Aseptic spray dryer for pharmaceutical products
Optimize your sterile powder production with precise control over particle size and morphology, ensuring aseptic conditions and maximizing efficiency in industrial-scale pharmaceutical manufacturing.
Produces Sterile Pharmaceutical Powders Aseptically
The ASEPTIC-SD® Spray Dryer from GEA is engineered for producing sterile pharmaceutical powders with robust aseptic processing. This equipment leverages proven GEA technology to offer precise control over particle size, shape, and density, essential for applications like vaccine and antibiotic production. It effectively transforms liquid solutions into sterile powders in a continuous, aseptic environment, ensuring uniform particle formation without contamination risks.
Designed to handle organic solvents, the spray dryer supports a wide range of excipients, optimizing formulation processes. Its clean steam sterilization meets stringent pharmaceutical industry standards, offering high efficiency and reliability. The system is PLC-controlled, allowing for seamless integration into existing production lines with remote monitoring capabilities.
Constructed in corrosion-resistant materials, the ASEPTIC-SD® ensures longevity and compliance with GMP and FDA standards, making it ideal for pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Additionally, its compact design includes a CIP system for efficient, contamination-free cleaning to maintain operational hygiene. GEA provides customization options and engineering support to suit specific production needs.
Benefits
- Ensures sterility with precise aseptic processing, reducing contamination risks significantly.
- Enhances product consistency by controlling particle size and morphology, crucial for pharmaceuticals.
- Minimizes operational costs with low energy requirements and efficient solvent use.
- Facilitates easy integration into existing lines with automated, remote monitoring capabilities.
- Simplifies maintenance with CIP system for quick and contamination-free cleaning.
- Applications
- Vaccines,Pharmaceutical powder,Antibiotics,Sterile pharmaceutical products,Excipients
- End products
- Sodium chloride for injection,Lyophilized injectable vaccines,Amoxicillin powder,Sterile ceftriaxone powder,Dry powder inhalers
- Steps before
- Mixing,Sterilization by Clean Steam
- Steps after
- Packing,Particle Size Distribution Adjustment
- Input ingredients
- sterile solution,organic solvents,active pharmaceutical ingredients (API),excipients
- Output ingredients
- sterile pharmaceutical powders,vaccines,antibiotics
- Market info
- GEA is known for its expertise in engineering innovative and sustainable equipment and solutions, focusing on sectors such as food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and energy, with a reputation for quality, efficiency, and advanced technological applications in industrial processing.
- Aseptic processing
- Yes
- Spray drying capability
- Pharmaceutical products
- Sterilization method
- Pure steam
- Organic solvent handling
- Supported
- Particle size control
- Yes
- Capital cost
- Low
- Running cost
- Low
- Morphology control
- Precision
- Spray Drying Mechanism
- Aseptic
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- Sterilization Method
- Clean Steam
- Automation level
- PLC/SCADA
- Handling of Organic Solvents
- Yes
- Particle Size Control
- Precise
- Flow Design
- Inline Continuous
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Footprint
- Customizable
- Discharge method
- Sterile/aseptic
- Control panel type
- Integrated
- Compact footprint
- Yes
- Control panel type
- PLC-controlled
- Integration possibilities
- Compatible with multiple excipients
- Discharge method
- Designed for sterility