Objectives Hot-melt extrusion (HME) is applied as a continuous pharmaceutical
manufacturing process for the production of a variety of dosage forms and formulations. To …

In running production the measurement of process and material properties in-line, is a
requirement to design and implement effective process control in injection moulding. This …

Nondestructive online monitoring of injection molding processes is of great importance.
However, almost all prior research has focused on monitoring polymers in molds and …

The available on‐line and in‐line sensor technologies developed for polymerization
reactors from 1990 until today are discussed and critically reviewed. About 600 references …

The application of process analysis technology (PAT) to the hot melt extrusion (HME)
process serves two main purposes:(i) ensuring the quality of the final product and …

The paper reviews the state-of-the-art of in-line and on-line monitoring during polymer melt
processing by compounding, extrusion and injection moulding. Different spectroscopic and …

In this article review of density and viscosity measurement methods is presented, including
ultrasonic pulse echo methods, which are capable to measure these properties of polymer …

Non-destructive measurement of the cavity pressure is of great importance for monitoring,
optimizing and controlling the injection molding process. However, to date, almost all …

Density variation during the injection molding process directly reflects the state of plastic
melt and contains valuable information for process monitoring and optimization. Therefore …

This paper is concerned with the issues of occurrence and detection of melt flow instabilities
forming during polyethylene extrusion. A novel method of in-line detection and evaluation of …