Characterize and formulate your materials using Thermo Scientific rheology, viscometry, mixing, and extrusion technologies. Whether you support research, QA/QC, product development, or production, these recorded webinars are designed to enhance your knowledge and solve everyday challenges.
Learn about upcoming material characterization seminars.
Recorded webinars
This webinar examines the influence that twin-screw extrusion has on production of a potato starch compound. It explains how users can more adeptly design a starch matrix to meet required product properties.
The Thermo Scientific™ Process 11 Hygienic twin-screw extruder allows the user to influence texture, stability and further processability of the final product by controlling different process parameters such as:
- screw configuration
- screw speed
- feeding rate
- temperature
Behavior of the resulting starch matrix is further investigated via rheology for a precise analysis of the final product.
Target audience: Scientists and Engineers involved in food processing of products based on starch compounds.
New functional polymers are continuously taking over new applications in all areas. The compounding process is a decisive factor in development to ensure that the properties of the active ingredients meet the requirements. This seminar is concerned with the principles of compounding based on selected examples from the industry. A further focal point is the scale transfer from research and development to the production process (scale-up).
Target audience: Scientists, engineers, and experienced staff members from the polymer industry who are involved in the development and testing of new types of polymer compounds as well as their processing.
This webinar is intended for all newcomers and users who work with torque rheometers and laboratory extruders and use them for rheological measurements. Here extruder rheology is illustrated using a series of practical examples and linked with actual processes.
- Torque rheometers–design and applications
- Comparison between extruder rheology and high pressure capillary rheology
- Principles of extruder rheology
- Applications for round and slotted capillary nozzles
- Description of measuring procedure, interpretation of flow and viscosity curves in terms of process characteristics and processability, as well as influence of processing aids, color pigments, fillers, lubricants, and additives
Target audience:
This webinar is intended for all newcomers and users who work with torque rheometers and laboratory extruders and use them for rheological measurements.
This webinar involves structure and applications for torque rheometers and measuring mixers, including measuring mixers for routine monitoring and production of small sample batches.
- Interpretation of measuring curves in terms of gelatinization and plastification behavior
- Vulcanization and curing times
- Network behavior
- Thermal stability tests
- Absorption capacity
- Processing characteristics
- Processability
Target audience:
Employees involved in the quality assurance, development, and testing of polymer compounds and rubber mixtures as well as their processing.
Metallic powder and ceramic powder injection molding (MIM/PIM) is a powder metallurgy shaping process, allowing economical production of small components with a complex shape.
Target audience:
This webinar is intended for all those interested in learning more about these technologies.
3 Part Webinar Series: Streamline Drug Development
Part 1: Incorporating twin-screw extruders into a continuous manufacturing process
Learn how to overcome drug formulation and manufacturing challenges. In this webinar, we examine how a modular approach to continuous pharmaceutical processes using twin-screw extruders can help shorten the time from drug development to market.
Part 2: Producing drug delivery systems from solubility enhancement to implants
Hot melt extrusion (HME) is a powerful and versatile tool for modern pharmaceutical formulation development. It can be used for many applications from increasing bioavailability to novel drug delivery methods.
Part 3: Raman spectroscopy – a powerful tool in process understanding and formulation development
Successful formulation of a drug delivery system requires a comprehensive understanding of polymer and active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) interaction. Simultaneous analysis using rheology and Raman spectroscopy can help you characterize the crystallization behavior of drug delivery systems and help tailor their properties to meet final drug requirements.
This webinar reviews controlled cooling and shaping of post-extrusion materials. We discuss options for die designs and dosage forms served by hot-melt extrusion (HME). We review the uses and advantages of strand line, chill roll, chather/films, and injection molding downstream handling for creating pellets, micropellets or flakes for milling, controlled cooling to manage morphology, and transdermal applications. Considerations during formulation development for downstream handling, reproducibility, drug release, and storage are also covered.
