KARLSRUHE, Germany — More than 500 invited guests and customers of Romaco China and Truking recently attended the official opening of the new Romaco China Solids Process Centre on April 16, 2019. The laboratory on the Truking campus in Changsha, China, is equipped with Innojet and Kilian machines.
With six laboratories and three conference rooms totaling 840 square meters, the new processing laboratory allows industry professionals to engage in research and development work. The services offered at the Romaco China Solids Process Centre are targeted at solids manufacturers in China and throughout Asia. Depending on their needs, companies can book laboratory sessions for drying, granulating, tableting or coating solid particles. Three Innojet processing machines plus three tablet presses from Kilian are installed at the facility. At present, compression tests can be carried out on a Kilian K 420 single-sided rotary press, a Kilian K 720 double-sided rotary press or a STYL’ONE Evolution R&D press. The processing equipment initially comprises an Innojet IGL 100 granulation line with an M 100 high-shear mixer and a VENTILUS® V 100 LE, as well as a VENTILUS V 5 laboratory-scale processing machine that can be used for granulating, coating and drying. An innovative IHD 5 hot melt device enables trials with hot melt coatings. The Innojet and Kilian systems are suitable for laboratory-, pilot- or production-scale studies such as performance tests, feasibility studies and scale-up tests, as well as for troubleshooting, process optimization or the development of new formulations.