Laboratory nutsche filter dryer for solid-liquid separation
Optimize your lab processes with a versatile benchtop filter dryer that excels in efficient solid-liquid separation, ensuring precise control over filtration, washing, and drying tasks essential for high-stakes applications like active pharmaceutical ingredients and chemical intermediates.
Performs Filtration and Drying of Lab-Scale Batches
The GFD®Lab, brought to you by Powder Systems Limited (PSL), is a benchtop agitated nutsche filter dryer designed to revolutionize laboratory-scale solid-liquid separation and drying. It combines filtration, washing, re-slurry, vacuum drying, and discharge processes within a single compact unit, making it an essential tool for research institutes, laboratories, and educational institutions. Engineered for flexibility, the GFD®Lab accommodates interchangeable vessels of borosilicate glass, stainless steel, or Alloy-22, ensuring chemical compatibility across various applications such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and chemical process development. The modular design allows easy upgrades to the GFD®Lab PLUS, featuring advanced automation with digital touchscreen controls and real-time data monitoring to enhance process optimization. With its unique filtration basket that facilitates maximal product recovery and adaptability for multi-product use, the GFD®Lab ensures consistent and reproducible results. It supports regulatory needs by meeting Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) and offers seamless integration for scale-up activities, making it ideal for producing antibiotic compounds, APIs, vitamins, and custom chemical compounds.
Benefits
- Enhances product yield with efficient filtration and drying in a single unit.
- Minimizes process variability with automated sequence design and real-time monitoring.
- Increases versatility with easy vessel interchangeability and multi-product capability.
- Supports regulatory compliance by aligning with Good Laboratory Practices (GLP).
- Facilitates safe handling of hazardous substances with optional containment solutions.
- Applications
- Research and development, Fine chemicals, Universities, Nutraceuticals, Pharmaceutical powder, Process engineering, Biopharmaceuticals, Laboratories, Pharmaceuticals
- End products
- Laboratory samples, Antibiotic compounds, Active pharmaceutical ingredients (apis), Chemical intermediates, Vitamin supplements, Clinical research samples, Custom chemical compounds, Graduate lab projects, Protein isolations
- Steps before
- Slurry Filtration, Product Washing, Re-slurry
- Steps after
- Vacuum Drying, Product Sampling, Product Discharge, Batch Reproducibility
- Input ingredients
- slurry, liquid-solids mixture, raw chemicals, materials for filtration, compound slurry
- Output ingredients
- filtered solids, dried product, product cake, collected solids
- Market info
- PSL (Powder Systems Limited) is known for designing and manufacturing advanced containment and process solutions for the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, and chemical industries. They specialize in high-quality filtration, drying, and high containment systems.
- Vessel Material
- Glass / Stainless Steel / Alloy-22
- Heating Jacket
- Yes
- Filtration Area
- 0.002 m² (010 series) / 0.010 m² (050 series)
- Vessel Volume
- 0.3L (010 series) / 2.0L (050 series)
- Typical Product Cake Volume
- 0.03 – 0.10L (010 series) / 0.18 – 0.50L (050 series)
- Frame Dimensions
- 980 x 530 x 330 mm
- Automation
- Manual / Digital Display and Touchscreen (GFD®Lab PLUS)
- Agitator Raise,Lower
- Manual / Automated (GFD®Lab PLUS)
- Working mechanism
- Agitated Nutsche Filter Dryer
- Integrated steps
- Filtration, Drying, Washing, Re-slurry
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- Automation level
- Manual / Digital Display, Automation (GFD®Lab PLUS)
- Process control
- Built-in digital interface for process sequence design
- Changeover time
- Quick changeover with removable filter basket
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Alloy 22
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Glass vessel compatibility
- Borosilicate glass
- Stainless steel compatibility
- 316LSS
- Filter mesh material
- Polypropylene, PTFE, 316LSS, Alloy 22
- Heated jacket material
- Stainless steel
- Solid-liquid separation
- Yes
- Multi-product applications
- Supported
- Vessel Material
- Glass, 316LSS, Alloy 22
- Vessel Size
- 010 Series
- Filtration Area
- 010 Series
- Product Cake Volume
- 010 Series
- Frame Dimensions (H x W x D)
- 980 x 530 x 330 mm
- Heated Jacket
- Yes
- Filtration Basket
- Removable
- Control Panel Type
- Digital Display (GFD®Lab PLUS model)
- Control Panel Type
- Digital display with 42 colour HMI touchscreen
- Vessel Material Options
- Glass, 316L Stainless Steel, Alloy 22
- Vessel Size Options
- 010 Series, 050 Series
- Filtration Mesh Material
- Polypropylene, PTFE, 316LSS, Alloy 22
- Base Frame Compatibility
- Modular for vessel size interchange, compatible with all vessel materials
- Agitator Raise,Lower Automation
- Manual (GFD®Lab), Automated (GFD®Lab PLUS)