Multivitamin Extrudates via Merging and Parameter Changes
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing methods for producing multivitamin formulations involve handling and mixing separate vitamin powders, which are prone to contamination and dust issues, and require high handling risks due to their powder form, making them inefficient and risky.
Innovation Solution
The production of multivitamin extrudates through an extrusion process that combines vitamins in a stable, free-flowing form with a high vitamin content, eliminating the need for separate mixing and handling, and allowing for controlled particle size and shape, thereby reducing contamination and dust risks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If separate vitamin powders are mixed and handled, then vitamin formulations can be produced, but contamination and dust issues increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate vitamin powders into a single extrudate formulation, merging the mixing and handling steps into one consolidated process. This eliminates the need to handle multiple separate vitamin powders, thereby reducing contamination and dust generation while maintaining the required vitamin content.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the physical state and form of the vitamin formulation from separate powders to an extrudate with controlled particle size and morphology. This parameter change enables the vitamins to be delivered in a stable, free-flowing form that reduces dust generation and contamination risks during handling.
2Ease of manufacture
If powder form vitamins are handled, then formulations can be produced, but handling risks and dust issues increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the physical parameters of the vitamin formulation by extruding it into particles with controlled size distribution and morphology. This creates a free-flowing extrudate that is easier to handle and reduces dust generation, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining ease of manufacture.
3Quantity of substance
If multiple separate vitamin formulations are produced, then multivitamin content is achieved, but process complexity and handling increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the production of multiple separate vitamin formulations into a single extrusion process. By combining all required vitamins into one extrudate formulation, the process complexity is reduced while maintaining the necessary multivitamin content, as all vitamins are delivered in a single handled unit.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The extrudate form ensures uniform distribution of vitamins, high vitamin content, and reduced handling risks, providing a more efficient and contamination-free production process for multivitamin formulations.
Implementation Method 1
Extrusion is a well-known process for the production of many kind of formulations. Extrusion is also used in many kind of technical fields.
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AI summary
This invention relates generally to multivitamin extrudates. Their production as well as their use.