Size Enlargement Solids Tabletting

An alternative approach to size enlargement is agglomeration by compression, or compaction, where the mixture of particulate matter is fed to a compression device which promotes agglomeration due to pressure, as depicted in Figure 2. Either continuous sheets of solid material or solid forms such as briquettes or tablets are produced. Compaction processes range from confined compression devices such as tableting to continuous devices such as roll presses (Chapter 6), briqueting machines. 

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