Freeman Technology will highlight recent advances in the use of the FT4 Powder Rheometer at the IChemE event.
During the event at Baltic Centre, Gateshead, from 19-20 September Jamie Clayton, operations manager at Freeman Technology, will focus on pharmaceutical manufacture, delivering a presentation explaining how the FT4 Powder Rheometer is helping with the implementation of Quality by Design (QbD).
A poster detailing the use of powder rheometry in investigations of caking, an issue that is widely encountered in powder processing, will also be presented.
Across the pharmaceutical industry, the FT4 Powder Rheometer is proving a valuable tool for QbD with researchers finding the dynamic powder properties that the instrument measures especially useful for fully scoping processes such as wet granulation and tableting.
Clayton’s presentation, ‘The application of powder rheology in pharmaceutical Quality by Design (QbD) protocols’, illustrates how multifaceted powder characterisation with the FT4 Powder Rheometer delivers the insight needed to optimise manufacturing processes.
The importance of dynamic testing is also illustrated in the Freeman Technology poster ‘Quantifying the effect of caking by powder rheometry’.
This includes experimental data showing how the FT4 Powder Rheometer can be used to comprehensively assess the impact of moisture on powder products as a precursor to ensuring their cost efficient storage and processing.
For more information on powder testing, the FT4 Powder Rheometer, or for a full program of upcoming Freeman Technology events visit the Freeman Technology website at www.freemantech.co.uk.
