Propagates and Maintains Yeast for Beer Production

The GEA YEAST-STAR® Yeast Propagation System is a comprehensive solution developed by GEA for breweries and beverage manufacturers to optimize yeast health in beer production. This system is engineered to provide vigorous, actively fermenting yeast with a unique hygienic design, ensuring the preservation of yeast viability and vitality. By incorporating optimal aeration rates, a gentle circulation loop, and a sterile air station with a candle filter, the system minimizes foam formation and guarantees homogeneous mixing.

This yeast management solution is tailored for brewing processes like lager, ale, stout, pilsner, and even non-alcoholic beer, ensuring high-quality outputs. It supports continuous and automatic operation, facilitated by a frequency-controlled pump and controlled overflow valve to compensate for variations in yeast consistency and wort flow rate. The differential turbidity measurement method accurately determines yeast cell count, and the system’s static mixer ensures proper integration of yeast into the wort.

The system’s compact design integrates seamlessly into existing production lines, using VARIVENT® components for superior hygiene and CIP ability. With sizes ranging from DN 50 to DN 150 for wort pipes and a yeast pitching range of 5 – 50 million yeast cells/ml, it offers high flexibility and can handle a product flow rate of up to 1900 hl/h. For precise operations, it incorporates linkage to master control systems via a serial interface, supporting both automation and remote monitoring. Suitable for a range of industries, this system is engineered to adapt to space constraints and budgetary considerations, providing an efficient and reliable yeast management solution.

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Precisely Doses Pharmaceutical Powders in Vials

The FV Series equipment from TecnoTrend, part of the Comas Group, is a high-performance micro-dosing solution tailored for pharmaceutical manufacturers requiring precision and aseptic conditions. It features a rotating dosing disk with a vacuum/pressure system, ensuring precise dosing of pharmaceutical powders into vials without spillage. The system accommodates various powders, including lyophilized injectables and vaccine adjuvants, with the capability to handle fine chemicals and nutraceuticals efficiently. Designed for continuous, fully automatic operation, the FV Series supports high throughput with outputs ranging from 6,000 to 18,000 vials per hour, adjustable through time and pressure controls for enhanced accuracy. Integration into existing production lines is streamlined via Siemens PLC controls, with design options available for different vial dimensions and dosage requirements, ensuring compatibility with GMP standards.

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Fills and Caps Nutraceutical and Pharmaceutical Powders

The FX Series from TecnoTrendComas Group is a continuous motion micro dosing machine expertly crafted to enhance production efficiency in sterile environments. It precisely fills and caps dual chamber caps with nutraceutical and pharmaceutical powders, catering to a diverse range of end-products such as vitamin powders, herbal supplements, and energy drink mixes. The machine’s dual index version, FD120, allows for scalability with its flexible single or double index options. Featuring PLC control, this equipment integrates seamlessly within existing operations, handling tasks from filling to inspection and data collection, ensuring traceability and serialization compliance. Constructed from FDA-approved materials like AISI 316L stainless steel, it promises both durability and compliance with GMP regulations. Optional features include automatic feeding systems and secondary packaging machines, enhancing its capability to deliver a complete turnkey solution tailored to meet your production needs.

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Dispenses Precise Powder and Bead Volumes

The LabTIE Powder Dispenser is a modular sample dispenser designed for versatility in laboratory and biotech applications. This semi-automated device significantly reduces manual workload by accurately dispensing powder and bead volumes ranging from 5 µL to 1000 µL. It employs interchangeable mesh plates for adaptive use with various industry-standard containers, including tubes, vials, and microtiter plates. Ideal for laboratory powders and fine chemicals, it serves sectors such as biotech, pharmaceuticals, and nutraceuticals, facilitating the production of clinical reagents, enzyme blends, and pharmaceutical formulations. Crafted from anodized aluminum with anti-static properties, it minimizes material interaction and is easy to clean. Custom parts are available to cater to specific requirements in powder types or non-standard containers, ensuring seamless integration into existing laboratory workflows.

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Precisely Doses and Fills Pharmaceutical Powders

The Tamping Pin TT from Harro Höfliger offers precise manual dosing and filling solutions for pharmaceutical powders, critical in labs and R&D environments. This compact, hand-held device is perfect for developing capsule formulations using a metering disk to achieve exact fill quantities. Its versatility allows you to handle a variety of powder types—like active pharmaceutical ingredients, powder blends, and pellets—at a dosing volume of 50 to 1,385 mm³ and a dosing range of 25 to 690 mg, suitable for a range of end-products including capsules, vials, and microneedle patches.

