181 |
Method for treating particulate material with a coating medium and an apparatus for carrying out the method |
US10277281 |
2002-10-22 |
US20030091725A1 |
2003-05-15 |
Herbert
Huttlin |
An apparatus is provided for treating particulate material with a coating medium, in particular for sugarcoating or film-coating pharmaceutical or food preformed pieces. The apparatus comprises a container drivable to rotate about a rotation axis, a spraying device for spraying the material with the coating medium and supplying means for supplying process air. The container comprises a bottom and an upstanding wall where the rotation axis of the container is substantially vertical and where an inclined return surface is arranged in the container. The return surface extends from an upper region of the container in the direction of an inner diameter region of the bottom. In a method for treating particulate material to be carried out with the apparatus, the material is moved in the container in a continuous circulating motion along the bottom from an inner diameter to an outer diameter region of the container, from there along the upstanding wall from a lower to an upper region of the container and from there along the inclined return surface back to the inner diameter region of the bottom. The material is moved along the bottom and/or along the wall in a centrifugally, tangentially rolling movement with respect to the vertical axis of the container. |
182 |
Wet granulation method for generating granules |
US09061343 |
1998-04-17 |
US06454979B1 |
2002-09-24 |
Robin Phinney |
A method of wet granulation of fertilizer and other materials into granules. The method involves formation of the granule directly on the pan from the feedstock without intermediate steps or the use of seed materials. The result is a product having a completely uniform cross section. The feedstock is initially in the size distribution of −150 mesh with 90% or greater in the size range of 200 mesh. Moisture is maintained to facilitate a steady process without cycling. |
183 |
Wet granulation method generating sulfur granules |
US09061783 |
1998-04-17 |
US06331193B1 |
2001-12-18 |
Robin Phinney |
A method of wet granulation of fertilizer and other materials into granules. The method involves formation of the granule directly on the pan from the feedstock without intermediate steps or the use of seed materials. The result is a product having a completely uniform cross section. The feedstock is initially in the size distribution of −150 mesh with 90% or greater in the size range of 200 mesh. Moisture is maintained to facilitate a steady process without cycling. The method has the advantage of allowing granulation of materials either known to be hazardous or inherently difficult to granulate in a safe and expedient manner. |
184 |
Granulation method and apparatus therefor |
US09075214 |
1998-05-11 |
US06299663B1 |
2001-10-09 |
Robin Phinney |
Granulated particles by making use an initial feedstock having particle size of −150 mesh and 90% or greater particle size of 200 mesh. The feedstock may be contacted in a pan granulator which includes a minor amount of nucleating material of about −35 mesh. Binder is introduced into the pan granulator to progressively layer the feedstock material onto the nucleating to form a final granular fertilizer or other product in any desired size distribution. The method by which the granules are formed is interruptible and is particularly useful for forming granules having a plurality of layers of differing material. The granules, by formation with dust feedstock and in the absence of seed material, lack a core and therefore include the maximum amount of tightly packed feedstock. This results in substantial increases in the break strength of the granules with uniform homogeneous cross-sections. Such granules overcome the limitations associated with existing granules to provide an industrially valuable product. |
185 |
Spherical single-substance particles, medicines and foodstuffs containing the particles, and method of production thereof |
US09463327 |
2000-01-24 |
US06264989B1 |
2001-07-24 |
Hisayoshi Kato; Nagayoshi Myo; Ikuo Tanai; Yusuke Suzuki; Toshiro Fujii; Yoshitaka Tomoda |
The present invention relates to a process for producing a spherical particle comprising an aggregate of particles containing at least 95% of a water-soluble single substance having a viscosity of 10 mPa.s or less as determined in the form of a saturated aqueous solution, the process comprising: preparing moist spherical particles of the single substance by charging, as cores, crystalline particles or granulated particles of the single substance on a rotary disc in a processing vessel of a centrifugal tumbling granulating apparatus, wherein the granulated particles are prepared by granulating a powder of the single substance, and dispersing over the cores a powder of the single substance and simultaneously spraying on the cores a liquid such as water or the like while supplying slit air to provide a fluidized condition; and then fixation treating the moist spherical particles by drying them while spraying an aqueous solution of the single substance or the like on the spherical particles in a fluidized bed apparatus; to the spherical particle produced by the process; and to a pharmaceutical preparation and a food containing the spherical particle. |
186 |
Method for manufacturing an agglomerate |
