APPtec revolutionizes particle design for future materials

Glatt is specialized in intelligent particle design for the generation and functionalization of powders and granulates with defined, adjustable properties. The focus is on particles and powders for pigments, catalytic, ceramic or battery materials as well as for granules and pellets as additives for e.g. industrial salts, detergents and cleaning agents, fertilizers, pesticides, food, feed, dietary supplements and pharmaceuticals. Encapsulation of flavors, enzymes, vitamins, microorganisms, probiotics or fatty acids (PUFA) is just as possible as encapsulation of essential oils and other active, sensitive substances to be protected. With Glatt APPtec®, a unique technology for spray calcination, it is possible to generate, coat and then calcine particles in a pulsing hot gas stream in a single process step. As a pioneer in fluid bed and spouted bed technologies, Glatt masters these important processes for the formulation and optimization of particle properties through defined spray agglomeration, spray granulation, spray coating or (micro)encapsulation as well as through combinations of these processes. Also in the high temperature range. Glatt supports the product idea from the early phase of product formulation through process development to scale-up to production scale. Under the leadership of the Glatt Process & Plant Engineering teams, customized production plants for nutrition, fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and biotech applications are successfully planned and commissioned. Worldwide. Whether based on powder synthesis, fluid bed or spouted bed technology, Glatt also offers certified contract manufacturing for customers without their own production capacities.

From Nano to Macro Different particle technology principles from powder synthesis in nano or sub-micron range up to particle enlargement technologies in micron or millimeter size range. Interested in? Don’t miss our Workshop in Weimar. You are kindly invited. Workshop topics: » Particle engineering options for value added product forms. » Powder synthesis and thermal powder treatment. » Agglomeration and spray granulation processing options. » Coating and surface modification of dry product forms. » Characterization of particle systems - physical and chemical view. » Drying processes - from single droplet to porous structures. » Product design - a hierachical appraoch. » Practical sessions » Case studies Besides theoretical process engineering basics, practical demonstrations of all today’s up-to-date pro¬cessing options for thermal powder synthesis using APPtec, spray agglomeration, spray granulation or spray coating using fluidized and spouted bed technologies will be given. Additional to process development issues also aspects of innovative product design, characterization of particle systems, scale-up methods as well as simulation or optimization will be discussed. You will learn about the possibility to evaluate different processing principles in batch or continu¬ous operation as well as the influence of processing conditions and material properties on the final product properties. All processes will be carried out based on representative case studies explaining various functionalities in the Glatt Technology Center Weimar. You will get a unique broad overview on various product and process develop¬ment aspects, including processing and finally quality assessment.