Automatable benchtop agitated nutsche filter-dryer
Effortlessly integrate seamless solid-liquid separation into your laboratory processes, ensuring precision and scalability in batch operations for high-purity pharmaceutical and chemical applications.

Performs Filtration, Washing, Drying, and Sampling
The GFD®Lab Agitated Nutsche Filter-Dryer from AUSTAR is a unique benchtop solution for scalable solid-liquid separation in laboratory settings, particularly suited for biopharmaceuticals and fine chemicals. It combines filtration, washing, and vacuum drying in a single system, efficiently handling processes like re-slurry and discharge, crucial for producing high-potency APIs and pharmaceutical powders. The incorporation of a unique filtration basket allows for quick media changeovers, enhancing productivity and product recovery. It offers complete process control with data acquisition, ensuring consistent batch production. Available in various vessel sizes and product contact materials, it supports customization and integration into existing laboratory processes. This equipment is automatable, promotes energy efficiency, and complies with pharmaceutical standards for clean and corrosion-resistant operations.
Benefits
- Enhances efficiency by combining filtration and drying processes in one unit.
- Promotes flexibility with adaptable vessel sizes and contact materials.
- Ensures product purity with precise control over solid-liquid separation.
- Facilitates seamless process scale-up from lab to production.
- Optimizes resource use with automatable, data-driven operation.
- Applications
- Fine chemicals,Pharmaceutical tablets,Nutraceuticals,Pharmaceutical powder,Biopharmaceuticals,Enzymes
- End products
- Aspirin tablets,Ibuprofen powder,Antibody-drug conjugates,Protease enzymes,Coenzyme q10,High-potency active pharmaceutical ingredients (hpapis)
- Steps before
- Slurry Preparation,Washing,Reslurry
- Steps after
- Vacuum Drying,Sampling,Product Discharge
- Input ingredients
- slurry,solid-liquid mixture
- Output ingredients
- filtered solids,dry powder,separated liquid
- Market info
- Austar is known for specializing in the design and manufacture of engineered-to-order industrial equipment, particularly in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors, offering solutions that focus on quality, innovation, and meeting specific customer requirements.
- Filtration and Drying Integration
- Combined
- Automation
- Automatable
- Scalability
- Scalable
- Process Control
- Complete with data acquisition
- Vessel Sizes
- Multiple Options
- Product Contact Materials
- Multiple Options
- Process Operations
- Filtration,Washing,Re-slurry,Vacuum Drying
- Sample Discharge
- Available
- Filtration Media Changeover
- Quick
- Batch Consistency
- Consistent and Predictable Results
- Working mechanism
- Agitated Nutsche Filter-Dryer
- Integrated steps
- Filtration,Washing,Re-slurry,Vacuum Drying,Sampling,Discharge
- Automation level
- Automatable / PLC-controlled
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- Process control features
- Data acquisition and recording
- Changeover time
- Quick filtration media changeover
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Machine footprint
- Benchtop
- Vessel size
- Multiple vessel sizes available
- Discharge method
- Sampling,Discharge
- Filtration system
- Agitated Nutsche Filter-Dryer
- Control panel type
- Data acquisition and recording
- Control panel type
- Automatable / PLC-integrated
- Vessel Size
- Multiple sizes available
- Product Contact Materials
- Customizable
- Process Control
- Data acquisition and recording
- Filtration Basket
- Quick changeover