Vobis - Basket Extruders
Our Basket Extruders provide the lowest pressure method of wet extrusion combined with moderate sheer. To form granules from 0.5 to 4.5 mm in diameter, our basket extruders provide a very versatile means of wet extrusion. They produce consistent extrudates from wetted powders at laboratory through multiple ton per hour production extrusion rate capacities.
Products extruded with our basket extruders have a stable extrudate structure with a large surface area which provides the optimum pliable properties for Spheronization.
Basket Extruder models are available with capacities from bench level scale to over 3,000 Kg/hr.
Separate basket extruder designs for pharmaceutical and industrial applications are manufactured to meet industry standards. All extruder models are easily cleaned and have appropriate shaft seals protecting the feed material from contamination. All process wetted components are made available per FDA or industrial requirements. Metallurgies include: 316L, 316, 304, as well as more exotic metals
Our Basket Extruders include:
- Adjustable angle and gap between rotor blades and basket screen allowing optimization of extrusion force
- Short active extrusion path minimizing temperature rise for heat sensitive actives
- Narrow particle size distribution product production
- Very high capacities of up to 3,000 kilograms per hour
- Screen sizes from 0.3 to 4.5 mm
- Extrudates well suited for Spheronization
- Appropriate electrical panels and drives for explosion proof operation when necessary
Basket Extruder Significant Features:
- Simple free falling discharge to minimize resticking of granules
- Adjustable wiping blades critical to control sheer
- Internal counter rotating breaker bar keeps material from sticking together
- High capacities
- Safety switch prevents operation when screen is removed
Example Applications:
- Forming pharmaceutical extrudates prior to Spheronization for controlled release applications
- Production of water dispersible and water soluble granules of agriculture chemicals
- Granulation of confectionary products prior to tableting
- Densification of organic chemicals
- Formation of free-flowing vulcanization compounds
- AC variable frequency drive for accurate control
- Explosion proof electricals
- cGMP, Food, or Industrial designs
- 316L, 316, 304 stainless steel or more exotic process wetted components as needed
Testing Available: to demonstrate your process at our lab and pilot plant in the southeastern USA