High shear agglomeration by means of top or bottom driven mixing blades in a closed container has been a popular processing option for the pharmaceutical industry, whereas the food, feed and chemical industries generally prefer continuous systems. Meanwhile however, the pharmaceutical industry, now very often working 3 shifts, 7 days a week, is getting acquainted with the latter option. The impact of the rotating impellers or blades form denser agglomerations than with the fluid bed process. Compared to the latter, particle size is usually wider with the mechanical impact often enabling a reduced quantity of the required binder, which is either poured onto the powder or sprayed by an air atomized nozzle. The latter allows a more uniform dosing of the binder liquid.