Leistritz Extrusion will host the 2024 Life Science Twin Screw Extrusion Workshop, December 11 to 12, 2024. Classroom sessions are conducted at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites, Austin NW, Arboretum Area. Extrusion demonstrations and facility tours take place at the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy. Transportation is provided to and from the laboratory demonstrations and tours.
Program Agenda
This program is subject to change.
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Day One
Classroom Sessions
Twin-screw extrusion theory and design
Compounding process techniques to achieve dispersive and/or distributive mixing
Sequencing of multi-stage process operations
Single-screw extrusion compared to twin-screw extrusion
Upstream material handling and metering techniques and equipment
Die and downstream systems to extrude dosage forms and multi-functional parts
Foaming, coextrusion and atypical processes
R&D and scale-up techniques
Multi-functional medical devices, i.e., bone screws and sutures
How to measure drug solubility and diffusivity
PLGA- and EVA-based implants
Alternative polymers and excipients
Unique, atypical extrusion systems
Lunch and DInner Reception
Thursday, December 12, 2024
Day Two
Interactive Demonstrations
Various twin-screw extrusion systems
Nano-scale processing
Assembly, disassembly and cleaning twin-screw elements
