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SERVICES Beestman
Formulations Consulting brings to you more than thirty years of
direct hands-on agricultural formulations development, scale-up experience,
product commercialization, knowledge of current literature, patent support
strategy, scientific writing and technical leadership. We list below
some of those areas of expertise that you may find useful in creating
new formulations technology, solving those difficult formulation challenges
from current complex chemicals, or creating the product mixtures demanded
in today’s formulations. FORMULATIONS PROBLEM SOLVING ·
Microencapsulation – pioneering patents
in commercially viable high concentration microencapsulation meeting
cost and high volume constraints of herbicides. We continue to study
and apply this technology to formulation of pesticides. ·
Fine particle coating – A more difficult
challenge than microencapsulation of liquids, we now have achieved coating
of discreet individual micron-size pesticide crystals without aggregation.
By coating particle surfaces, the flow properties and formulation composition
can be the same for powders of compounds that are very different when
uncoated. Chemically unstable compounds can be made more robust for
formulating. ·
Novel processes can be developed. Microwave heating a meltable polymer
prevented coating of the granulation chamber allowing granulation of
powders without a drying step. ·
Compounds susceptible to hydrolysis can
be successfully formulated into water, solvents, or water containing
WDG compositions. ·
Prevention of crystal formation or control
of crystal growth can be achieved in liquid and dry formulations. HANDS–ON LABORATORY FORMULATIONS ·
Coaching of formulators or direct hands-on
formulation in your laboratories is available. ·
Providing unique liquid formulations. Liquid
solution, liquid suspension and mixed-phase formulations have been developed.
Low cost materials, resistance to wash-off from foliage, and other special
properties needed for market viability were formulated into these products. ·
Creating novel solid formulations. Dry solid
direct-apply granular and water-dispersible formulations have been created.
Wind-resistant large solid granules that were still biologically effective
at low doses, or formulating together of incompatible compounds were
some of the unique added features. ·
Strong laboratory expertise. Small-scale
laboratory processing techniques for extrusion, milling, microencapsulating,
and other formulation procedures have been developed. ACCESS TO NEW TECHNOLOGY ·
We bring access to an extensive network
of technology sources. ·
Knowledge of current scientific literature
relevant to formulations will be focussed upon your problems and to
creation of proprietary technology.
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