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1. What is milling?
2. Pharmaceutical application
3. Size distribution and measurement
4. Types of mills
5. Selection of mills
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3. What is milling?
Milling is mechanical process of reducing the
particle size of solids.
Various terms has been used cursing,
disintegration, dispersion, grinding, and
pulverization.
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5. why milling?
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Increase specific surface of the
substance.
Increase the free surface energy of
milled substance.
significantly increase the speed of
substance and diffusion processes.
strengthen the pharmacological activity
of substances
6. Milling
advantages
Mixing is more uniform if
ingredients are roughly the
same size
Milling of wet granules can
promote uniform and efficient
drying
Increased surface area can
improve dissolution rate and
bioavailability
Improved content uniformity of
dosage units
disadvantages:
Excessive heat generation
can lead to degradation,
change in polymorphic
form
Increase in surface energy
can lead to agglomeration
May result in excessive
production of fines or
overly broad particle size
distribution
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7. Pharmaceutical application
Specific surface (
surface area per unit
weight) increase by
size reduction which
affect the therapeutic
efficiency of medical
substance.
specially if the material
have low solubility.
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9. Griseofulvin
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Control of fineness half of the oral regiment
Why?
Control particle size and Specific surface
influences the duration of adequate serum
concentration
13. Aerosols and Suspension
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Particle size affect the position and retention
Of the particle on broncho-pulmonary
system.
Size affect texture, taste, and rheology
of oral suspension in addition of adsorption.
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Potential Impact
Processing Behavior
Product Quality Factors
Property Flow Blending Wetting Drying Mechanical Dissolution Stability
Particle Size X X X X X X X
Surface Area X X X X X X X
Particle Shape X
Surface Energy X X X
Bulk Density X X X
Pore Size X X X
Internal Friction X X
Wall Friction X X
Hygroscopicity X X X
16. Measurement methods
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There are three method involved in size
distribution measurement:
a. Microscopy
b. Sieving
c. Sedimentation
17. Microscopy
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An ordinary direct method.
Depend of resolving power of the lens.
If size close to the wavelength of light can't
resolve.
Ordinary microscope lower limit is 0.4 micron
Ultraviolet lower limit is 0.1 micron
Ultra microscope lower limit is 0.01micron
19. Sieving
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Most widely used
Inexpensive
Rapid
Little variation
Lower limit is 50 micron (micromesh 10
micron)
20. What is sieve?
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A pan with a bottom of wired cloth with square
openings
In U.S, two standard of sieves are used.
The procedure involve shaking, weighing of
portion retained, and taping
21. sedimentation
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Used over size range from 1 to 200 microns.
Based on the dependence of the rate of
sedimentation of the particle on their size
expressed by stoke equation.
Pipet method is the simplest means of
incremental particle size analysis.
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A mill consist of three part:
1. Feed chute
2. Grinding mechanism
3. Discharge chute
24. Milling forces
The principle of
operation depends
on:
1. Cutting
2. Attrition
3. Compression
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25. Continuing…
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Open-circuit and closed-circuit mills
Rate of discharge equal rate of feed.
Discharge chute designed at the bottom of
mills so that the force of gravity is sufficient to
give free discharge.
26. Continuing
Comminution is characterized by the symbol
index –”i” - the degree of comminution of
substances.
“I” equal ratio of the diameter of pieces of
material to the milling (D) to particles diameter
after ones (d).
i = D / d
27. Types of milling in depend on degree of
comminution
in haw much times the particles size was
reduced:
1. Great (large) – in 2-6 times;
2. Medium - up 6-10 times;
3. Fine - at 10-50 times;
4. Micro fine - in 50-100 times;
5. Super fine - thin (colloidal) – in 100-10000
times.
28. Classification equipment for milling:
By the way of milling:
1. Cutting machine
2. Attrition machine
3. Compression machine
4. Impact machine
5. Impact - Centrifugal machine
29. Classification equipment for
milling:
By the degree of comminution:
1. crushers:
for great, medium, fine milling.
2. mills:
for micro fine, superfine (colloid) milling.
31. Requirements for the milling
process:
1. Substances must has initial its composition and
pharmacological properties during the milling
process;
2. Periodically to remove enough milled particles
from the sphere of comminution;
3. Prevent formation of dust (sealed enclosures);
4. Appropriate moisture of material
5. The use of sequence connected crushing-milling
machines.
