The Thermo Scientific* Process 11 is a parallel co-rotating extruder for research and development in the polymer and food industry.

 

When developing new polymeric compounds or food formulations, performing time and material intensive experiments on production scale extruders can significantly increase costs and thus put these projects at risk. Using the Process 11 extruder, the small amount of material needed to conduct experiments enables the researcher to carry out an array of trials in a cost and labor effective manner and obtain results that are relevant to production conditions due to the full scalability of the Thermo Scientific process extruder product family.

The Process 11 extruder provides a user-friendly operation via a touch-screen with integrated feeder control and easy removable product contact parts. The compact monocoque design minimizes the usage of lab space and is ideal for fume hood applications. The screw elements and barrel design scale geometrically across the whole portfolio of extruders and thus allow easy process scale-up.

• Minimized sample material usage (20g)
• Throughput 20 g/h to 2.5 kg/h
• Small footprint benchtop design, easily transportable
• Segmented screw design with removable top half barrel
• Easy-to-operate touchscreen with integrated feeder control
• Geomatrically scalable screw and barrel design across portfolio

Environmental Note: A small footprint reduces lab space requirements and lower ingredient consumption reduces environmental contamination and operator exposure.

Recommended for: Materials:

Polymers

Additives

Adhesives

Food

Cosmetics

Applications:

Compounding

Masterbatches

Nanocomposites

The Thermo Scientific Pharma 11 is a unique, flexible twin screw extruder for hot melt extrusion and twin screw granulation.

 

In the early development of a new drug research and development formulation scientists face the challenge that only a small amount of expensive API (Active pharmaceutical ingredient) is available for experiments.

The Thermo Scientific Pharma 11 extruder provides material and labor effective extrusion capabilities down to 20g/h. Its parallel 11mm twin screws and compact design which is fully scalable with the Thermo Scientific stand alone pharmaceutical compounding systems enables the researcher to obtain process relevant results or even perform small scale production.

 

• Throughput range from 20g/h up to 2.5kg/h
• Easy to remove and clean product contact parts in a washing machine
• Individual barrels and screws options
• Processing length: L/D ratio 40:1

• Intuitive operation
• Touch screen
• Integrated feeder control
• Password protection
• Three different user levels
• Optional data login software for documentation of data trends
• Optional high resolution torque measurement
• Easy to integrate PAT measurements like FTIR

• Small footprint allows placement in a glove box
• Touch screen can be removed and fixed at the outer side of the isolator
• No additional cabinet for electronics
• Monocoque design allows rinsing with water to avoid dust formation

• All product contact parts are from pharma grade stainless steel with documentation
• Full validation documentation available: FAT, SAT, IQ/OQ