Kristen McCarty brings many years of significant experience and expertise in food testing and food quality assurance to C.W. Brabender® Instruments, Inc. Previously, she held the position of Quality Trainee for ConAgra in Saginaw, TX and was promoted to Quality Lead for their Alton, IL location. Kristen was a member of the ConAgra Foods Culture Board and acted as a college recruiter for ConAgra mills during her tenure. Kristen has a B.S. degree in Food Science Technology from the University of Nebraska where she worked closely with Dr. Michael Zeece in the Food Chemistry / Food Protein laboratory, even traveling with him to Ireland to work with other food science students from the University of Cork. Her invaluable experience will be a welcomed addition to the C.W. Brabender® Instruments family of skilled employees.

Kristen McCarty will be responsible for maintaining the C.W. Brabender® Food Laboratory and conducting customer trials on our extensive line of laboratory scale food testing instruments. She will be responsible for handling all customer technical inquiries in support of our food instrument product line for the North American market. Additionally, she will conduct instrument demonstrations and be a presenter during the Food Characterization Division’s Technical Seminars held throughout the year.

The new logo is based on the corporate logo for Brabender® Germany while retaining the individuality of C.W. Brabender® Instruments, Inc. You will find the new logo currently reflected on the website at cwbrabender.com, on all instrument literature and in all of the company’s advertising and tradeshow visuals.

Richard Thoma, president of C.W. Brabender® Instruments, Inc. says of the new logo “The Brabender® name, since its infancy, has been identified with quality measurement, instrumentation and support. The fresh look reinforces that branding philosophy and the globalized focus of the Brabender® companies as we pursue future opportunities.”

Kurt Kortokrax brings many years of significant experience and expertise with him to C.W. Brabender® Instruments, Inc. He will cover the entire Central Region territory for C.W. Brabender® Instruments’ extensive line of food laboratory testing equipment as well as covering Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas for our entire line of polymer processing laboratory instruments.

Todd Frau brings many years of significant experience and expertise with him to C.W. Brabender® Instruments, Inc. He will cover the entire Western Region territory for C.W. Brabender® Instruments’ extensive line of food laboratory testing equipment as well as covering Northern California, Oregon and Washington State for our entire line of polymer processing laboratory instruments.

Marty Husti of TiAero brings many years of significant experience and expertise in the chemical and polymer industry with him to C.W. Brabender® Instruments, Inc. TiAero will represent C.W. Brabender® Instruments’ extensive line of laboratory testing equipment in the following states: California (south of Bakersfield), Nevada and Arizona.

Terence Richards brings 20 years of significant rheological experience and expertise with him to C.W. Brabender® Instruments, Inc. He will cover the Eastern Region territory for C.W. Brabender® Instruments’ extensive line of food laboratory testing equipment as well as representing the Taste Sensing System TS-5000Z for the Food and Pharmaceutical industries within the entire Americas.

Alberto Correa brings over 25 years of significant experience and expertise with him to C.W. Brabender® Instruments, Inc. The newly created executive position of Division Leader is responsible for directing the business plan of the Food Characterization Division and its extensive line of food laboratory testing equipment in North America.

The new website is easy to navigate, giving clear distinctions of instruments for both the Food Characterization Division and the Chemical Division. Each division has two unique search methods; the Chemical Division portion has a menu for looking up products by ‘application’ in addition to a more traditional ‘product’ menu, while the Food Characterization Division boasts a search by ‘industry’ segment in addition to its ‘product’ menu.

Take some time to peruse our new website and discover what C.W. Brabender® Instruments, Inc. can do to help you succeed in your R&D, Product Development and Quality Control endeavors.

This is Particle Sciences’ fourth extruder dedicated to drug/polymer combinations. According to Mark Mitchnick, Particle Sciences’ CEO, “The demand for cGMP extrusion is increasing. Needs range from hot melt extrusion for solid oral dosage forms to drug eluting devices. Particle Sciences is the leading CRO in this area having invested heavily in equipment, high potency compound handling infrastructure and proprietary modeling software. With injection molding, tube extrusion, coextrusion and the leading analytic support facility, we are working very hard to make sure our clients’ projects move as quickly as possible. In 2011 we successfully brought such products into the clinic and already have several scheduled for cGMP manufacturing in 2012. While there are several fine extruders on the market, Brabender® Pharma has focused their 12 mm on the pharmaceutical development space. Its ease of cleaning, full cGMP compliance and extensive data capture capabilities make it a valuable addition to rapid product development efforts.”