32. Mills selection:
1. Initial size of the material and
desirable size of final product
2. The total amount of material for
milling
3. Physical and chemical properties of
material for milling
34. Cutting machine.
are used to comminution herbal drug that has a fibers
structure
Grass cutting and straw cutting (grass, stalks).
Root cutting with the guillotine knife - for grinding roots,
bark.
Drum straw cutting - for grinding dry medicines.
Knife mill - for milling volume materials, containing
cellulose
Motorized soft meat grinder - for fresh herbal drugs,
animal raw materials
35. Crushes machines
which are used for milling solid materials:
Cheek and jaw mill
Rollers mill
Cone mill
Hammer mill
Disk mill (Excelsior)
36. Hammer mills
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It’s an impact-centrifuge mill.
Using high-speed rotor to which number of swining hammers
are fixed.
The material is fed at the top or center
Thrown out centrifugally
Ground by impact of the hammers or against the plates
around the periphery of the casing.
The material is retained inside the casing until it is small
enough to fall the the screen at lower portion of casing.
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Most popular
Used almost at any type of size reduction
Can be used for dry, wet, cakes, ointment,
slurries.
Comminution is affected by impact of
peripheral hammer speed ( up to
7600m/minute).
The size of product is controlled by speed of
40. advantages
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Narrow size distribution
Simple to install and operate
Speed and screen can be rapidly changed
Easy to clean
May be operate as closed system.
42. Ball mills
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It’s combined of attrition and impact mills.
Consist of horizontally rotating hollow vessel of
cylindric shape.
The mills filled with balls of steel or pebbles (
grinding medium).
Pebbles, rods, and tube mills
43. Work of Ball mill
At low speed
attrition force
At higher speed
impact force
At sufficient speed
centrifug force
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44. Factor affecting milling
process
1. size of ball
2. Charge of balls in mills
3. Amount of material to be
mille
4. Weight of balls
5. Wet an dry milling
6. Viscosity
7. Wetting agent
46. Advantages of ball mill
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Used either for dry or wet
Batch or continuous operations
Sterile grounding possible
Installation, operation, and labor costs are low
Unsurpassed for fine grinding of abrasive and
hard material
47. Fluid energy mill (Micronizer)
At which material are
suspended and
conveyed at high velocity
by air or steam. Which
pass through nozzle.
The violent turbulence of
air or steam reduce the
particle size by
interparticular attrition
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48. Internal classification
Pre-milling (20-
100mesh) is required.
Reduction of particle
size to 1-20 microns
Fluid energy source
and dust collector
required.
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49. Cutting mills
Used for tough and
fibrous material
Cutting and
shearing
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50. Horizontal rotor with
rotary knife cutter 2-
12 knives, with
cylindrical casing
with stationary
knives.
With a screen at the
bottom
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The feed should not exceed the length of knife
Not more that 1 inch thick
53. Roller mill
Consist of two-five
smooth roller.
Operating at different
speed
Reduction power is
combination of
compression and
shearing forces
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55. Colloid mill
Consist of high speed
rotor and stator with
adjustable clearance
range.
Rotor speed up to
20.000 rpm
Premilling is required
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56. Colloid mill
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Used to process suspension and emulsion
Not for dry material
Pre mixing with liquid
May be smooth or rough surface regarding
rotor and stator
58. Factor influence milling
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1. Properties of a solid (Hard (iodine), soft and
intermediate solid).
2. Specification of the product.
3. Physical nature of material (fibrous, friable)
4. Water content
5. Heat during milling (low melting point, heat
sensitive drug, pigment, unstable compound)
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1. Shape of milled particle (flow specifications)
2. Milling may alter Crystalline structure and
causes chemical change in some material
60. Selection of a mill
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The choose of the mill depend on:
1. Product specification (size range, particle size
distribution, shape, moisture content, physical
and chemical properties of material)
2. Capacity of the mill and product rate requirement
3. Versatility of operation ( wet and dry milling,
rapid change of speed and screen, and safety
requirement)
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1. Dust control (loss of costly drug, health
hazard, contamination)
2. Sanitation (ease of cleaning, sterilization)
3. Auxiliary equipment
4. Batch or continuous operation
5. Economical factor