Charles Ross app notes

11. Recommended Mixing Equipment For Medical Adhesives 1/30/2013

    The growing demand for prescription and over-the-counter transdermal products encompasses a wide range of uses and conditions, from motion sickness and smoking cessation, to hormone replacements and pain management.

12. Double Planetary Mixers Are Ideal For Low Shear Processing Of Viscous Materials 1/29/2013

    Viscous products possessing shear-sensitive behavior, fragile components or abrasive properties require gentle but thorough mixing.

13. Do's And Don'ts When Using A Ribbon Blender 10/23/2012

    To help ensure a long service life out of your capital investment and obtain high quality blends in every single batch, consider the following tips on ribbon blending.

14. Ribbon Blenders Are Ideal For Coating And Mixing Processes 10/23/2012

    Solid-solid mixing sometimes involves powders that need to be uniformly coated with smaller particles of a different component. The ingredient that is coated onto the bulk material is typically a very small percentage of the batch, thus requiring thorough and uniform blending.

15. Select A Powder Induction Mixer That Can Serve Multiple Mix Tanks Of Virtually Any Size 3/13/2012

    Rotor/stator mixers specially designed to generate a powerful vacuum within the mix chamber are capable of inducting a wide variety of solids, from fine powders to friable pellets.

16. Accelerate Bulk Powder Dispersion Into Liquid 3/13/2012

    Mixing bulk solids into liquid can be challenging not only due to low solubility or resistance to wet-out/dispersion. The difficulty may simply be due to sheer volume.

17. New Blade Design Gives Double Planetary Mixer A Bright Future 12/15/2011
    In this age of technological marvels and Internet madness, it's refreshing to see an innovation that isn't the product of an exotic new technology.
18. Tech Brief: Preparing Wet Granulations In A Planetary Mixer 8/25/2011
    Granulation requires the addition of binding fluid/adhesive to a blend of powders. The liquid is added at a pre-determined rate to the batch while it is being mixed.
19. Tech Brief: New Technologies For Preparing Submicron Emulsions 8/25/2011

    In many industries, the challenge of making high quality submicron emulsions has never been more important. Depending on the application, they improve texture, aesthetics, taste, rheology, shelf-life, or even cost. In short, the quality and stability of emulsions play a major role in refining the physical characteristics and effectiveness of numerous end products.

20. Tech Brief: Conserve Raw Materials In A Scalable R&D Mixer 8/25/2011

    Developing a new formulation at the R&D stage can require multiple iterations to arrive at the optimal quality, functionality, cost or a combination of these and other factors.