The flowability of food powders is a critical determinant of their processing efficiency, product quality, and overall operational success. This review delves into the intricacies of powder flowability, elucidating the factors that govern it and expl...
The internal microstructure of a tablet, such as pore geometry and pore volume, impacts the tablet’s disintegration kinetics. Ideally, one could design the microstructure to control dissolution onset and therapeutical performance of immediate-r...
The perpetual significance of the pharmaceutical industry in society necessitates ongoing research efforts to enhance the efficacy of its manufacturing processes. Given that drug product manufacturing typically involves powder processing, a thorough...
A gas phase, probe molecule doser was fabricated and connected to a diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS) reaction chamber to study the reactions and stability of two organosilanes with the surfaces of metallic aluminum...
In this work, we study three aluminum oxides (alpha, gamma, boehmite) and various oxidized metallic aluminum powders to observe their dehydration and decomposition behavior using in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DR...
The growing increase in emissions of ultrafine particles or nanoparticles by industries and urban centers has become worrisome due to the potential adverse health effects when inhaled. Particles in this size range have greater ease of pulmonary penet...
To improve the powder properties of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), we coated APIs with silica nanoparticles using a dry process that allowed for direct compression into tablets. The dry coating performed with different apparatuses (a batch...
Population balance models (PBMs) for milling processes are based on two fundamental concepts: specific breakage rate function and breakage distribution function, which vary with particle size as well as design–operation conditions. The solution...
Nanoparticles have shown great potential in many sectors of the oil and gas industry, including enhanced oil recovery (EOR). They can be used to improve water flooding by altering the wettability of the porous medium, reducing the interfacial tension...
In the last decade, twin-screw wet granulation became an essential technology for continuous pharmaceutical tablet production. Consequently, interest in (semi-)continuous fluidized bed drying systems as a subsequent processing unit has grown. In para...
Heterogeneous catalysis plays a central role in the chemical and energy fields, owing to the high and tunable activities of solid catalysts that are essential to achieve the favorable reaction process efficiency, and their ease of recycle and reuse....
Laser powder bed fusion is an attractive manufacturing technology promising novel components for the aircraft, automobile, and medical industries. However, depending on the material, some defects in the parts, especially pores or microcracks, cannot...
Electric fields have been used in the manufacturing of powders in a number of ways, including to enhance drying rates and retain heat-sensitive materials. Electrohydrodynamic drying and electrostatic spray drying use electric fields to accelerate the...
The homogenized lattice Boltzmann method (HLBM) has emerged as a flexible computational framework for studying particulate flows, providing a monolithic approach to modeling pure fluid flows and flows through porous media, including moving solid and...
This review, complemented by empirical investigations, delves into the intricate world of industrial powders, examining their elastic properties through diverse methodologies. The study critically assesses Young’s modulus (E) across eight diffe...
Selective laser sintering (SLS) with polymers is currently at the transition to the production of functional components and thus holds great potential to revolutionize conventional production processes. Nevertheless, the application capability is con...
In modern cold rolling mills in the steel industry, iron oxide powder is produced as a by-product when used pickling agents are recycled. Further processing of these iron oxide powders could enable the production of iron powder for various applicatio...
Crystalline hematite nanoparticles as adsorbents for anionic Congo red dye were prepared by a hydrothermal process using urea hydrolysis. To examine the effects of coexisting anions in a solution on the formation of hematite nanoparticles, different...
The advantage of nanoparticles to improve bioavailability of poorly soluble drugs is well known. However, the higher-energy state of nanoparticles beneficial for bioavailability presents challenges for both the stability of nanosuspensions and preven...
The current investigation shows the feasibility of 316L steel powder production via three different argon gas atomisation routes (closed coupled atomisation, free fall atomisation with and without hot gas), along with subsequent sample production by...
The harsh and hostile internal environment of semi-autogenous (SAG) mills renders real-time monitoring of some critical variables practically unmeasured. Typically, feed size fractions are known to cause mill fluctuations and impede the consistent pr...
This study investigates direct powder forging (DPF) as a new approach for near-net-shape processing of titanium alloys using a coarse particle size distribution (PSD) between 90 and 250 μm. This route was utilised to takes advantage of DPF’s...
The well-known equations for the powder compaction process (PCP) in a rigid die published from the beginning of the last century until today were considered in this review. Most of the considered equations are converted into the dependences of densif...
Chemical and physical properties of nanoparticles (NPs) are strongly influenced not only by the crystal structure of the respective material, including crystal structure defects but also by the NP size and shape. Contemporary transmission electron mi...
Powder breakage during pneumatic conveying negatively affects the properties of dairy products and causes increased dusting, reduced wettability, and decreased product performance. In particular, particle breakage is a serious issue for fat-filled mi...
