It’s all in the combination – Coating in the food and pharmaceutical industries, part 1 (German article)
Fluid bed equipment is widely used in many areas of industry. A particular focus of the use of fluid bed technology is the coating of particles as well as encapsulation. Especially in the food and pharmaceutical industries there are many applications. In addition, complementary technologies can be used to achieve special product properties. The first part of this article describes the basics of coating, the second part in the next issue (P+F 7/2008, p. 62) will deal with the plant technology. (article in German language)
- Author: Dr. Michael Jacob, Head of Process Technology Food, Feed & Fine Chemicals, Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH
- originally published in the trade magazine ‘Pharma+Food’, issue 06/2008, Hüthig GmbH and
Coaten in der Lebensmittel- und pharmazeutischen Industrie (Teil 1) (pharma-food.de)
Further information on this topic and related topics can also be found in the following publications:
Published article: ‘How to Tame Recalcitrant Ingredients with Technological Processes’ PDF, English
Published article: ‘The gentle processing of highly volatile oils by fluid bed and spouted bed technology’ PDF, English
Published article: ‘Process Technologies to Optimize Detergent Manufacturing’. PDF, English
Published article: ‚Forward-looking plant planning – How pre-engineering can bring ideas to market faster‘ PDF, English
Published article: ‘Technologies à lit fluidisé / Fluid bed and spouted bed technology’ PDF, English/French