A high-shear mixer is a machine to produce granules using a wet granulation process: Step 1: Charging of the excipients and API Step 2: Before adding liquids, an impeller mixes the excipients and API until a homogeneous mixture is achieved Step 3: Adding of liquids to bind excipients and API. Liquids are either water-based liquids, organic solvents or a binding agent Step 4: The impeller mixes the wet mass and forms granules Step 5: Densifying of the agglomerates Step 6: Discharge with integrated wet mill and pneumatic transfer into fluid bed processor for drying