10mm Twin Screw Extruder Microlab
Rondol has adapted the 10mm Microlab
to healthcare specific requirements:
- all contact parts are in stainless steel with high
level surface polish
- an "easy clean" barrel allows quick
access to screws and barrel for cleaning, screw configuration change and
unrestricted wipe down thanks to a removable barrel liner and therefore a
minimum residual quantity in the barrel at the end of a production run (less
than 10g).
- the barrel can be set up to a length to screw
diameter ratio of 40 (the standard ratio is 20) which allows a "soft"
extrusion in order to avoid the degradation of formulation ingredients.
- an optional high temperature operation of up to
450°C enables the machine to process polymers such as PEEK or PEKK widely used
for high tech implants and devices.
- feed-dosing of different additives (liquid or
solid) allow both melt or wet extrusion to incorporate a wide
variety of controlled release drugs in solid dosage forms with high levels of
active pharmaceutical ingredient (API).
- an optional pump to inject super critical CO2 within the barrel during the extrusion process enables the machine either to produce effervescent foams that increase the release rate of the embedded drug or to better control the melt temperature for temperature sensitive ingredients.
- optional chaotic mixing screw elements also improve dispersion and minimise risk of damage to shear or thermally sensitive nano-materials and APIs.