Accomplishments
Establishment of a state of the art dry coating facility
- it is the best facility of its kind in the USA
- Hosokawa Micron Mechanofusion Apparatus
- Magnetically Assisted Impaction Coating (MAIC)
- Nara Hybridizer
- Micro, fine grinding machine that may be used as a coater
- Rotating Fluidized Bed Coater
Systematic study of dry coating with MAIC
- experimental study of the effect of different operating parameters
- development of simulation and models
Case studies to show applicability of dry coating
- improved/altered properties
- flowability, wettability, sinterability, dissolution, shelf-life, aesthetics, etc.