Equipment

Homogeneity of the powder blend is crucial for solid-dosage drug manufacturing.

Pharmaceutical Technology Europe celebrates 30 years in publishing the latest insights, analysis, and developments of the bio/pharma industry.

Cambrex has revealed that it is expanding its solid form screening and crystallization process development facility in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The freedom of design found in additive manufacturing offers the potential for improved processing equipment, both in prototypes and commercial equipment.

Development and manufacturing machine specialists, groninger, have opened a new showroom at its headquarters based in Crailsheim, Germany.

Sartorius Stedim Biotech has unveiled a new single-use vessel for its ambr 250 modular benchtop automated mini bioreactor system that has been specifically designed for therapeutic cell lines.

Rockwell Automation’s updated FactoryTalk AssetCentre software supports several new types of production assets.

TaskMate Robotic Systems from ESS Technologies with Fanuc America’s robots create an ultra-compact robotic cell that integrates with cartoners, case packers, and monoblock filler/cappers for collation and machine loading and unloading.

Omega Design’s auto-indexing machine dispenses canister desiccants into a wide range of containers for pharmaceutical and nutraceutical applications.

Gericke USA’s RotaVal line of rotary valves discharge powders from hoppers, fill process machinery, dose from silos, and isolate pneumatic conveying zones between sifters, mixers, screw conveyors, and other equipment.

The Planetary Dual Disperser is the newest addition to the Ross planetary mixing line of industrial mixers.

The Masterflex L/S Easy-Load pump head from Cole-Parmer has an updated design and enhanced features for greater ease of use.

Tecan’s Spark Cyto cell plate reader offers real-time detection and analysis of biological, chemical, and physical events while consistently capturing the maximum amount of data from every well.

Today’s inspection systems catch tinier flaws, manage data, and increasingly rely on artificial intelligence to further boost performance.

A presentation at the Leistritz Pharmaceutical-Nutraceutical Extrusion Seminar explained how simulation tools benefit the development process.

The $10-million investment will include a 500-L single-use perfusion bioreactor and seven patented downstream processing units.

The Ross VCB-0.25 Tumble Blender is suited for specialty blends with extremely minor active components and additives.

Sartorius Stedim Biotech’s Generation 2 ambr 15 cell culture microbioreactor system offers increased flexibility and expanded capability for clone selection, media and feed optimization, and early process development work.

The EnviZion hygienic diaphragm valve from ITT Engineered Valves allows for simplified installation and maintenance.

The expansion will increase the company’s single-use capacity to meet growing demand.

Temporary power, HVAC, and oil-free compressor systems provide flexibility and control for pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities.

Vibalogics has increased its single-use bioreactor and purification capacity with a new manufacturing for its specialist oncolytic virus and viral vector manufacturing services as a result of a growth in demand.

The Allen-Bradley ControlLogix 5580 controller from Rockwell Automation is compliant with the IEC 62443-4-2 security standard.

Automated candle and pressure-plate filtration equipment for removing catalyst residues from API slurries are operated in a closed system.

The Vaccine Development and Bioprocess Cell Culture Technology Day will take place on May 16, 2019 in Baltimore, MD.