For decades there have been five basic types of manufacturing processes. They are distinct. Great design engineers understand the nuances of these processes and tailor their designs accordingly. There ...

ISA106 started with the goal of developing standards, recommended practices, and technical reports on the design and implementation of procedures for automating continuous process operations. The ...

Continuous manufacturing is where a product is produced non-stop in one uninterrupted process and is used widely in sectors such as commodity chemicals, automotive, food, and electronics. In contrast, ...

Drug firms looking to ramp-up production with continuous processes must think beyond the reactor and ensure the technologies used downstream can also manage sustained 24/7 manufacturing. Continuous ...

Historically, pharmaceutical products have been produced in a traditional ‘batch’ system, in which every operation is executed separately using a defined quantity of materials. In batch manufacturing ...

A photo of technicians working in front of a process train. Novartis's continuous manufacturing center in Basel, Switzerland, replicates an end-to-end manufacturing process developed at the ...

These composite half leaf springs were built by Thunder Composite Technologies for an autonomous, remote-controlled, battery-electric tank prototype developed by General Dynamics. The leaf springs ...

Using continuous processing instead of batch-based processing provides therapeutic manufacturers with a number of advantages. For example, the continuous approach can ...

The spate of drug patent expirations known as the patent cliff is sharpening minds. Pharmaceutical companies have been looking under every rock to save money, and one idea they have found is ...