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Pharmaceutical
processing equipment

Improving the performance of pharmaceutical processing
equipment by utilizing particle simulation

30 Jul 2018 Blog Simulation Technology

Modeling concrete silos for soy storage

In the worldwide agriculture industry, silos historically have been used to store harvested products. Many existing silos around the globe exhibit sub-optimal operating conditions, often due to the lack of knowledge about pressure distribution, flow and other...

06 Jun 2018 Blog Mining

Tavares Breakage Model in Rocky DEM

When simulating particulate systems using the discrete element method (DEM), particle breakage can occur. Sometimes the extent of this breakage is significant, such as in crushers and mills, which are designed to crush chunks of ore into smaller pieces...

13 Mar 2018 Blog Simulation Technology

Optimize SAG Mill Wear using DEM simulation

Avoiding machine stoppage is a continual challenge in the mining industry, since downtime hours cost valuable production time and money. In the case of semi-autogenous (SAG) mills, these losses can be excessive. SAG mills are the technology of choice for reducing...

11 Dec 2017 Blog Mining

Rocky DEM: industry problems and solutions

There can be little doubt about the importance of bulk materials handling to the mining industry, and by extension more generally to the success of Australia’s processing industries on the global scale. In current market conditions, the focus is increasingly on...

19 Oct 2017 Blog Mining

Scaling and optimizing grinding performance

Grinding processes in large mills use a lot of energy, resulting in high operating costs. Researchers at the Colorado School of Mines, ranked as the top institution in the world for mineral and mining engineering, are using particle simulation to study grinding...

21 Sep 2017 Blog Mills and Crushers

Predicting particle breakage with contact-based Energy Spectra

Quite often DEM users are interested in predicting particle breakage, either to promote it (for example, spending less energy in comminution processes) or to avoid it (such as preventing tablet break-in coating processes...

15 Aug 2017 Blog Events Simulation Technology

Calibration of a Rocky DEM simulation with ANSYS optiSLang

Every numerical method relies on the accurate choice of models, solver settings, and material parameters in order to be able to mimic real-world behavior. This is not different for Discrete Elements Method (DEM) simulations, where the calibration of the material...

07 Aug 2017 Blog Vibrating Screens

Evaluating vibrating screen efficiency by using the Discrete Element Method

Vibrating screens are equipment used to separate and transport granulated materials in various processes throughout the mining, agriculture, pharmaceutical, food,and chemical industries. Although vibrating screens have many applications, problems such as adhesion...

19 Jul 2017 Blog Simulation Technology

CFD-DEM: How a coupled model can help you better solve solid-fluid flows?

Learn how CFD-DEM coupling provides an intermediate approach between using the sub-particle resolution for the fluid and the mesh resolution for both fluids and particles. Many processes in various industries involve the simultaneous flow of fluids and particles...

12 Jul 2017 Blog Process Equipments Simulation Technology

Why have you not improved the performance of pharmaceutical processing equipment yet?

In the pharmaceutical industry, special types of processing equipment are designed to blend, mix, dry, compact, and coat the various materials that go into making the pills, tablets, powders and other products that are produced...

22 Jun 2017 Blog Simulation Technology

Rocky 4 simulates complex, combined DEM motions directly within its software

One of the major accomplishments in the latest release of Rocky is the new fully integrated motion kernel, which offers support for combined geometry motions. Combined motions were previously only possible by using third-party multi-body dynamics (MBD) simulation...

29 May 2017 Blog Simulation Technology

Rocky 4 with Multi-GPU: which hardware is best for you?

Which vehicle would you rather own: A car or a bus? If you typically only transport yourself and a few others, a car is the better choice—you can easily get everyone across town in one trip, and a car is less expensive to purchase and operate than a bus. But what if...

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