Any industry that produces bulk quantities of goods such as pharmaceuticals, food, chemicals, or cosmetics, is seeking to produce these products consistently while reducing cost factors like waste and down time. Due to the nature of process manufacturing, multiple ingredients are combined to be mixed, coated, or sorted, so understanding the behavior of these processes is of paramount importance for manufacturers. Through the use of simulation modeling and Smart Manufacturing principals, manufacturers are now able to optimize these processes, leading to greater productivity and profitability.

Watch this virtual panel presentation & discussion to hear insights from 4 industry experts on the use of the Discrete Element Method as a modelling tool for optimizing pharmaceutical manufacturing processes. Topics covered: • Challenges of understanding powder systems • Typical DEM applications in process and product development: mixing, coating, die filling, etc. • Regulatory framework: using models for regulatory purposes • Digital design / digital twin • How DEM can help fast and efficient drug development and manufacturing in the current context Guest speakers: Dr. Fernando Muzzio Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Rutgers University Dr. Liang Li Process Engineering Scientist The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson Dr. Nima Yazdanpanah Principal Procegence Dr. Maitraye Sen Senior Consultant Engineer Eli Lilly and Company

Andrew Hobbs, Chief DEM/CFD Engineer at Astec, Inc. shares his experience using EDEM software. Astec is a global leader in the hot mix asphalt plant industry and Andrew's main focus in on applying fluid and particle simulation to better understand and improve hot mix asphalt equipment design.

In this video he discusses what key applications he uses EDEM for, the key benefits Astec gets from it as well as his thoughts on the future of simulation.

Experimentations on multiphase flow systems are of crucial importance in research and engineering. However, they are lengthy, expensive, tedious and challenging. In many cases, it is not possible to conduct experiments on the micro and meso scales and that is why most industrial processes fail at the early stages of development, design and operation. With the constant evolution of efficient computational tools, we now can analyze these issues and provide solutions. CFD-DEM has found a wide range of applications in nearly all systems dealing with solids of various fields of science, engineering and technology such as chemical, food, pharmaceutical, biochemical, mechanical, energy, material and mineral engineering. The concepts of CFD and DEM are introduced along with their coupling. The commercial tools - EDEM (DEM) and AcuSolve (CFD) are reviewed and their key features are detailed.

Presented as part of the virtual ATCx DEM in November 2022.
Speaker: Jerrin Job Sibychan, Application Engineer, Altair
Duration: 15 minutes