- Influence on HME process parameters on the downstream process
- Strand granulation
- Chill-rolling
- Injection molding as possibilities for downstreaming
- Alternative processes for melt processing
Target audience: Scientists, engineers, and staff members from pharmaceutical formulation and process development who want more information on the possibilities of downstreaming in HME.
This webinar is a presentation of a modular approach to continuous granulation. It discusses technological possibilities from mixing to finished product, and comparison of granulation characteristics from classic batch methods using a twin-screw extruder.
Target audience: Scientists, engineers, and experienced staff members from pharmaceutical process development involved in the development and production of medications in solid form.
Hot-melt extrusion (HME) has been advancing for a number of years for formulating active ingredients with low solubility. On the basis of a case study a systematic approach to scale-up using critical process parameters is presented.
Target audience: Scientists, engineers, and workers in research, process development, and production, actively using twin-screw extruders in the pharmaceutical industry, who want to be introduced to a systematic approach of process scale-up.
Hot-melt extrusion (HME) has been advancing for a number of years for formulating active ingredients with low solubility. The HME process is presented and discussed in detail using practical examples. The use of the extruder for moisture extrusion and granulation is presented.
Target audience: Scientists, engineers, and managers in research, process development, and production, desiring a glimpse into the various areas of application for twin-screw extruders in the pharmaceutical industry.
In our on-demand "Basics of Rheology" series we explain fundamental rheological concepts, introduce standard measurements to investigate flow and deformation behavior of various samples and connect rheological results to actual applications.
Part 1: Theoretical background and measurement of the dynamic shear viscosity
Understand the basics of rheology and terms such as viscosity, shear stress and shear rate. Learn how viscosity is calculated and how it is affected by changes in shear rate, temperature or pressure.
Part 2: Yield stress and the time-dependent flow behavior
Understand the basics of rheology and terms such as viscosity, shear stress and shear rate. Learn how viscosity is calculated and how it is affected by changes in shear rate, temperature or pressure.
Part 3: Viscoelasticity and creep recovery tests
Many liquids and semi-solid materials show viscoelastic behavior, which means they exhibit viscous as well as elastic properties. A creep and recovery tests quantify viscous and elastic contributions and determines the yield stress of a sample.
Part 4: Viscoelasticity and oscillatory tests
Oscillatory tests are considered a non-destructive method for characterizing the viscoelastic properties of a material. They are used to obtain information about shelf life, sample relaxation, processing behavior and phase transitions.
Target audience: Scientists, engineers, and laboratory staff members involved in the formulation, development, characterization, and quality assurance of products as well as processing and process engineering.
Rheological samples are often delicate, sensitive, and need to be handled with care. Simple handling mistakes or test method errors can result in unreliable or unreproducible rheological measurements, setting you back in both time and money.
Watch this webinar to review how to avoid the common pitfalls in preparing for rheological tests. It covers the critical steps that must take place before you even press ‘start’ on your rheometer.
Choosing the right measuring system is crucial for reliable and reproducible rheological data. Learn how to select the optimal geometry according to your type of rheometer, test conditions and sample properties.
Watch this webinar on selecting the right measuring tool and procedure for the job.
Mouthfeel… Spreadability… Appearance… Stability for shelf-life…Testing the structure of a food is essential to ensure the final product appeals to consumers.
Key rheological results can be thrown off by some easy slip-ups in sample handling or the test method itself. This webinar reviews the critical steps before pressing ‘start’ on your rheometer:
- Sample handling
- Sample loading
- Sufficient recovery
- Design of test method
Gain confidence in your sampling skills, test method, and rheological results from R&D to QC.
The basics of food rheology will be explained by means of practical examples correlating with real processes.
- Mouth feeling, spreadability, processability
- Time- and temperature-dependent behavior
- Filling behavior, extensional rheology
- Aggregation and disaggregation, thixotropy
Who should attend: Customers involved in the development, characterization, and testing of food products and their processability with basic knowledge of rheology.
