Subject: Engineering

Atomization and Spray Drying: Applied and Practical Approach

This 18-hour accredited ON DEMAND course focuses on Atomization and Spray-Drying technology, which are key processes in numerous industries. The course will emphasize the scientific fundamentals and practical operational aspects of Atomization and Spray-Drying that are seen day-to-day in industries such as Food, Beverages, Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Pulp and Paper, etc. The primary goal will be… Continue reading Atomization and Spray Drying: Applied and Practical Approach

Spray Drying: Operation, Optimization and Design Aspects

This 90-minute accredited online training focuses on the Spray-Drying process and technology, which is present in numerous industries. Even though the training will focus on the fundamentals of Spray-Drying by emphasizing scientific principles that are common to any industry, specific examples will be given for applications in Food, Beverages, Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Pulp and Paper, etc.… Continue reading Spray Drying: Operation, Optimization and Design Aspects

Packaging Process Validations: Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices

The integrity of a package depends on the qualification of the packaging equipment, the packaging process, and consistent performance throughout the commercial packaging run. No matter how well the container/closure has been developed, it cannot protect the product as designed if it is not properly sealed and packed. The packaging process validation ensures that packages… Continue reading Packaging Process Validations: Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices

IQ, OQ, PQ

Executing Installation, Operational and Performance Qualifications in Support of Process Validations The Installation/Operational/Performance Qualification of equipment, systems and facilities for sterile, oral solid dosage forms, liquids, finished and bulk drugs in the Pharmaceutical and Bio Pharmaceutical manufacturing operations are essential parts of the overall validation process. Equipment and systems must be installed, operated, and maintained… Continue reading IQ, OQ, PQ

Fired Process Heaters

Fired process heaters (also known as fired heaters, process heaters, furnaces, process furnaces, and direct-fired heaters) are critical pieces of equipment in petroleum refineries, petrochemical plants, chemical plants, and other industrial process facilities where providing heat to a process fluid at elevated temperature levels is required. They are a major consumer of energy in such… Continue reading Fired Process Heaters

Food Extrusion Technology

“Food extrusion has become a very important processing operation. Today, the food extruder is used to produce pasta and other cold formed products, ready-to-eat cereals, snacks, pet food, aquatic feeds, confectionery products, modified starches for soup, infant food, and instant foods, beverage bases, and texturized vegetable proteins. This 12 hour accredited ON DEMAND training is… Continue reading Food Extrusion Technology

Mixing of Liquids and Complex Materials

“Experts in the field have developed this intensive 12-hour accredited course which presents mixing fundamentals and their application to a selection of commercial operations, taking into account the most recent developments in research and practice. The lectures will cover the basics of turbulence, emulsions, rheology, and interfacial phenomena. Building on these basic concepts, mixing processes… Continue reading Mixing of Liquids and Complex Materials

Fred A. Rowley

Fred A Rowley is an internationally recognized expert in solid dosage manufacturing and a pioneer in solid dosage training. He is and has been retained as a subject expert by law firms, equipment manufacturers, international Pharmaceutical and Nutritional Supplement companies and has lectured at the US FDA, the ISPE and at many colleges of Pharmacy… Continue reading Fred A. Rowley

Dr. Brad Strahm

Dr. Brad Strahm is a Principal with The XIM Group, LLC, a firm providing consulting services in the area of product development, process engineering, equipment engineering, and project management located in Sabetha, KS. Dr. Strahm holds degrees in Agricultural Engineering from Kansas State University and Business Administration from Kennedy- Western University. Dr. Strahm had 12… Continue reading Dr. Brad Strahm

Heidi Graham

Ms. Heidi Graham pursued package engineering as a way to blend creativity with science and make a positive impact in people’s lives. Known for her entrepreneurial spirit and bias for action, her work has been recognized for pioneering open innovation and consumer-centric design, including the development of breakthrough continuous spray sunscreen that transformed the category.… Continue reading Heidi Graham