The manufacturing of metal components often seems like a choice between two extremes. On one side, there is the slow and ...

Polyvinyl chloride pipes have become the backbone of modern plumbing, drainage, and irrigation systems worldwide. Understanding the intricate manufacturing process behind these ubiquitous construction ...

Hot-melt extrusion offers many advantages compared with conventional solid dosage form manufacturing, and has consequently received considerable attention from both the pharmaceutical industry and ...

In the plastics industry, twin screws are at the very heart of the extrusion process that transforms raw materials into rigid PVC pipe or profile. These highly engineered components are integral to ...

In this interview, AZoM talks to Dr.-Ing. M. Azad Emin, Chair of Food Process Engineering at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, about his team's research within the field of sustainable foods, and the ...

Hot melt extrusion (HME) formulation development depends heavily on choosing the appropriate polymers. This article reviews HME process parameters and highlights three polymers in HME: polyethylene ...

insights from industryDr. Annika VölpApplication SpecialistThermo Fisher Scientific In this interview, AZoM talks to Annika Völp, process application specialist at Thermo Fisher Scientific, about twin ...

We have a fascination with gloss. Think of shining shoes, polishing apples for the teacher, don’t touch my car, squeaky-clean and more. Somehow, shiny noses are the other way around, which is why we ...