Simultaneous rheological and optical measurements are becoming increasingly popular—particularly for product development in the polymer area. Here, changes in the rheological profile can be correlated with information on either the microstructure (microscopy) or molecular structure (FTIR).
You will learn about:
- Simultaneous rheology and FTIR spectroscopy measurements
- Simultaneous rheology and optical microscopy measurements
- Viscoelasticity
- Thermal and UV curing
- Pharmaceutical polymers and hot-melt extrusion (HME)
Polymer rheology deals with the investigation of the viscoelastic properties of polymeric materials in different states.
This webinar will provide an overview of common rheological techniques for the investigation of solid and molten polymers. The manufacturing and application related information that can be gained from these tests will be discussed, and rheometer configurations for the investigation of polymers will be presented.
Rheological measurements in oscillation are usually accomplished on a non-destructive basis and serve many purposes such as characterization of material and processing characteristics, storage stability, relaxation properties, softening, melting, gelatinization, networking, and hardening.
Target audience: Scientists, engineers, and laboratory staff members involved in the formulation, development, characterization, and quality assurance of products as well as stability studies and questions regarding processability.
In this webinar the basics of oscillatory rheometry and how it can be applied to quality control will be presented.
- Quality control
- Flow behavior, yield stress, thixotropy
- Viscoelasticity
- Oscillatory tests
Target audience: Customers involved in quality control with basic knowledge of rheology.
In this webinar we present the capabilities of rheological tests to understand the basic flow behavior as well as the complex application performance of formulations.
- Flow behavior, yield stress, thixotropy
- Rotational, oscillatory, and extensional rheology
- Quality control, R&D
- Shelf life
Who should attend: Customers involved in the development, characterization, and testing of coatings with basic knowledge of rheology.
The combination of rheology with light and polarization microscopy allows deeper insights into the flow and application behavior of products such as foodstuffs, pharmaceutical products, cosmetics, and crude oil. The resulting combined results presented here correlate the microstructure with actual flow and transport processes.
Target audience: Scientists, engineers, and laboratory staff members who are involved in the characterization, development, and testing of foodstuffs, pharmaceutical products, and cosmetics as well as their processing with experience in the area of rheology.
Thermo Scientific HAAKE Viscotester iQ Rheometer
Learn about the quality control standard rheometer—easier to operate, faster, simpler, more intuitive, and highly modular. Obtain reliable and reproducible data measurement with “Connect Assist” coupling, one-hand lift operation, and instrument feedback for measuring optimization.
Easy and intuitive operation via touchscreen panel or by USB or PC software for automated measurement, evaluation, pass/fail analysis, and QC documentation.
Various influential factors on the gel formation process, its kinetics, and the stability of the gel are demonstrated on the basis of systematically performed rheological sol/gel studies on poloxamer systems.
Target audience: Scientists, engineers, and laboratory staff members in formulation, development, and quality assurance who are involved in the characterization of sol/gel transitions and questions of gelatinization and strength.
Rheology in quality control is described here based on a rotational viscometer using a series of practical examples.
Target audience: This webinar is intended for all those who use rheological measuring methods for quality assurance.
How do you ensure that rheological measurements are performed correctly and are reproducible and independent of the user? Possible sources of error are identified and described on the basis of practical examples, as well as how they can be avoided.
Target audience: Scientists, laboratory staff members, and employees responsible for quality using rheological measuring instruments.
This webinar discusses the operation and applications of an extensional rheometer for fluids.
Target audience: Employees involved in the quality assurance, development, and testing of polymer compounds and rubber mixtures as well as their processing.
A rheometer provides bulk information from a sample, while a DEA (dielectric analyzer) gives additional information about the details on molecular level.
