Cone extruder is widely used for making pellets of different sizes starting from minimum 400 microns to maximum 2000 microns.
Cone Extruder gives mild compaction and is ideal for most of the Pharmaceutical formulation related to pelletization.
Cone extruder consist of Hopper for loading of wet mass, Hopper as internal blades connected to gear to rotate and push material in a systematic manner in to the feed hopper of Extruder Chamber, Extrusion chamber is Jacketed from outside for circulation of cold water to maintain temperature of the product in case the product is sensitive in nature.
Extrusion chamber consist of twin screws which transfer the material towards the pressing cam and out from the perforation of the screen of desired dia.