Spheronisation*, Pelletisation and Marumerisation** all mean the same thing. The manufacture of small round pellets with a limited size spread within a batch. Pellet sizes (sometimes called micropellets or spheroids) can be normally be made within tight size ranges between about 0.5mm and 2.0mm in diameter.

* = Sometimes called: Spheronization or spheroidization.

Spheronization was a term originally coined by Caleva Process Solutions and used by Caleva as a Registered Trade Mark. It is still used as a trade mark of Caleva Process Solutions and other uses are prohibited.

** = Marumerization is a term which was originally coined by Fuji Paudal, the inventor of the Marumerizer, in 1963.

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Additional Specialized Laboratory Equipment for.....

Formulation development

Benchtop granulation

Benchtop powder blending

Benchtop mixing

Benchtop pellet or bead coating

Benchtop tablet coating

Extrusion and Spheronization ^(TM)

Equipment for the Manufacture of Pharmaceutical Pellets (or beads) by Extrusion and Spheronization ^(TM) (Marumerization)

Who are we and what do we do?

Caleva design, build and supply equipment for production and laboratory development of pharmaceutical pellets (spheroids) by extrusion and spheronization.

Caleva also design and manufacture a limited range of unique specialist laboratory development equipment. See here for more details...

Extrusion and spheronization:-

What batch size are you dealing with?

Full scale production - >100kg/hour

Pilot scale production - >10kg/hour to <100kg/hour

Bench-top laboratory development - 100g to a few kilos

Laboratory development with very small samples - <100g

Download a general brochure!

For a general brochure about Caleva Process Solutions and how we may be able to help in your your pellet production by Extrusion and Spheronization click the picture on the right and download a general brochure as a pdf file...or click here...

We can offer equipment and advice from early formulation development as well as full scale production.

Additional unique laboratory equipment.

Available from Caleva and related to our core speciality of Extrusion and Spheronization (Marumerization)

Bench top capsule filler
An ex-demonstration machine at an attractive price
Formulation development and quality control tool.
Also for quality control and scale-up assistance
A bench top granulator/mixer/blender.
For small batch sizes of 10 to 50g
Pellet and Spheroid drier.
A cost effective bench-top pellet and extrudate drier (forced hot air drier)
Fluid bed tablet and spheroid coater
A coater of very small quantities of pellets or tablets (from as little as a single tablet!)

New items

1. The Caleva Mini-Mixer for mixing and blending small batches (10 to 50g) on the bench-top
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2. Product Dossiers to help our customers develop new products.
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We are world-wide

Caleva work, and can support you, world-wide.

If you are in the USA (Canada or Puerto Rico) go here...

If you are in Singapore go here....

If you are in Germany go here...

If you are in Thailand go here....

For any other country go here...

The Caleva Extruder 20 "low pressure" screen extruder. Ideal for benchtop Extrusion and Spheroization for the development of pharmacetrucal beads or pellets

The Caleva Mini Coater Drier. Designed for coating and drying small batches of tablets ("coat from a single tablet") or a few grams of pellets (beads).

Caleva Process Solutions Ltd
Butts Pond Industrial Estate, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, DT10 1AZ, UK
Tel: +44(0) 1258 471122 Fax: +44(0) 1258 471133
Registered in England & Wales No. 3073156 VAT Registration No. GB892206321