US09453520 |
1999-12-03 |
US06194065B1 |
2001-02-27 |
Asher Golan |
An agglomerate and a process for its manufacture by providing a dry particulated fibrous organic material, mixing it with a powdered mineral to obtain a first mixture, adding a binding agent to the first mixture to obtain a second mixture, agglomerating the second mixture in an agglomeration dish and drying the agglomerate to a desired dried state. |
187 |
Wet granulation method for generating fertilizer granules |
US61188 |
1998-04-17 |
US6132484A |
2000-10-17 |
Robin Phinney |
A method of wet granulation of fertilizer and other materials into granules. The method involves formation of the granule directly on the pan from the feedstock without intermediate steps or the use of seed materials. The result is a product having a completely uniform cross section. The feedstock is initially in the size distribution of -150 mesh with 90% or greater in the size range of 200 mesh. Moisture is maintained to facilitate a steady process without cycling. The method has the advantage of allowing granulation of materials either known to be hazardous or inherently difficult to granulate in a safe and expedient manner. |
188 |
Method for manufacturing an agglomerate |
US156044 |
1998-09-17 |
US6030565A |
2000-02-29 |
Asher Golan |
An agglomerate and a process for its manufacture by providing a dry particulated fibrous organic material, mixing it with a powdered mineral to obtain a first mixture, adding a binding agent to the first mixture to obtain a second mixture, agglomerating the second mixture in an agglomeration dish and drying the agglomerate to a desired dried state. |
189 |
Process for producing granules |
US838131 |
1997-04-15 |
US5779945A |
1998-07-14 |
Pieter J. B. Nijsten; Peter J. M. Starmans |
A process for producing granules from a liquid composition which includes the steps of applying the liquid composition onto solid particles of the same composition circulating in the granulation zone of a granulator, thereby causing particles to grow, discharging a stream of grown particles from the granulation zone, cooling this stream in a cooler, and dividing the stream exiting the cooler, in a size-sorting apparatus, into three streams of grown particles based on size. The stream of desired-sized particles is withdrawn for future use or processing, the stream of undersized particles is returned to the granulation zone and the stream of oversized particles is sent to a size-reducing apparatus for crushing, with the resulting crushed particles recycled back to the cooler located downstream of the granulator and upstream of the size-sorting apparatus. |
190 |
Lightweight artificial aggregate manufacturing method using paper and
dye sludge |
US873701 |
1997-06-12 |
US5762864A |
1998-06-09 |
Yong Deuk Park |
A lightweight artificial aggregate manufacturing method includes the steps of: mixing aggregate sludge, whose moisture content exceeds 30%, with stone fragments, generated when pulverizing stone, to decrease the moisture content, mixing this mixture and sewage disposal plant sludge, which are dried and micro-pulverized, in a weight ratio of 50 to 50, and making the mixed sludge spheroids with a rotary plate molding device; applying paper sludge, which is dried and micro-pulverized, to the surface of the spheroids in order to prevent condensation of the spheroid during burning and to light the weight of aggregate; burning the spheroid with reducing flame of a temperature between 1000.degree. C. and 1200.degree. C. in a burning furnace, which uses gas or oil as fuel; and cooling the burned spheroid. |
191 |
High speed agitated granulation method and high speed agitated
granulating machine |
US646250 |
1996-05-08 |
US5720439A |
1998-02-24 |
Shinzo Nakazawa; Shoichi Moro |
A method for the production of granules by the use of a high speed agitated granulating machine provided with agitating means for rolling and agitating a substance for granulation, spray means for spraying a binding liquid on the substance, disintegrating means for disintegrating particles arising from granulation, and drying means for drying the particles, characterized by effecting the production by causing the means to act on the substance for granulation simultaneously thereby performing the agitating, granulating, disintegrating, and drying operations simultaneously. An apparatus for automatically implementing the method is also disclosed. The method for high speed agitating sterilization according to this invention is capable of producing granules which are extremely homogeneous in contents of components and excellent in flowability and compression moldability. The granules in process of formation do not easily form coarse lumps as by cohesion and the produced granules possess stable quality. The tablets which are produced with the granules obtained by the method of this invention are extremely homogeneous in terms of contents of active components, color tone, etc. and enjoy excellent mechanical strength. |
192 |
Process for pelletising particles of alkali metal ferrite |
US397144 |
1995-05-03 |
US5552099A |
1996-09-03 |
Heiko Wunder; Robert E. Scott-Young; Kenneth N. Maddern; Jack Scukovic |
