Equipment

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.

Tablet coating from DISONA can handle batch sizes up to 3 kg.

The BIOSTAT STR single-use bioreactor family from Sartorius Stedim Biotech is based on a conventional stirred-tank design.

As commercial manufacturing considers single-use materials, a look shows how industry moved to the technology.

Biotech-based therapies and a move to single-use processes highlight recent industry changes.

The Own It Now channel allows buyers to view scheduled price decreases for used equipment and make purchases online.

The need for flexibility and higher quality are driving advances in parenteral manufacturing and fill/finish equipment.

The company added new products to its InfinityLab LC Series which will be showcased at HPLC 2017 in Prague.

The past several months have seen new product releases and updates made to already available laboratory equipment.

Single-use systems demonstrate advantages over stainless-steel systems for biopharmaceutical manufacturing facilities.

A multi-pronged approach to raw materials testing can help mitigate the risk of future contamination events.

The decision to use disposable bioreactors is now driven by commercial rather than technological considerations.

Avid, a wholly owned subsidiary of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, will upgrade its Myford, California clinical and commercial manufacturing facility with multiple Mobius 2000-L single-use bioreactors from MilliporeSigma, the companies announced on May 1, 2017.