The characteristics of powders on a bulk scale are heavily influenced by both the material properties and the size of their primary particles. Throughout the stages of storage and transportation in the powder processing industry, various forms of def...
Cold gas dynamic spray (CS) is a unique technique for depositing material using high-strain-rate solid-state deformation. A major challenge for this technique is its dependence on the powder’s properties, and another is the lack of standards fo...
Smokeless powders are a commonly used low explosive within the ammunition industry. Their ease of purchase has allowed criminals to use these products to build improvised explosive devices. Canines have become a vital tool in locating such improvised...
The development of a Ti-34Nb-6Sn alloy by the powder metallurgy method, employing two different compaction conditions, A (100 MPa) and B (200 MPa), was carried out. To evaluate the feasibility of the Ti-34Nb-6Sn alloy as an implant biomaterial, micro...
Powder coatings are a green alternative to conventional solvent-borne liquid coatings, but they have the intrinsic drawback of color-matching and adjustment in production with the conventional extrusion process. In this study, an industrially applica...
Powder manufacturing processes involve a systematic processing of particulate material towards forming a final product which needs to meet specific quality standards. A means towards ensuring that standards are met in a manufacturing plant is to appl...
Background: Precise continuous feeding of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and excipients is crucial in a continuous powder-to-tablet manufacturing setup, as any inconsistency can affect the final tablet quality. Method: This study investigat...
Additive manufacturing (AM) as a disruptive technique has offered great potential to design and fabricate many metallic components for aerospace, medical, nuclear, and energy applications where parts have complex geometry. However, a limited number o...
The consumption of fiber in the human diet is a global recommendation to ensure a healthy diet. Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.), a gluten-free grain, and chia (Salvia hispanica), a seed, contain a high fiber content, and both have the potential to...
In this study, a two-dimensional separation of microparticles based on their settling velocity and triboelectric charge ability is achieved using an air classifier for size fractionation and simultaneous charging, followed by an electrostatic separat...
The understanding of granule growth mechanisms and the effects of formulation and operating conditions over product quality and process performance in fluidized bed co-melt granulation is nowadays of great interest. In this sense, this work systemati...
Powders and particles are ubiquitous in our daily lives and are of course present in variety of diverse products and in the majority of industries; thus, the functionality of powders is very diverse [...]
Selective laser sintering (SLS) with polymers is currently in transition to the production of functional components. Nevertheless, the potential to revolutionize conventional production processes is confronted by newly imposed requirements regarding...
The substance fenbendazole is included in the composition of many anthelmintic drugs, in which the “chemical stability” parameter is one of the main characteristics when obtaining permission for the use of drugs in veterinary practice. Fe...
As nanoparticle syntheses on a large scale usually yield products with broad size and shape distributions, the properties of nanoparticle-based products need to be tuned after synthesis by narrowing the size and shape distributions or via the removal...
The low deposition efficiency in directed energy deposition (DED) has prompted the reuse of powders that do not fuse to the builds to make additive manufacturing more sustainable. It is unknown, however, how the properties of the powder and deposited...
Powder mixtures based on copper or iron are used as metal binder materials in the manufacturing of abrasive and cutting tools. This article discusses some aspects and possibilities of using a high-energy ball milling process to modify the structure a...
Epoxy powders offer a low-cost way of manufacturing thick-section composite parts, such as those found in wind and tidal turbines. Currently, their processing cycle includes a lengthy drying stage (≥15 h) to remove ambient moisture. This drying st...
Here, we demonstrate that nano–sized Mn–Ni–Co–O powder can be prepared at a low temperature via a co–precipitation method. In this work, Mn2+ was partially oxidized to Mn3+ ions in an aqueous solution by adding an oxidiz...
Stellite-6 powders were sprayed on Ni-Al bronze in order to produce coatings via high-velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF). The microstructural observations revealed the main mechanisms taking place for the substrate–coating adhesion. It was revealed th...
Boron carbide (B4C) powders with defined stoichiometry, high crystallinity, minimal impurity content, and a fine particle size are imperative for realizing the exceptional properties of this compound in advanced high-technology applications. Neverthe...
The air quality in a hospital’s underground car park is a concern because diesel fumes from cars impact upon vulnerable people attending medical consultations. This research aims to quantify the potential health risk associated with a particula...
Lab-on-a-Chip devices based on tilted-angle standing surface acoustic waves (tasSAWs) emerged as a promising technology for multidimensional particle separation, highly selective in particle size and acoustic contrast factor. For this active separati...
The increasing demand for highly specific particulate products in industrial processes is a driving factor in the development of novel particle separation processes. In this work, a multidimensional separation process for wet simultaneous separation...
Flaxseed oil is rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, and its incorporation into food formulations is limited due to its hydrophobic nature and susceptibility to oxidation. The aim of this work was to analyze the effect of wall material mixtures (modi...
