Instruments used in the Pharmaceutical Industry (Production of Medicaments) Part 1

Sl no: PharmaInfoTech/02/01/K1/E

Instruments used in the Pharmaceutical Industry
         (Production of Medicaments)

                   By Jyotirmoy Roy ( B.pharm)



For Mixing ➡️➡️➡️ Mixers




👉 For Liquid Formulation

◆ Batch :  Impellers :- Propeller , Turbines , Paddles (50 rpm)
                     Jet Mixers:- Air jet  , fluid jet
◆ Continuous : Baffled pipe ,Mixing chamber


👉 For Semi Solid formulations


◆Batch : Sigma- blade ,Planetary blade
         Kneaders:- Mulling Mixers (Kneading ,Shearing,  Smearing, Blending)

◆ Continuous: Mills
1. Roller- (impact & Attrition)
2. Colloidal Mill – (3000 to 20,000 rpm)

👉 For Solid Formulations

◆Batch
• Tumblers : Twin-Shell , Double Cone , Drum ,Cube
• Agitators Mixers :- Ribbon ,Planetary ,Fluidized Air
• Processors:- Lodige® , Diosna ,Gral®

◆ Continuous : Blendex ,Barrel , Zig-Zag .



Refference: The Theory and Practice of Industrial Pharmacy By Lachman and Lieberman 

https://pharmainfotechn.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-theory-and-practice-of-industrial.html?m=0

Pharmaceutical Engineering by K. Sambamurthy 

https://www.pharmaceuticalmachinery.in/laboratory_mixer.htm