Leistritz Pharmaceutical-Nutraceutical Extrusion Seminar

Leistritz will host the annual Pharmaceutical-Nutraceutical Extrusion Seminar on June 12-13, 2019. This “hands-on” seminar starts with the basics and explains why twin screw extrusion is a preferred manufacturing method to manufacture consistent, repeatable products.

In addition to Leistritz staff, outside experts from industry and academia will contribute to the program. Some of the topics will include:

• Twin screw extrusion theory and design
• Comparison of co-rotating and counterrotating twin screw extruder technologies
• How to specify, stage, disassemble, clean, reassemble and design screws
• Downstream systems: pelletizing, tubes, filaments, films, molding, foamed, co-extruded parts and unique shape extrusion
• Die design, rheological characterization and computer modelling
• Single screw extrusion theory and designUpstream equipment designs for feeding, material handling and containment
• Staging of unit operations in an extrusion system to facilitate a continuous process
• Scale-up of the extrusion process – R&D, pilot scale and production
• Cleaning and maintenance of extrusion equipment in a cGMP environment
• Equipment and process validation practices and documentation
• Advantages of continuous extrusion as compared to batch processes
• Mixing techniques for poorly soluble and heat/shear sensitive API’s
• New emerging extrusion technologies, i.e. supercritical foaming and co-extrusion