The Caleva Model 40 Extruder

Caleva Model 40 Gear Extruder
Key Points
  • All contact parts in 316 stainless steel
  • Cabinet in brushed 304 stainless steel
  • Detachable extrusion gears for ease of cleaning
  • Suitable for most low pressure wet extrusion processes
  • GMP design
  • Simple control structure requiring low operator training
  • Product working capacity is suited to the Caleva Spheronizer Model 380
  • Special features to meet individual requirements

The Caleva Model 40 Gear Type Extruder

 

General Description:

The Caleva Model 40C is a gear type extruder, designed to impart very little work to the pharmaceutical product as it is processed. This reduces problems caused by the material overheating or drying out.

  • Designed for extrusion prior to spheronization
  • Extrusion performed by two contra rotating gears
  • Ideally suited to pharmaceutical products
  • Action generates minimum heat and does not work product excessively
  • Suitable for most low pressure wet extrusion processes used in solid dosage processing
  • All contact parts manufactured from 316 stainless steel, or other food quality material.
  • Cabinet in 304 stainless steel
  • Detachable extrusion gears
  • Drive shafts mounted in substantial taper roller bearings, eliminating the need for bearings at forward end of processing area.
  • Feeding manually or by auger feed.
  • Applications in the pharmaceutical, chemical, agricultural , and a wide variety of other industries.

 

Caleva Model 40 Extruder
Specifications
Size (approx.): 100x48x100 cm
Weight: 230 kg
Cabinet: Grained 304SS
Contact Parts 316SS, food grade plastic and polycarbonate
Operational Requirements: Front mounted panel with stop/ start buttons, power ON, motor ON indicators for ease of use. A direct reading tachometer is incorporated showing extruder rotation speed. High powered geared motor driven by a speed control device. Speed is set by an infinitely variable noncalibrated potentiometer. Power 220VAC 3 phase.
Output and Productivity: Productivity up to 40Kg per hour (product dependent).
Motor 2.2 kw

 

 

 

 

Caleva extruder gears

Extruder 40 Gears

extrudate

Example of Extrudate
from a Caleva
Model 40 Extruder

 

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