Mid-size milling platform for pilot-scale production
Achieve precise particle size control with this integrated milling solution, streamlining your mid-size and pilot-scale production by ensuring efficient powder processing and enhanced scalability.

Mills, Screens, and Reduces Particle Sizes
The SDx™ Series Mid-Size from Quadro Engineering offers a versatile milling and screening solution ideal for various sectors, including pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, food, chemicals, and cannabis. This platform is engineered to provide precise particle size reduction using interchangeable conical mills and security screeners, which streamline mid-size production and ensure product uniformity. It supports processes such as milling, screening, grinding, and deagglomeration, crucial for producing pharmaceutical tablets, vitamin supplements, protein powders, and more.
This platform features SMARTdetect™ technology, allowing seamless transitions between different heads, enhancing operational flexibility. With a processing capacity of 500-7500 kg/hr, it meets the demands of scalable operations while maintaining energy efficiency with its optimized motor control. Constructed from high-grade materials, it ensures chemical and corrosion resistance, meeting GMP, FDA, and ATEX standards for safe use in sensitive environments. Integrated with a greaseless gearbox and compatible with CIP systems, the SDx™ Series provides reduced contamination risk and simplified maintenance, making it a reliable choice for maintaining high production standards.
Benefits
- Enhances scalability from pilot to mid-size production, facilitating growth without equipment changeover.
- Minimizes contamination risk with greaseless gearbox design, ensuring product purity.
- Achieves precise particle distribution, crucial for quality control in pharmaceutical and food applications.
- Ensures compliance with GMP, FDA, and ATEX standards for safe, regulatory-aligned operations.
- Reduces maintenance time with CIP compatibility and SMARTdetect™ technology for quick head swaps.
- Applications
- Food,Nutraceuticals,Pharmaceutical osd,Chemical,Pharmaceutical api,Cannabis
- End products
- Protein powders,Pharmaceutical tablets,Vitamin tablets,Cannabis oil capsules,Flavorings,Paint pigments
- Steps before
- Purification,Drying,Delumping,Fine Grinding
- Steps after
- Security Screening,Sterilization,Packing,Tablet Pressing,Coating
- Input ingredients
- Pharmaceutical ingredients,Nutraceutical ingredients,Food materials,Chemical substances,Cannabis,Powder materials
- Output ingredients
- Tight particle size distributions,Processed pharmaceutical products,Processed nutraceutical products,Processed food products,Refined chemicals,Cannabis products
- Market info
- Quadro Engineering is known for its expertise in manufacturing pharmaceutical, food, and chemical processing equipment, particularly in milling, sieving, and deagglomeration solutions. The supplier is renowned for innovation, quality, and reliability in efficient particle size reduction technologies.
- Capacity
- 500-1000 kg/hr
- Power
- 2.2 kW (3 HP)
- Noise
- <75 dB
- Automation
- SMARTdetect™ technology
- Performance Enhancement
- 20-40% more on-target PSDs
- Efficiency
- High-efficiency screens with 50% increased capacity
- Temperature Control
- 30% lower temperatures (product dependent)
- Compatibility
- Compatible with Classic U10 screens,impellers
- Screen Options
- Patented High-efficiency screens
- Head Change
- Change heads in seconds
- Security Screening Capacity
- 1000-7500 kg/hr
- Screening Technology
- Centrifugal security screener
- Operational Flexibility
- Navigation between milling and screening
- Milling,screening platform
- Mid-sized capacities
- Scalable results
- Research,development to full production
- Changeover time
- Change heads in seconds
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Pilot-scale processing
- Automation level
- SMARTdetect™ technology
- Cleaning method
- CIP compatible
- Energy efficiency
- 2.2 kW (3 HP)
- Noise level
- <75 dB
- Abrasion resistance
- Yes
- Biological compatibility
- Yes
- Cleanability
- Easy to clean (CIP compatible)
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Yes
- Density/particle size
- Variety compatible,specific to application needs
- Industry applications
- Pharma OSD,Nutraceutical,Food,Chemical,Cannabis,API Pharma
- Machine footprint
- Compact,mid-size
- Conical shape
- U10x Comil Conical
- Feed method
- Pilot-scale and mid-size milling platform
- Discharge method
- Security screening with FlexSift
- Control panel type
- SMARTdetect™ technology