Subject: Engineering

Packaging Process Validations

The integrity of a package depends on the qualification of the packaging equipment, the packaging process, and consistent performance throughout the commercial packaging run. No matter how well the container/closure has been developed, it cannot protect the product as designed if it is not properly sealed and packed. The packaging process validation ensures that packages… Continue reading Packaging Process Validations

IQ/OQ/PQ

The Installation/Operational/Performance Qualification (IQ/OQ/PQ) of equipment, systems and facilities for sterile, oral solid dosage forms, liquids, finished and bulk drugs in the Pharmaceutical and Bio Pharmaceutical manufacturing operations are essential parts of the overall validation process. Equipment and systems must be installed, operated, and maintained within design specifications and facilities must be accepted as fit… Continue reading IQ/OQ/PQ

Fired Process Heaters

Fired process heaters (also known as fired heaters, process heaters, furnaces, process furnaces, and direct-fired heaters) are critical pieces of equipment in petroleum refineries, petrochemical plants, chemical plants, and other industrial process facilities where providing heat to a process fluid at elevated temperature levels is required. They are a major consumer of energy in such… Continue reading Fired Process Heaters

Food Extrusion Technology

Food extrusion has become a very important processing operation. Today, the food extruder is used to produce pasta and other cold-formed products, ready-to-eat cereals, snacks, pet food, aquatic feeds, confectionery products, modified starches for soup, infant food, and instant foods, beverage bases, and texturized vegetable proteins. This training is designed to provide a thorough background in… Continue reading Food Extrusion Technology

Dr. Brad Strahm

Dr. Brad Strahm is a Principal with The XIM Group, LLC, a firm providing consulting services in the areas of product development, process engineering, equipment engineering, and project management located in Sabetha, KS. Dr. Strahm holds degrees in Agricultural Engineering from Kansas State University and Business Administration from Kennedy-Western University. Dr. Strahm had 12 years… Continue reading Dr. Brad Strahm

Heidi Graham

Ms. Heidi Graham pursued package engineering as a way to blend creativity with science and make a positive impact in people’s lives. Known for her entrepreneurial spirit and bias for action, her work has been recognized for pioneering open innovation and consumer-centric design, including the development of breakthrough continuous spray sunscreen that transformed the category.… Continue reading Heidi Graham

Sam Morell

Sam Morell is a Chemical Engineering graduate of New York University and the founder of S.P. Morell and Company. With over 40 years in the chemical industry, his experience includes both technical and marketing positions at Rohm and Haas, BASF, and Air Products and Chemicals. Mr. Morell has authored numerous technical articles on additives, pigments,… Continue reading Sam Morell

Charlie Neal

Charlie Neal, Jr. is Owner and Senior Consultant for Premier Quality Consulting, and has been in the pharmaceutical industry for over thirty-five years. He has a wealth of hands-on technical experience acquired from the chemical, drug, device, and pharmaceutical industries. His experience crosses into many areas of these industries, including research, development, process engineering, validation,… Continue reading Charlie Neal

Nicholas Bohensky

Nicholas Bohensky is currently the Manager-Process at Wood for their Foster Wheeler Fired Heaters product line, with the primary responsibility of thermal and hydraulic design of fired process heaters and ancillary equipment. He has over 25 years of experience in this topic, as well as in proposal development, applications engineering, staff management and training, and… Continue reading Nicholas Bohensky

Herberto Dutra

Herberto Dutra is a Mechanical Engineer with over 30 years of experience in processing industries, with careers at Kraft Foods, Nestle, Bay Valley, and Sentient, including 20 years of hands-on experience in Spray Drying. Mr. Dutra’s expertise ranges from pilot plant scaling up, design and construction of numerous Spray Drying plants, day-to-day operation, troubleshooting, and… Continue reading Herberto Dutra