Increasingly smaller medical devices require tighter tolerances that make extrusion process control more difficult. Photos courtesy of TEEL PLASTICS INC. As medical devices get smaller and tolerances ...

There are several benefits to incorporating hot melt extrusion (HME) processes into pharmaceutical industry manufacturing workflows, particularly when mixing an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) ...

The hot melt extrusion (HME) process can be employed in the production of a wide range of pharmaceutical dosage forms, including capsules, tablets, lozenges and implants. HME is suitable for both ...

Bakers and snack makers discover various ways to employ extrusion to push traditional cookies, crackers, chips and pretzels ...

Process control is essential for using continuous hot-melt extrusion to enhance solubility. Continuous manufacturing has the potential to offer benefits in terms of reduced costs, footprint, raw ...

Developed by EJS Extrusion LLC (Jaffrey, NH; www.ejs-extrusion.com), an extrusion process for coating discrete lengths of tapered guidewires eliminates the need for a separate distal tip. Coating the ...

The bustling halls of CHINAPLAS have once again become the epicenter of global industrial transformation, drawing thousands of professionals to witness the next generation of plastics and rubber ...

Biologists find cell extrusion, a process that helps organisms eliminated unneeded cells, is triggered when cells can't replicate their DNA during cell division. In humans, extrusion may serve as a ...