The Thermo Scientific HAAKE MARS Rheometer, with an integrated DEA sensor, allows simultaneous collection of rheological and DEA data on the same sample at the same time, which can be connected with the sample history or pretreatment. This approach saves time and money with shorter time for preparation and analysis.
This webinar examines the influence that twin-screw extrusion has on production of a potato starch compound. It explains how users can more adeptly design a starch matrix to meet required product properties.
The Thermo Scientific™ Process 11 Hygienic twin-screw extruder allows the user to influence texture, stability and further processability of the final product by controlling different process parameters such as:
- screw configuration
- screw speed
- feeding rate
- temperature
Behavior of the resulting starch matrix is further investigated via rheology for a precise analysis of the final product.
Target audience: Scientists and Engineers involved in food processing of products based on starch compounds.
New functional polymers are continuously taking over new applications in all areas. The compounding process is a decisive factor in development to ensure that the properties of the active ingredients meet the requirements. This seminar is concerned with the principles of compounding based on selected examples from the industry. A further focal point is the scale transfer from research and development to the production process (scale-up).
Target audience: Scientists, engineers, and experienced staff members from the polymer industry who are involved in the development and testing of new types of polymer compounds as well as their processing.
This webinar is intended for all newcomers and users who work with torque rheometers and laboratory extruders and use them for rheological measurements. Here extruder rheology is illustrated using a series of practical examples and linked with actual processes.
- Torque rheometers–design and applications
- Comparison between extruder rheology and high pressure capillary rheology
- Principles of extruder rheology
- Applications for round and slotted capillary nozzles
- Description of measuring procedure, interpretation of flow and viscosity curves in terms of process characteristics and processability, as well as influence of processing aids, color pigments, fillers, lubricants, and additives
Target audience:
This webinar is intended for all newcomers and users who work with torque rheometers and laboratory extruders and use them for rheological measurements.
This webinar involves structure and applications for torque rheometers and measuring mixers, including measuring mixers for routine monitoring and production of small sample batches.
- Interpretation of measuring curves in terms of gelatinization and plastification behavior
- Vulcanization and curing times
- Network behavior
- Thermal stability tests
- Absorption capacity
- Processing characteristics
- Processability
Target audience:
Employees involved in the quality assurance, development, and testing of polymer compounds and rubber mixtures as well as their processing.
Metallic powder and ceramic powder injection molding (MIM/PIM) is a powder metallurgy shaping process, allowing economical production of small components with a complex shape.
Target audience:
This webinar is intended for all those interested in learning more about these technologies.
3 Part Webinar Series: Streamline Drug Development
Part 1: Incorporating twin-screw extruders into a continuous manufacturing process
Learn how to overcome drug formulation and manufacturing challenges. In this webinar, we examine how a modular approach to continuous pharmaceutical processes using twin-screw extruders can help shorten the time from drug development to market.
Part 2: Producing drug delivery systems from solubility enhancement to implants
Hot melt extrusion (HME) is a powerful and versatile tool for modern pharmaceutical formulation development. It can be used for many applications from increasing bioavailability to novel drug delivery methods.
Part 3: Raman spectroscopy – a powerful tool in process understanding and formulation development
Successful formulation of a drug delivery system requires a comprehensive understanding of polymer and active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) interaction. Simultaneous analysis using rheology and Raman spectroscopy can help you characterize the crystallization behavior of drug delivery systems and help tailor their properties to meet final drug requirements.
This webinar reviews controlled cooling and shaping of post-extrusion materials. We discuss options for die designs and dosage forms served by hot-melt extrusion (HME). We review the uses and advantages of strand line, chill roll, chather/films, and injection molding downstream handling for creating pellets, micropellets or flakes for milling, controlled cooling to manage morphology, and transdermal applications. Considerations during formulation development for downstream handling, reproducibility, drug release, and storage are also covered.
