Using thermal imaging for control of a manufacturing process

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9063000-B2
Application number	US-201013319535-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 13, 2010
Priority date	May 15, 2009
Publication date	Jun 23, 2015
Grant date	Jun 23, 2015

Abstract

A thermal imaging camera monitors the temperature different zones in a pharmaceutical process such as ribbon compaction, coating, spray drying, fluid bed drying, high shear wet granulation, crystallization, lyophilization, precipitation, fermentation, and low dosage dispensing of a pharmaceutically active liquid. The thermal imaging camera can be used to produce a visual display of a temperature profile, or a spray pattern. In addition, feedback from the thermal imaging camera is used to control one or more processing parameters.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A compactor for pharmaceutical compositions comprising:
a feeder adapted to receive and transport a powder composition;
a pair of counterrotating rollers having opposed peripheral surfaces, the rollers being disposed in relation to the feeder for receiving powder composition transported by the feeder between their opposed peripheral surfaces, applying pressure to said composition, and delivering, at a delivery location adjacent said rollers, a product cons…

Assignees

• Arp Zane A
• Glaxosmithkline Llc

Inventors

• Arp Zane A

Classifications

• H04N23/23

  Electricity · mapped topic

• B01J2/20

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• A61J3/10

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• G01J5/0893

  Physics · mapped topic

• A61J3/005

  Human Necessities · mapped topic