Equipment

Bosch Packaging Technology’s AFG filling and closing machine for pharmaceutical powders in glass vials offers manufacturers a wide range of options.

GE Healthcare opened a 3D printing lab in Sweden that will speed the launch of products for bio/pharma manufacturing, such as a custom chromatography column.

Tools aid scale-up and comparison of single-use and stainless-steel bioreactors.

Fluid Air’s PolarDry spray dryers use electrostatic technology, providing low-temperature spray drying, encapsulation, and selective agglomeration in the creation of particles.

This article discusses fully automatic inspection of glass and plastic containers and factors that affect particle detection rate. 

Ross, Charles & Son’s SysCon, a full-service machine and controls fabrication facility, added wireless connection to its control panel.

The Quattrow QF4400HT quaternary four-piston diaphragm pump from PSG, a Dover company, is suitable for a variety of biopharmaceutical applications.

Vac-U-Max’s MDL15 combustible dust air-vac offers high-volume cleanup of powders and combustible dusts from floors, walls, machinery, and overhead surfaces.

Cryopak’s CryoCube line of reusable temperature-controlled shipping systems for cold chain packaging provides four insulation categories.

Innovative new technologies released over the past several months seek to enhance bio/pharmaceutical development and manufacturing. 

Steris added the Amsco 430LS and 630LS sterilizers to its line of medium steam sterilizers.

Regenerative thermal oxidation (RTO) has become a common solution to treat volatile organic compounds (VOC) and hazardous air pollutants (HAP) present in the emissions of many pharma production processes. Regenerative thermal oxidation devices used to treat halocarbons should be designed to prevent corrosion. Anguil Environmental Systems explains best practices for addressing potential fail points in the materials of construction when designing process emission handling systems.

The MDL15 combustible dust air-vac from Vac-U-Max is part of the company’s industrial vacuum cleaning product range for combustible dusts and offers high-volume cleanup of powders and combustible dusts.

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) has expanded its range of peristaltic cased pumps for upstream and downstream bioprocessing tasks.

The VENTILUS LE series for production-scale applications from Romaco offers three versions: LE-D for drying processes; LE-G for granulating fine solid particles; and the LE-C for coating them.

The VersaMix Multi-Shaft Mixer from Ross, Charles & Son is designed for large-scale production and enables repeatable batch processing of high-volume viscous applications.

Sartorius Stedim Biotech has expanded its range of single-use membrane chromatography solutions with Sartobind Cassettes, a pod-like modular system for commercial applications in both capture and polishing.

A sampling of new laboratory equipment showcases streamlined operations.

The advantages of single-use systems become clear as they become more broadly implemented.

The new system will help accelerate the commercialization of Aston Particle Technologies’ dry particle coating technology.

Higher-flow peristaltic pumps from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group are designed for upstream and downstream bioprocessing with single-use fluid path assemblies.

ABEC increases the maximum capacity of its Custom Single Run Bioreactors to 4000 L, doubling the industry standard.

Recro Gainsville expands its tableting capacity with the addition of a tablet press and film coater.

Industry experts discuss the single-use revolution and changes to upstream and downstream processing equipment.

Ribbon Blenders from Ross, Charles & Son can be used to mix powders, granules, and other dry solids.