Kevin Van Allen, Brabender® Pharma’s V.P. of Sales & Marketing, adds “Particle Sciences is an innovative leader in pharmaceutical extrusion and we are very pleased to be working with them. With the placement of the Mini-Compounder at Particle Sciences, Brabender® Pharma clients will now have a US site for evaluation and development of their API’s from early stage and into cGMP production, including highly potent compounds. The 12 mm Mini-Compounder will be a truly valuable asset to Particle Sciences Inc. because its clamshell barrel, removable liner and segmented screw elements will offer numerous new processing capabilities to explore. As pharmaceutical extrusion processes are continually being refined, we feel that the 12 mm Mini-Compounder plus added co-extrusion capabilities will give PSI a world of future product development possibilities.”

THE DRIVE
A heavy-duty high torque system - the Prep-Mill® drive is designed to provide high torque output from a 2.5 HP sensor-less vector drive with built-in torque overload protection. Monitored by a digital DC amp meter with torque overload indicator, including a digital RPM indicator - variable roll speed of 0-30 RPM. There are dial gauges installed over the rolls to accurately determine the roll gap setting. In addition to the operator trip bar over the mill rolls, two operator 'kick plates' will also stop the drive when actuated. The 'kick plates' are permanently mounted on both sides of the mill. There is also an ‘emergency stop’ on top of the unit. A ‘Safety Guard’ is installed over the top of the rolls for added security. The entire drive is mounted on a heavy gauge mobile cart. The cart includes a cabinet for storage of tools and accessories.

FEATURES
The Electrically Heated Prep-Mill® utilizes improved transfer rolls coated with Acrotherm TK400 (RC 70), an extremely durable coating that substantially extends the life of the roll while providing top quality mirror finish and tolerances - suited for High Wear Resistance.

• Electrically Heated 4"x8" Acrotherm TK400 rolls polished to a mirror finish
• Individual Temperature Controllers to control roll temperature
• Adjustable gap from .005” to .195"
• Standard friction ratio of 1.3:1 or 1:1 for Calendering
• Safety trip bar and operator kick plates with coupled electrical interlock
• Contoured roll guides prevent material from 'creeping off' the rolls and into the bushings
• "Flip-up" design for easy cleaning
• Brass stripping knife permits quick, clean removal of milled stock
• A mixing volume of approximately 250ml, depending on gap setting and bandwidth
• ‘Safety Guard’ over the top of the rolls and dial gauges for accurate roll gap adjustment

The University Of Utah recently acquired the Mini-Compounder TSE 12/36, a 12mm Twin-Screw Extruder with a clamshell barrel and segmented screw elements, for testing and evaluation of Hot Melt Extrusion, Bioability and Solubility studies and have reported back outstanding results and response from the University’s Assoc. Prof. Patrick Kiser. As part of this initiative the University of Utah and C.W. Brabender® Instruments, Inc. have agreed to use the University’s facility as a West Coast laboratory for customer visits to review the instrument as well as run trials of their own materials to see the viability and benefits of this unit in their own testing.

C.W. Brabender® Instruments, Inc. is truly excited to be working with Assoc. Prof. Patrick Kiser of the University Of Utah and their outstanding Department of Bioengineering and Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry. “This instrument is a great unit and I truly love working with it because of its versatility in developing hot-melt controlled release dosage forms” stated Assoc. Prof. Patrick Kiser “and I look forward to sharing that experience with any and all interested industry personnel.”

The Taste Sensing System TS-5000Z employs the same mechanism as the human tongue through the use of multi-channel artificial lipid membrane sensors which imitate the taste reception of food goods and pharmaceuticals and interprets them as numerical data.  The quantification of taste data is handled via original algorithms and can be displayed in various ways through a rich array of graphing tools.  In addition to the evaluation of initial taste, the instrument also measures aftertaste – the persistent taste that remains in the mouth after food has been swallowed.  Even aspects of aftertaste such as “richness”, “sharpness”, “bitterness” and “astringency” can be measured.

C.W. Brabender® Instruments, Inc. is truly excited to bring this next evolution in taste sensory measurement to the North American, Central American and South American markets for use in a variety of fields including, but not limited to, Quality Control, Product Development, Marketing and Sales.  With more than 300 units already sold worldwide, we truly look forward to showing our territories the vast potential that this instrument has in both the food and pharmaceutical industries.