- Influence on HME process parameters on the downstream process
- Strand granulation
- Chill-rolling
- Injection molding as possibilities for downstreaming
- Alternative processes for melt processing
Target audience: Scientists, engineers, and staff members from pharmaceutical formulation and process development who want more information on the possibilities of downstreaming in HME.
This webinar is a presentation of a modular approach to continuous granulation. It discusses technological possibilities from mixing to finished product, and comparison of granulation characteristics from classic batch methods using a twin-screw extruder.
Target audience: Scientists, engineers, and experienced staff members from pharmaceutical process development involved in the development and production of medications in solid form.
Hot-melt extrusion (HME) has been advancing for a number of years for formulating active ingredients with low solubility. On the basis of a case study a systematic approach to scale-up using critical process parameters is presented.
Target audience: Scientists, engineers, and workers in research, process development, and production, actively using twin-screw extruders in the pharmaceutical industry, who want to be introduced to a systematic approach of process scale-up.
Hot-melt extrusion (HME) has been advancing for a number of years for formulating active ingredients with low solubility. The HME process is presented and discussed in detail using practical examples. The use of the extruder for moisture extrusion and granulation is presented.
Target audience: Scientists, engineers, and managers in research, process development, and production, desiring a glimpse into the various areas of application for twin-screw extruders in the pharmaceutical industry.
In our on-demand "Basics of Rheology" series we explain fundamental rheological concepts, introduce standard measurements to investigate flow and deformation behavior of various samples and connect rheological results to actual applications.
Part 1: Theoretical background and measurement of the dynamic shear viscosity
Understand the basics of rheology and terms such as viscosity, shear stress and shear rate. Learn how viscosity is calculated and how it is affected by changes in shear rate, temperature or pressure.
Part 2: Yield stress and the time-dependent flow behavior
Understand the basics of rheology and terms such as viscosity, shear stress and shear rate. Learn how viscosity is calculated and how it is affected by changes in shear rate, temperature or pressure.
Part 3: Viscoelasticity and creep recovery tests
Many liquids and semi-solid materials show viscoelastic behavior, which means they exhibit viscous as well as elastic properties. A creep and recovery tests quantify viscous and elastic contributions and determines the yield stress of a sample.
Part 4: Viscoelasticity and oscillatory tests
Oscillatory tests are considered a non-destructive method for characterizing the viscoelastic properties of a material. They are used to obtain information about shelf life, sample relaxation, processing behavior and phase transitions.
Target audience: Scientists, engineers, and laboratory staff members involved in the formulation, development, characterization, and quality assurance of products as well as processing and process engineering.
Rheological samples are often delicate, sensitive, and need to be handled with care. Simple handling mistakes or test method errors can result in unreliable or unreproducible rheological measurements, setting you back in both time and money.
Watch this webinar to review how to avoid the common pitfalls in preparing for rheological tests. It covers the critical steps that must take place before you even press ‘start’ on your rheometer.
Choosing the right measuring system is crucial for reliable and reproducible rheological data. Learn how to select the optimal geometry according to your type of rheometer, test conditions and sample properties.
Watch this webinar on selecting the right measuring tool and procedure for the job.
Mouthfeel… Spreadability… Appearance… Stability for shelf-life…Testing the structure of a food is essential to ensure the final product appeals to consumers.
Key rheological results can be thrown off by some easy slip-ups in sample handling or the test method itself. This webinar reviews the critical steps before pressing ‘start’ on your rheometer:
- Sample handling
- Sample loading
- Sufficient recovery
- Design of test method
Gain confidence in your sampling skills, test method, and rheological results from R&D to QC.
The basics of food rheology will be explained by means of practical examples correlating with real processes.
- Mouth feeling, spreadability, processability
- Time- and temperature-dependent behavior
- Filling behavior, extensional rheology
- Aggregation and disaggregation, thixotropy
Who should attend: Customers involved in the development, characterization, and testing of food products and their processability with basic knowledge of rheology.