The specification describes a process for pelletising particles of an alkali metal ferrite with an aqueous binder such as a black liquor derived from pulping wood chips. The particles are ground and fed to a microgranulator in measured quantities together with measured quantities of aqueous binder. The particles are ground such that they have an even size distribution about a mean in the range from 25 to 50 microns. The particles are mixed with the binder in the microgranulator to form microgranules which are fed to a pelletising pan. The temperature of the microgranules on the pelletising pan is controlled by cooling either or both the alkali metal ferrite or aqueous binder prior to measuring them into the microgranulator. A pan temperature of less than 70.degree. C. is disclosed. |
193 |
Centrifugally tumbling type granulating-coating apparatus |
US201553 |
1994-02-24 |
US5507871A |
1996-04-16 |
Jiro Morino; Nagayoshi Myo; Kaoru Kurita; Isaku Shichijo |
An apparatus for granulation and coating, wherein a rotary disk 2 provided at a bottom portion of a granulating vessel 1 is rotated for particles to centrifugally tumble on the rotary disk 2, while a powder material and a binder liquid are supplied into the granulating vessel 1. A position of a surface of a particle layer M in the granulating vessel 1 is detected by a sensor 18, to automatically adjust a position of a binder liquid supply port of a spray nozzle 13 in accordance with the detection signal informing of a change in the surface of the particle layer M. |
194 |
Process for the colouration of building materials |
US323739 |
1994-10-17 |
US5484481A |
1996-01-16 |
Gunter Linde; Manfred Eitel |
The present invention relates to a process for the coloration of building materials such as concrete or asphalt by granulated inorganic pigments. |
195 |
Oxidized variants of GM-CSF |
US867186 |
1992-06-25 |
US5358707A |
1994-10-25 |
Paul Reichert; Gail F. Seelig; Paul P. Trotta |
Biologically active oxidized variants of granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) are provided in which one or more methionine residues are oxidized. Methods are also provided for making and characterizing such variants. |
196 |
Centrifugal fluidizing granulator for powder coating granulation |
US74478 |
1993-06-11 |
US5350567A |
1994-09-27 |
Toyohiko Takeda; Koji Sato; Yusuke Suzuki; Yoshitaka Tomoda |
The centrifugal fluidizing granulator for powder coating granulation has a sensor for detecting changes of viscosity of the growing particles by means of a load cell or a displacement detector; and output signal of the sensor is compared with the data stored in a memory contained in a control unit which determines whether the growing particles are in their wetted state or dried state. The control unit controls the spraying of the liquid and the dispersion of the guest powder based on the result of the comparison. |
197 |
Process for producing sintered magnesia |
US982751 |
1993-03-05 |
US5344599A |
1994-09-06 |
Michael Grill; Josef Deutsch |
A process for producing coarse-grained sintered magnesia. The starting material is an active, reactive pulverulent magnesium oxide having a grain size of <0.15 mm and green compacts are formned from this magnesium oxide by pelletising on a granulating disc at a material throughput of less than 250 kg of MgO/m.sup.2 disc area and per hour, which are subsequently subjected to sinter-firing at high temperature. |
198 |
Method and apparatus for coating particles agitated by a rotatable rotor |
US910440 |
1992-07-08 |
US5284678A |
1994-02-08 |
Peter F. F. Hirschfeld; Manfred Weh |
An apparatus used for coating particles has a vessel in which a rotor which can be rotated about a vertical axis and possesses a disk. During coating of particles, the particles rest on the disk and are moved by the latter as a result of rotation, a process gas also being passed upward through an annular gap present between the wall of the vessel and the disk. The apparatus has at least one atomizing member which projects into the particle bed present on the disk. A coating material which is solid at room temperature is melted at least for the major part, sprayed by means of the atomizing member in the interior of the particle bed and onto the particles, and solidified by cooling. Pore-free and smooth coatings can be applied in this manner. |
199 |
Disc ash conditioner |
US643322 |
1991-01-22 |
US5078163A |
1992-01-07 |
Carl A. Holley |
Apparatus for uniformly wetting and discharging ash. It is enclosed in a dust hood. It comprises an open top pan disposed at an angle of about 55.degree. degrees with respect to a floor, rotated at slow speed. An ash charge chute discharges ash into the pan. Fixed scraper means extend at right angles to the pan to scrape the bottom of the pan while water is sprayed onto the surface of the discharged ash so that the rotated ash is tumbled back to the bottom of the pan to effect uniform wetting of the tumbled particles as they are discharged downwardly from the top of the side of the pan. |
200 |
Process for the production of spherical particles |
US187483 |
1988-04-28 |
US4894189A |
1990-01-16 |
Dilip Dave; Andrew Holt; Timothy K. McNiff |
A method for making spherical particles, which includes:(a) kneading powdered raw material, preferably a refractory inorganic material, liquid and wax to form a dough/agglomerated granules,(b) separating, preferably by sieving, the dough/agglomerated granules to a predetermined size fraction without extruding, and(c) spheridizing the granules in a heated rotating bowl.The method is particularly useful for the production of catalysts from refractory inorganic materials. |