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Robust, Scalable Strategy For Monodisperse Nanosuspensions Of Poorly Soluble Drugs
By tailoring the formulation strategy, selecting the appropriate excipients, and fine-tuning process conditions, see how our team was able to improve bioavailability and in vivo exposure.
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WuXiHigh 2.0 Delivers A 180 mg/mL Formula
This case study shows how smart formulation and integrated development achieved a stable 180 mg/mL biologic for subcutaneous delivery, for teams tackling concentration issues.
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How Optina Diagnostics Used EDC In Earlier Disease Detection
Understand how Optina Diagnostics streamlined operations and achieved significant milestones by leveraging Castor's tools in its effort to revolutionize the diagnostic process for Alzheimer’s.
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Keeping The Lights On With Wolfspeed SiC
Introducing the “M” inverter, a modular, silicon carbide-based solution that optimizes utility-scale energy storage with higher efficiency, reliability, and scalability.
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Advancing Genomic Discoveries With Comprehensive Sequencing Support
See how a leading genomics facility advances long‑read sequencing through rigorous QC and flexible workflows, offering practical insights for researchers aiming to improve sequencing outcomes.
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How Easley Combined Utilities Cut Sludge Handling Costs By One-Third
Discover how a municipal wastewater treatment plant reduced its overall sludge management expenses by one-third and improved daily operational efficiency by implementing an advanced thickening system to streamline solids management and reduce hauling logistics.
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Collaborative Tech: How Dunea Is Boosting Network Visibility And Resilience
Integrating high-frequency sensor data with digital twins enhances network visibility and accelerates response times. This collaborative approach allows utilities to detect anomalies instantly, optimize maintenance, and simulate operational scenarios to ensure long-term system resilience.
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Streamlined Facility Design: A Success Story
Examine how one medium-sized US company's need for a new aseptic compounding and fill-finish facility was addressed with a tailored solution within a challenging time-frame.
NEWS
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ZEISS Introduces The New Smartzoom 100: The Future Of Digital Microscopy For Efficient Optical Inspections5/6/2025
ZEISS presents the new ZEISS Smartzoom 100, an innovative digital microscope for fast and efficient quality assurance.
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Aircraft Toilets Could Flush Out Spread Of Global Superbugs8/18/2025
Wastewater from aircraft toilets could provide a critical warning system for the global spread of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) superbugs, a silent pandemic that threatens to kill more people than cancer by 2050.
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Masdar And Iberdrola Announce €5.2B UK Offshore Wind Deal And Full Energization Of 476MW German Offshore Wind Farm7/10/2025
Masdar, a global clean energy leader, and Iberdrola, one of the world’s largest energy companies, have reached two major milestones with a €5.2B co-investment in the UK’s East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm – the largest offshore wind transaction of the decade – and the full energization of their 476MW Baltic Eagle project in Germany.
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Silo Pharma Expands Intellectual Property Portfolio With Patent Application For Exclusively Licensed Alzheimer's Drug4/28/2025
Silo Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: SILO) (“Silo” or the “Company”), a developmental stage biopharmaceutical company focused on novel therapeutics and drug delivery systems, today announced the filing of a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) focused on the neurology drug SPC-14, an intranasal compound for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) exclusively licensed to Silo Pharma from Columbia University.
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NX Filtration And Eau d'Azur Partner For Advanced Micropollutant Treatment In Nice8/25/2025
NX Filtration, a global leader in advanced hollow fiber membrane technology, is proud to announce its collaboration with Eau d’Azur, the public company responsible for drinking water and wastewater services for the Nice Côte d'Azur Metropole.
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Mixing and Blending
Mixing and blending are terms that have specific meaning in the food industry. Most food processing experts use the word mixing to describe the process of combining wet and dry materials.
Blending is the term used to describe the process of combining only dry ingredients. The term blending is generally reserved for powders, flakes and granules of varying bulk densities and particle size that require gently blending and minimal contact with blender blades.
Agitation is often used synonymously with the term mixing. However, in food processing, agitation is used to ensure the mixing process to get a homogenous mix is completed faster.
Many industries require the mixing of free-flowing powders. The art of mixing involves different dilution geometries (a geometry is a way of combining unequal amounts of fine powders to ensure an equal distribution).
The geometric mix used depends on the size distribution, shape, particle density, composition and internal structures. Other properties include flow ability, bulk density, mixture quality, dustiness and properties of segregation.
Industrial mixers are used to do the blending and mixing. The shape and hardness of the materials being mixed affects the horsepower required to run the mixer. The type of mixer used in a production line varies depending on the materials that need to be mixed or blended. Paddle mixers are often the best choice for production line mixing because they are easy to clean, have less surface area, and have a minimal number of parts.
Mixing and blending is generally a sub-process within an overall process cycle so when placing a mixer it is important to consider how it integrates into the whole system. That includes impacts to both upstream and downstream product handling.