Carbon, the Silicon Valley based tech company has developed the liquid resin which enables mass production of 3D printed parts. Covestro, the firm’s partner for this project will ensure that scale-up and high-volume production of this material is carried out smoothly.

At the end of 2009, one of the world’s largest spouted-bed granulation systems started up at Dresden-based contract manufacturer IPC. The company’s new ProCell 250 from Glatt Ingenieurtechnik provides unprecedented flexibility for agglomeration and spray granulation processes.

Granulation has often been plagued by blocked transfer lines, the difficulty of having to operate the system at multiple levels and time-consuming cleaning. A new granulation unit sets new standards in wet granulation.

Vega introduces a new radar sensor for continuous measurement of bulk solids. The Vegapuls SR 68 was specially designed for level measurement in silos and bunkers with heights up to 30 meters.

The BulkSolids India Conference & Exhibition 2011 closed its doors on April 8, 2011 after three days of vivid discussions and knowledge exchange. The combination of conference, workshops and exhibition brought together all parties involved in bulk solids and powder handling and processing and lead to a high quality of visitors.

Effective disaster management can go a long way in mitigating the damage caused by natural catastrophes, thereby increasing plant safety.

In this era of energy efficiency, there is huge scope for saving energy through compressed air systems. New as well as existing systems can give better results with the help of few energy conserving steps. Here are some ways to save energy and ultimately cost, through these systems.

Small scale cell culture reactors for laboratory application often require the same cleaning time, autoclaving effort and re-installation hassle as their bigger industrial counterparts do. Furthermore the repeated use of the same reactor can easily increase the risk of cross-contamination. Sartorius now tries to meet the needs of laboratory workers with their new single-use bioreactor UniVessel SU.

South Korea’s Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) starts a new Pharmaceutical Process Research Centre with a little help from GEA Pharma Systems: The new centre will provide academic and commercial research facilities for under graduate, post graduate, post doctorate students and the wider pharmaceutical industry in South Korea.

Grupa Azoty Puławy signed a contract with thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions for the grant of a licence for a nitric acid production technology, including the delivery of process documentation and key equipment, and for the supervision over plant installation and start-up.