Granulation course
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26th - 27th June 2017
Prior to the conference there was a 2-day Granulation Course, led by experts from the pharmaceutical, food, and detergent industries, designed for those working in industrial granulation or PhD students.
The course comprised a 'hands-on' granulation experience as well as a variety of lectures in order to explain contemporary challenges facing the granulation community.
Course content
| Lectures | |
|---|---|
| 1. Introduction | Prof. Agba Salman, University of ºù«Ӱҵ |
| 2. Introduction to Granulation | Prof. Gavin Reynolds, AstraZeneca |
| 3. Batch Granulation: Process and Formulation Variables | Nigel Somerville Roberts, Procter & Gamble |
| 4. Rate Processes and Regime Maps | Prof. Jim Litster, University of ºù«Ӱҵ |
| 5. Measuring, Analysing and Modelling Particle Size | Prof. Gavin Reynolds, AstraZeneca |
| 6. Material Science for Powders | Dr Gerhard Niederreiter, Nestle Research |
| 7. Continuous Lean and QRM | Dr Dave Doughty, Hallidex |
| 8. Continuous Wet Granulation | Prof. Gavin Reynolds, AstraZeneca |
| Practical sessions | |
|---|---|
| 1. Twin Screw Granulation | Dr Ranjit Dhenge, GSK |
| 2. Roller Compaction | Manfred Felder, Alexanderwerk |
| 3. Extrusion: Spheronisation |
Dr Csaba Sinka, University of Leicester |
| 4. Batch Granulation |
Dr Robert Sochon, GSK Thomas Lansdorf, EIRICH GmbH & Co KG |
| 5. Tabletting | Dr Vikram Chouk, Addivant Global Technology |
| 6. Finished Product Characterisation |
Dr Hong Sing Tan, Procter & Gamble |