Equipment

Ross SysCon’s UL-rated and CE-marked control systems are custom-designed for industrial processes such as mixing, pumping, chemical dosing, dilution, heat exchange, separation, drying, and waste treatment.

IMA Active’s new tablet press machine, Prexima, is designed to deliver higher productivity and efficiency.

Wilden’s Saniflo Hygienic Series pumps use a new, energy-efficient air distribution technology.

Suppliers indicate prices for single-use equipment are likely to increase.

The industry is moving towards more flexible manufacturing with the use of modular facilities and single-use systems.

Ross’ Three Roll Mill features hardened carbon-steel 52100 precision ground rolls, each cored for water cooling and heating.

Andrew Bulpin, executive vice president of EMD Millipore’s Process Solutions Business, speaks to Pharmaceutical Technology about the trends shaping the biopharmaceutical manufacturing industry.

Elizabeth Scheu & Kniss will supply replacement parts for Bosch capsule filling machines.

GEA's self-contained homogenizer is designed for laboratory applications, including cell dispersions.

The Alpha agitator bead mill from Netzch is designed to mount different grinding systems on the same base platform.

Potential for improved product quality and cost/time savings is reviving interest in perfusion technology.

Potential for improved product quality and cost/time savings is reviving interest in perfusion technology.

Manufacturers are producing new drugs and vaccines and clinical supplies faster and more efficiently through the development of standards and common practices for single-use technology systems.

Electronic pharmaceutical tablet counters meet demands for accuracy, flexibility, speed, compact size, easy cleanability, and quick changeover.

Bill Hartzel, Director Strategic Execution, Advanced Delivery Technologies at Catalent Pharma Solutions, spoke with Pharmaceutical Technology about blow-fill-seal for aseptic processes.

BioSC Lab is the first in a line of next-generation chromatography equipment for protein purification in batch and continuous modes.

Reach Separations has announced plans to double its laboratory space at its Nottingham facility as a result of increased demand for its specialist purification services.

Groninger has developed FlexPro 50, an isolator system for aseptic processing of nested syringes, cartridges, and vials. FlexPro 50 is capable of achieving outputs of up to 5000 containers per hour.

The MF80 automated punch polisher offers increased polishing capacity per cycle.

Following its acquisition of Innojet Herbert Hüttlin in February 2015, Romaco is now able to offer end-to-end solutions for granulation, coating, and tableting as well as primary and secondary packaging.

At this year’s ACHEMA, Malvern brings to the exhibition floor, its expertise and tools for measuring particle size and shape, zeta potential, molecular weight, and rheological properties for the characterization of dispersed systems.

The design of the shovel means that less drive power is required compared with a standard shovel, thus resulting in substantial energy savings.

Optima Pharma is exhibiting a range of technologies from sterile-filling and freeze-drying solutions to isolators and restricted access barrier systems.

Bosch’s market launches at the show include a new bioreactor for laboratory-scale API development, a water-for-injection unit, and a new generation of pure steam generators with high yields.

Hüttlin GranuLean offers a compact solution for high-quality granulation processes.

Products on display include the newest addition to the Mobius line of single-use bioreactors; Cellvento CHO cell culture media for optimized production of specific cell lines; and new high-volume AFS water purification systems.

GEA’s tableting technologies include a unique system that independently and simultaneously measures and controls both tablet weight and hardness, and a weight control system that provides increased sensitivity at lower forces.

This latest model is said to offer higher output and more efficient dedusting process.

GEA will showcase the ConsiGma continuous coater and the PCMM (portable, continuous, miniature, and modular) manufacturing technology platform for continuous production of oral solid dosage forms.