Equipment

The Allen-Bradley Kinetix VPH hygienic servo motors and the stainless-steel version of the PanelView Plus 7 graphic terminal by Rockwell Automation both work to minimize contamination during production and ease compliance.

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

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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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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 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.

3D printing offers a new design freedom for bio/pharmaceutical manufacturing: whether for “printing” a solid-dosage drug or for creating a piece of equipment for bio/pharmaceutical laboratories or manufacturing facilities.

Pharmaceutical Technology Europe spoke with Manuel Leal, business development director for Idifarma to learn more about spray drying and how it can support patient-centric drug development.