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On Monday, August 10, the midwestern states of Iowa, Nebraska, and Illinois suffered a powerful storm called a Derecho (100+ mph winds sustained for 40-60 minutes). Freund-Vector’s facility was damaged, […]
VIRTUAL #F.A.T , ENSURING CONTINUITY FOR FREUND-VECTOR CUSTOMERS WORLDWIDE
As we endeavor to stem the spread of COVID-19, Freund-Vector has implemented a new service capability to ensure critical projects are not delayed. Freund-Vector has begun carrying out Factory Acceptance […]
Statement Concerning COVID-19
Dear valued clients, global partners and supporters: As we continue to monitor the latest information regarding the global COVID-19 outbreak, we are taking additional measures to ensure the safety of […]
Freund-Vector Leads Way in PAT Processing and Pellet Manufacturing
Detection of Moisture Using a NIR Filter Photometer on Dynamically Moving Particles in a Rotor Processor On November 4-5, 2019, Mitch Crawford, Associate Process Scientist, Freund-Vector presented a poster at […]
Freund-Vector Collaborates with Other Pharmaceutical Leaders on Roll Compaction Study
Evaluation of Different Mannitol Grades in Dry Granulation Process by Roller Compaction The Freund-Vector European Laboratories co-authored in an important study presented at the AAPS show November 4-5, 2019. Along […]
Freund-Vector has your CANNABIS Solutions!
Cannabis-infused products and medical marijuana are at the forefront of an innovative and promising industry. Fueled by a growing consumer base and enthusiasm, the race is on to develop effective, […]
Swap out your 1,000 L coating pan in less than 5 minutes!
VHC-Multi Pan Mounting Method Cedar Rapids, IA: August 29, 2019, The US Patent office announced a pending patent for a pan mounting method. This new design on the VHC-Multi allows for […]
PAT Monitoring of Coating Pan by NIR: PLS Method Calibration Approach
The 9th International Granulation Workshop took place in Lausanne, Switzerland on June 26-28, 2019. The granulation conference is the place to showcase the latest in agglomeration, granulation and particle technology […]
Mount Rushmore is more soluble than the next breakthrough drug!
Really? How can that be? After all, isn’t Mount Rush solid as a rock! True, but even rock dissolves when exposed to water. It will dissolve very, very, slowly over […]
From Powder to Pellet: How the GRANUREX® can help achieve your processing methods
Rotor Technology has been used to process multiparticulate pharmaceutical materials for many years, it’s an ideal situation for processing small particles. It provides excellent mixing, flowability with concurrent tangential spraying. […]
Freund-Vector 2 Bar Vented and 12 Bar Fluid Bed Containment Systems
With fluid bed systems, safety always must be considered as the highest priority. Due to static discharge, there always remains the risk of an explosive environment within the fluid bed […]
“Instantizing” Offers Solutions To Dispersing/Solubilizing Powders In Liquid
Think about when you put hot cocoa powder mix in a mug of hot water, how much of the powder floats on top of the surface? How quickly do you […]
Used Pharmaceutical Equipment: Things to Consider…
There are many types of used laboratory and process equipment are available on the secondary market. Most of what would be needed for a complete solid-dosage operation. Knowing the process […]
Joint Development with Ashland on Continuous Granulation
For the longest time, pharmaceuticals have been produced using a method known as “batch manufacturing,” which involves a multi-step, lengthy process that uses large-scale equipment. In recent years however manufacturing […]
Contained Tablet Coating Success Story – 1 µg/m3 Containment without an Isolator.
A customer contacted Freund-Vector asking for a requirement to coat tablets on a LDCS-Pro Hi Coater (150L batches) and needed contained loading, sampling and unloading of their tablets. The customer […]
Improving Particle Flow Characteristics Using Roll Compaction
On March 25-26, 2019, Freund-Vector through a joint partnership with Chemische Fabrik Budenheim KG, presented a poster at the 3rd European Pharma Congress in Bologna Italy on “Adjusting the Release […]
Wurster Spray Granulation PAT Monitoring by NIR: Calibration vs. PCA Trend Approach
Wurster Spray Granulation PAT Monitoring by NIR: Calibration vs. PCA Trend Approach The 3rd European Pharma Congress was held in Bologna Italy, March 25-26, 2019. The European Conferences on Pharmaceutics […]
Another Coating Success Story – 5% Weight Gain @ 250 mL per Minute/Gun
The purpose of the experiment was to evaluate and compare the performances of different spray guns in various coating processes in a Freund-Vector VHC-5811 55 liter fully perforated coating pan. […]
Answers to Fluid Bed Processors Quiz
Last week Freund-Vector created a short quiz on Fluid Bed Processors on LinkedIn. The purpose of this quiz was to test customer’s knowledge on Freund-Vector’s Fluid Bed technology and processing […]
Coating and Granulation Technology Seminar – 16 Successful Years
For 16 years, Freund-Vector has conducted Coating and Granulation Technology Seminars. These seminars integrate classroom lectures and hands-on laboratory sessions to provide participants an overall understanding of solid dosage granulation […]