Knowledge Base

In the process of extrusion, having different dies available to process your product is key to increasing your chances of development success.  This is why we offer a large range of dies to allow us to work with you to find the dies that best fit your formulation needs.

We offer die plates that are excellent for most uses, like our 1 x 1 mm die, however sometimes a more specialist die may be...

An opportunity in laboratory extrusion with catalyst material.  We have recently had some considerable success with one of our customers working with the extrusion of small quantities of catalytic material.

In collaboration with some of its users, Caleva have recently been successful in extruding of small quantities of catalytic material using the Caleva Multi Lab (the first steps of blending and mixing can also be completed in the same multilevel base machine) whilst increasing the surface area/volume ratio of the extrudate produced.

Is there a guide to the optimum Length to Diameter ratio of the extrudate fragments?

In the calculations used to demonstrate the data it is assumed that the extrudate is an infinitely long strand. In this case the length of the extrudate has no influence on the data shown. In reality, extrudate is not infinitely long and as the individual strands of the extrudate produced become shorter, the...

All extrusion processes require the generation of pressure within the material to be extruded. When materials are put under pressure heat is generated. This cannot be avoided but different extrusion types generate different amounts of heat. There are basically three different types of extruder and the one chosen may have far reaching implications on production operations. It is important that...

We always offer our potential users the opportunity to test their formulation with us in our lab. This is to ensure that installing our machines would be the right decision for their formulation development, and/or their production environment.

This short article has been written from notes that Dr Steve Robinson made during trials with catalysts sent to us by a customer and we achieved some...

Can trilobe and quadrilobe extruder dies provide benefits when working with catalysts or products for gas adsorption?

Components were mixed with a specialist Caleva mixer to form a homogeneous paste

Over the past couple of years I have worked with a huge number of chemical engineering teams, trying to crack the optimum base for a catalyst pellet. After hours of trials and research, I am pleased to say, we’ve done it!