Mixing And Blending, Powder Flow, Food Texture, Bulk Mixing, and Food Processing news and information
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Eurofins PSS Insourcing Solutions® (PSS) is a global, award-winning managed service provider that places our people at your site dedicated to running and managing your manufacturing and laboratory services while eliminating headcount, co-employment and project-management worries.
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Ergomed places patients and their care partners’ needs at the core of our services. We strive to build empathetic relationships with patients and their care partners, not just during the trial but also before and after. Our team provides personalized support, aiming to alleviate the burden of study participation. Ergomed and our trusted partners are deeply committed to bringing lifesaving treatments to patients.
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Geospace Technologies offers a complete line of AMI water meter connector cables specifically designed and manufactured to meet the rugged requirements for in-pit, underwater applications. Geospace’s unique design ensures total moisture sealing for even the toughest underwater environments, yet they are easily re-entered for troubleshooting a transponder or for a meter swap-out. Versions are available that utilize molded-in-place or potted terminators for sealing. Either version is totally intermateable with the Itron Inline Connector.
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As the industry’s most advanced digital construction management system, Trimble e-Builder enables efficiencies across the entire design-build lifecycle, with a smooth transition to the operation phase. Reduce risk, enhance collaboration and improve outcomes using the industry-leading digital project delivery software for owners.
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The LAF Downflow Booth provides product and personnel protection during the weighing or sampling of powdered substances through precise air circulation.
WHITE PAPERS AND CASE STUDIES
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Optimizing Early-Stage Oncology
A strategic partnership enables a U.S. biotech company to address the struggles with their Phase I first-in-human oncology trial.
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Strategic Pre-IND Consulting For Gene Therapy In Rare Leukemia
Learn about the collaborative efforts of an innovative biotech startup and Ergomed Consulting to overcome challenges in the pre-IND phase for a novel gene therapy targeting a rare form of leukemia.
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Minnetonka, MN Pilots Acoustic Pipe Assessment Prior To Road Resurfacing
A Minnesota suburb used non-invasive acoustic technology to assess an aging water main before a 20-year road construction moratorium. This critical data allowed them to confidently prioritize pipe renewals and better manage their infrastructure budget.
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Bringing A Device From Concept To Market
Within three years, see how this company was able to achieve FDA approval and CE Marking, facilitating its entry into the U.S. and EU markets.
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CAR-T And Laminar Flow Glovebox Isolators
A request was made for a containment system that would protect operators during lentivirus transfer, as well as provide a controlled environment for IL-2 charging of media, bead addition, and blood bag spiking.
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Trial In China
A global sponsor conducting a Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy trial in China required reliable patient travel solutions to support children and families.
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Responsible Reclamation – City of Abilene, Texas
To combat drought, Abilene, Texas, implemented a reuse system utilizing O3 + BAC to remove trace organics. This solution met strict standards, ensured water resilience, and proved more cost-effective than AOP alternatives.
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Acoustic Inspection Helps Campbell River Optimize Inspection Program
In this case study, explore how incorporating the SL-RAT into their maintenance program has realized significant savings for the city of Campbell River.
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EHR-To-EDC Success In A Complex, Adaptive Platform Trial
I-SPY 2, one of the longest-running adaptive platform trials in oncology, is revolutionizing breast cancer research through a dynamic, data-driven approach to evaluating novel therapies.
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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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The City Of Fayetteville's Flood Resiliency In The Face Of Climate Change: Mapping 15 Watersheds
The city of Fayetteville, North Carolina has always had flooding issues, but it’s been getting worse as weather patterns have been changing. They were hit four years in a row by storms Matthew (2016), Irma (2017), Florence (2018), and Dorian (2019).
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RTSM And Clinical Drug Dispensation
A pharma company used Signant Health's RTSM solution in a Phase 2 schizophrenia trial to ensure drug availability, maintain study balance, prevent duplicate allocations, and manage returns and destruction of unused drugs.
NEWS
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How Lakes Connect To Groundwater Critical For Resilience To Climate Change7/9/2025
The study drew on data from 350 lakes across 18 European countries, collected between 2022 and 2024, to provide a comprehensive picture of how the continent’s lakes are coping with climate change.
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SJW Infrastructure Improvement Progressing At Cambrian Tank Replacement Project5/29/2025
San Jose Water (“SJW” or “the Company”), a wholly owned subsidiary of H2O America, has made meaningful progress on its Cambrian Tank Replacement project, a major investment in the long-term reliability and seismic resilience of the Company’s water system.
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Evonik Partners With ST Pharm To Increase Its Offerings For RNA And Nucleic Acid Delivery1/8/2025
Evonik is partnering with ST Pharm, a company that manufactures active ingredients for gene therapy, to expand its RNA and nucleic acid therapeutic services.
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Agilitas Energy Expands Into Hydropower With Acquisition Of Two Projects In West Virginia And Maryland6/24/2025
Agilitas Energy, a leading developer and operator of renewable energy and energy storage systems, today announced the acquisition of two late-stage hydropower development projects from Advanced Hydro Solutions.
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Redex Preloaded Systems Deliver Precise Positioning For Machine Tools1/16/2025
Redex is pleased to announce its patented DualDRIVE and TwinDRIVE preloading technologies now give CNC machine designers several ways to build a zero backlash system.
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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.