Simultaneous rheological and optical measurements are becoming increasingly popular—particularly for product development in the polymer area. Here, changes in the rheological profile can be correlated with information on either the microstructure (microscopy) or molecular structure (FTIR).
You will learn about:
- Simultaneous rheology and FTIR spectroscopy measurements
- Simultaneous rheology and optical microscopy measurements
- Viscoelasticity
- Thermal and UV curing
- Pharmaceutical polymers and hot-melt extrusion (HME)
Polymer rheology deals with the investigation of the viscoelastic properties of polymeric materials in different states.
This webinar will provide an overview of common rheological techniques for the investigation of solid and molten polymers. The manufacturing and application related information that can be gained from these tests will be discussed, and rheometer configurations for the investigation of polymers will be presented.
Rheological measurements in oscillation are usually accomplished on a non-destructive basis and serve many purposes such as characterization of material and processing characteristics, storage stability, relaxation properties, softening, melting, gelatinization, networking, and hardening.
Target audience: Scientists, engineers, and laboratory staff members involved in the formulation, development, characterization, and quality assurance of products as well as stability studies and questions regarding processability.
In this webinar the basics of oscillatory rheometry and how it can be applied to quality control will be presented.
- Quality control
- Flow behavior, yield stress, thixotropy
- Viscoelasticity
- Oscillatory tests
Target audience: Customers involved in quality control with basic knowledge of rheology.
In this webinar we present the capabilities of rheological tests to understand the basic flow behavior as well as the complex application performance of formulations.
- Flow behavior, yield stress, thixotropy
- Rotational, oscillatory, and extensional rheology
- Quality control, R&D
- Shelf life
Who should attend: Customers involved in the development, characterization, and testing of coatings with basic knowledge of rheology.
The combination of rheology with light and polarization microscopy allows deeper insights into the flow and application behavior of products such as foodstuffs, pharmaceutical products, cosmetics, and crude oil. The resulting combined results presented here correlate the microstructure with actual flow and transport processes.
Target audience: Scientists, engineers, and laboratory staff members who are involved in the characterization, development, and testing of foodstuffs, pharmaceutical products, and cosmetics as well as their processing with experience in the area of rheology.
Thermo Scientific HAAKE Viscotester iQ Rheometer
Learn about the quality control standard rheometer—easier to operate, faster, simpler, more intuitive, and highly modular. Obtain reliable and reproducible data measurement with “Connect Assist” coupling, one-hand lift operation, and instrument feedback for measuring optimization.
Easy and intuitive operation via touchscreen panel or by USB or PC software for automated measurement, evaluation, pass/fail analysis, and QC documentation.
Various influential factors on the gel formation process, its kinetics, and the stability of the gel are demonstrated on the basis of systematically performed rheological sol/gel studies on poloxamer systems.
Target audience: Scientists, engineers, and laboratory staff members in formulation, development, and quality assurance who are involved in the characterization of sol/gel transitions and questions of gelatinization and strength.
Rheology in quality control is described here based on a rotational viscometer using a series of practical examples.
Target audience: This webinar is intended for all those who use rheological measuring methods for quality assurance.
How do you ensure that rheological measurements are performed correctly and are reproducible and independent of the user? Possible sources of error are identified and described on the basis of practical examples, as well as how they can be avoided.
Target audience: Scientists, laboratory staff members, and employees responsible for quality using rheological measuring instruments.
This webinar discusses the operation and applications of an extensional rheometer for fluids.
Target audience: Employees involved in the quality assurance, development, and testing of polymer compounds and rubber mixtures as well as their processing.
A rheometer provides bulk information from a sample, while a DEA (dielectric analyzer) gives additional information about the details on molecular level.
The Thermo Scientific HAAKE MARS Rheometer, with an integrated DEA sensor, allows simultaneous collection of rheological and DEA data on the same sample at the same time, which can be connected with the sample history or pretreatment. This approach saves time and money with shorter time for preparation and analysis.