Equipment

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.

Closed systems for aseptic fill and finish were featured at INTERPHEX 2019.

Wabash MPI and Carver’s PNP Series is a new line of pneumatic presses for a variety of applications, including composites molding, laminating, rubber molding, plastics testing, fluid/resin extraction, destructive testing, bonding, cell disruption, and sample preparation.

Wilden added the PS2 25 mm (1-in.) model to its line of Saniflo Hygienic Series (HS) air-operated double-diaphragm (AODD) clamped metal pumps.

The Ross VMC-1000 VersaMix is a 1000-gallon triple-shaft mixer available on a pivot-design single-post hydraulic lift.

Large biopharmas, emerging biotechs, and CMOs are looking for novel ways to improve the productivity of biologics in a rapidly evolving biotherapeutics market.

This article takes a look at current practices for cleaning and sterilizing biomanufacturing equipment used in a multi-product versus single-product setting.

Single-use technology is gaining ground in downstream bioprocessing, but challenges stall further adoption.

Closed systems for aseptic fill and finish were featured at INTERPHEX 2019.

The ChargePoint Single Use Passive and ChargeBag create a single-use system for contained and sterile transfer of pharmaceutical powders between process steps or facilities.

The UK’s Centre for Process Innovation is collaborating with partners GSK and AstraZeneca to establish a continuous wet granulation manufacturing facility for small-scale development of oral solid-dosage pharmaceuticals.

The company’s Quantum peristaltic pump uses a patented single-use cartridge technology and is applicable to downstream bioprocessing.

The BioContinuum Buffer Delivery Platform offers streamlined buffer management and delivers “contiGuous” bioprocessing.

ITT Engineered Valves presented its new EnviZion hygienic valve technology at INTERPHEX 2019 in New York City.

Pharmaceutical Technology and BioPharm International will present a Keynote Session on Meeting Bioprocessing Manufacturing Capacity Demands on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, during INTERPHEX 2019 at the Javits Center in New York City.