Process Equipment
Explore new possibilities to enhance your processing efficiency. Rocky DEM is being used to improve everything from drugs to food, and from specialty chemicals to biofuels.
Overview
Rocky DEM is the most powerful solution for companies in the food, pharmaceutical and chemical industries to optimize the performance of their processing equipment.
Rocky DEM enables processing industries the world over to accurately simulate and analyze the behavior of bulk solids, boosting their performance.
Applications applications
Coating
Simulate real-scale equipment using custom polyhedral particles that model pill/tablet coating processes, including covering homogeneity.
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Polyhedral elements
Accurately predict dynamic bulk behavior of tablets and pills. Polyhedron models eliminate artificially bumpy surfaces that can significantly affect particle dynamics.
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Collision statistics
Improve equipment design to reduce breakage via collision statistic data analysis.
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CFD–DEM coupling
Run coupled Rocky–Ansys Fluent simulation during the coating process to account for convective heat transfer with hot/cold airflow.
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Liquid film modeling
Model liquid-film-spray injection and drying to evaluate coating homogeneity system-wide — all while accounting for liquid-bridge adhesion forces.
Drying and Heat Exchange
Rocky DEM particle simulation accurately models both conductive and convective heat exchange — as well as drying processes — for bulk materials.
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CFD–DEM coupling
Rocky–Ansys Fluent coupled simulations enable analysis of convective heat transfer between particles and fluid.
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True physical representations
Increase simulation accuracy with realistic particle shapes that account for collisions and fluid forces.
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Multi-GPU processing
Leverage multi-GPU capabilities to handle huge cases with millions of particles.
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Liquid film modeling
Model liquid-film spray injection and drying processes to evaluate system-wide coating homogeneity — all while accounting for liquid-bridge adhesion forces.
Mixing and blending
Rocky DEM accurately predicts mixing- and blending-equipment efficiency, enabling increased batch sizes, reduced blending times, and minimal segregation.
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Greater productivity
Optimize mixing-device design to reduce blending time and increase productivity.
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Upscale equipment
Upscale equipment Apply DEM to evaluate the best upscaling strategy, from lab to commercial.
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Add complex motions
Simulate complex, combined-geometry motions using Rocky DEM’s fully integrated motion kernel.
System scale-up
Select the best scale-up strategy, from laboratory to commercial, by modeling particle-level mechanisms that influence resulting granule properties.
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True physical representations
Increase simulation accuracy using realistic particle shapes that account for collisions and fluid forces.
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Multi-GPU processing
Leverage multi-GPU capabilities to handle million-particle commercial cases, enabling a closer match to actual size.
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Add complex motions
Simulate complex, combined geometry motions using Rocky DEM’s fully integrated motion kernel.
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Enhanced post-processing
Rocky DEM capabilities enable easy information extraction for comparison with experimental results — from particle-level stresses to residence time distribution.
Controlling Discharge
Rocky DEM simulates real-world bulk-flow regulation, helping to keep flow rates at levels appropriate to the process.
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Realistic particle shapes
Accurately predict bulk material dynamic behavior using polyhedral or shell particles.
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Improve hopper discharge
Evaluate discharge flow patterns to both eliminate stagnant zones and mitigate degrading-material problems.
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Evaluate feeders and valves
Optimize valve/feeder designs for uniform hopper drawdown.
Packaging process
Evaluate and improve packaging processes with custom-imported particle shapes that simulate unique scenarios, such as snack chips filling a bag.
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True physical representations
Perform virtual experiments on diverse product lines with real-life behavior results.
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Faster results
Advanced computing methods and multi-GPU capabilities provide faster and better results.
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Add complex motions
Simulate complex, combined-geometry motions using Rocky DEM’s fully integrated motion kernel.
WEBINAR
Discover how Rocky DEM simulations can help improve pharmaceutical equipment designs
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Tablet Coating Operation
Discover how DEM simulations can be used to predict tasks like tablet mixing in a coating operation.
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Post-processing capabilities
Examine critical process output parameters for design optimization and risk mitigation during operations, improving pharmaceutical equipment design.
