Pharmaceutical design feeders for precise ingredient handling
Achieve precise ingredient handling and seamless integration in biopharmaceutical production with versatile feeders designed to optimize feeding, blending, and granulation processes while ensuring adherence to strict regulatory standards.
Dispenses and Feeds Pharmaceutical Ingredients Accurately
The PH-QT Series from Coperion K-Tron is designed specifically for precision feeding in pharmaceutical manufacturing. These twin screw feeders excel at handling difficult materials, such as active pharmaceutical ingredients and excipients, ensuring consistent flow and accurate dosing. Utilizing a modular design, they allow for quick type changes and easy cleaning, essential for adapting to evolving formulations. Suitable for continuous and semi-continuous operations, these feeders integrate seamlessly into various processes, including mixing, granulation, and coating, while meeting cGMP guidelines and using FDA-approved materials. The advanced digital weighing technology offers true 1:4,000,000 resolution, vital for maintaining precision in critical applications. Options for hazardous locations and full product containment make them versatile for demanding environments, and the quick-disassembly design ensures maintenance tasks are minimized without compromising hygiene.
Benefits
- Enhances processing accuracy with advanced digital weighing for consistent quality.
- Minimizes downtime with quick-change modular design for flexible operations.
- Complies with GMP standards, ensuring regulatory adherence for pharmaceutical applications.
- Reduces cleaning time and labor with easy-to-disassemble construction.
- Operates efficiently in hazardous environments with full containment options and ATEX compliance.
- Applications
- Supplements,Pharmaceutical granulations,Pharmaceutical tablets,Nutraceuticals,Pharmaceutical powder,Active pharmaceutical ingredients (apis),Continuous pharmaceutical processes,Hot melt,Biopharmaceuticals,Lubricants,Coating materials,Excipients,Wet granulation
- End products
- Steps before
- Purification,Drying,Grinding,Mixing,Blending,Granulating
- Steps after
- Tableting,Coating,Drying,Packing,Conveying,Sterilization
- Input ingredients
- active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs),excipients,lubricants,pharmaceutical granulations,fine materials,liquids,bulk solid materials
- Output ingredients
- continuous volumetric flow,gravimetric flow,mixed formulations,blended materials,extruded products,granulated products,coated tablets
- Market info
- Coperion is known for its expertise in manufacturing industrial compounding and extrusion equipment, bulk materials handling systems, and services for various industries, such as plastics, chemicals, and food processing, with a strong reputation for innovative engineering solutions and customer support.
- Accuracy
- True 1
- Material Certification
- Stainless Steel,DIN 1.4404/1.4435 (AISI 316L)
- Surface Finish
- Ra 0.4 micron (contact parts),Ra 1.2 micron (non-contact parts)
- Feed Rate (twin concave screws - coarse)
- Min
- Feed Rate (twin auger screws - coarse)
- Min
- Feed Rate (twin concave screws - fine)
- Min
- Feed Rate (twin auger screws - fine)
- Min
- Dosing Type
- Gravimetric / Volumetric
- Compact Footprint
- Reduced by new D4 platform scale
- Quick Change Design
- Modular configuration for easy exchange
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch / Inline Continuous
- CIP/SIP
- CIP 121°C / SIP 135°C
- Cleaning method
- CIP / Manual
- Energy efficiency
- 0.5–2 kWh/kg moisture
- Automation level
- Manual / PLC / SCADA
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Machine footprint
- Compact,reduced overall footprint due to smaller D4 platform scale
- Compact footprint
- Yes
- Modular design
- Allows quick exchange of feeder types and sizes
- Modular design
- Yes
- Compact footprint
- Reduced overall footprint
- Changeover capability
- Quick change design for flexible ingredient changeover
- Drive system
- Single drive for complete feeding range
- Cleaning options
- Wash-in-place (WIP) / Rinse-in-place (RIP)
- Containment solutions
- Complete product containment,glovebox isolation
- Hazardous area suitability
- ATEX and NEC guidelines
- Integration capability
- Modbus,Allen Bradley,DeviceNet,Profibus
- Feeder types
- Single or twin screw,vibratory tray,microfeeding,liquid loss-in-weight