Integrated as a lab table unit, it provides approximately five dosages per minute, making it ideal for sampling and testing minimal quantities. The equipment supports different filling methods, like tamping pin, dosator, and drum filling, ensuring compatibility with varied powder properties. Its construction from durable materials ensures longevity and ease of maintenance, making it an essential tool for pharmaceutical manufacturers and CDMOs focused on developing innovative drug delivery systems like transdermal patches, inhalation capsules, and oral tablets.

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Forms, Fills, Seals, Cuts, and Inspects Blisters

The MSP Blister Filling Machine from Harro Höfliger represents a robust solution for pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing, offering precise control over blister forming, filling, and sealing processes. Utilizing either drum or membrane dosing, it ensures accurate micro-dosing of powders. Ideal for producing diverse end-products such as aluminum blister strips for inhalers, aseptic blister packs, and transdermal patches, it delivers extensive application versatility. The MSP’s drum dosing achieves outputs of up to 576 fill volumes per minute, while membrane dosing reaches 2400. Its compact design integrates seamlessly into production lines, complemented by downstream assembly and packaging equipment. With integrated barrier technology and X-ray inspection systems, it promotes both operator safety and product quality, fully compliant with GMP and FDA standards. The machine’s ergonomic design allows easy operation and maintenance, featuring a range of customizable options to meet specific production needs.

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Forms, Fills, and Seals Micro-Dosed Blisters

The SSP2 from Harro Höfliger is a compact micro-dosing blister packaging machine designed for precision filling in pharmaceutical and medical device production. It specializes in forming, filling, sealing, cutting, and winding small-batch dry powder inhalers and diagnostic reagent cartridges. The machine allows for flexible production with drum and membrane dosing options for partial or complete cavity fills. It can process 144 fills per minute using drum dosing and up to 900 with membrane dosing across a web width of 150 mm. The SSP2 seamlessly integrates with existing production lines, offering automation and ease of use, while ensuring operator safety with its containment features. Its compact design requires minimal set-up space and continuous inspection guarantees consistent product quality. Available in materials that comply with GMP standards, it also facilitates easy maintenance and cleaning with ergonomic accessibility.

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Regulates and Weighs Powders with Precision

The Feeder Valve and Micro Dosing System from Dinnissen BV offers precision dosing and weighing solutions tailored for demanding applications in the food, pharma, and feed sectors. This system stands out for its ability to manage both large and minuscule quantities with an accuracy of up to one gram, thanks to its integration with advanced weighing systems (loss-in-weight or gain-in-weight configurations).

Designed to support both batch and continuous operations, the Feeder Valve efficiently handles varying volumes, from a few kilograms to tens of tons per hour. Its compact, energy-efficient butterfly valve design minimizes product residue, facilitating quick cleaning and seamless integration into existing production lines. The system’s precision helps you optimize processes in the production of cornflakes, pharmaceutical tablets, yogurt powder, and even complex vitamin premixes or infant formulas.

Equipped with user-friendly automation features, the system precisely regulates flow rates with minimal energy consumption. It’s crafted from durable materials suitable for harsh environments, ensuring compatibility with a variety of industrial standards, including the stringent hygienic requirements of food and pharmaceutical production.

Whether you’re adjusting for large-scale food processing or small-batch pharmaceutical production, the Dinnissen Feeder Valve and Micro Dosing System delivers reliable accuracy and versatility, supported by expert engineering customization to meet specific operational needs.

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Fills and Assembles Drug Delivery Systems

The Pharma Custom Automation Solution by Comecer offers a specialized system for filling and assembling drug delivery devices and single-use disposables. This equipment stands out for its ability to handle complex and hazardous materials safely, integrating seamlessly into your aseptic processing line. It utilizes precise microdosing and dispensing techniques for high-potency ingredients, ensuring accuracy and safety. Primarily utilized in biopharmaceutical and pharmaceutical industries, it can efficiently produce end-products such as prefilled syringes, sterile IV solutions, and biologics. With robotics and barrier systems, it maintains sterile environments while facilitating high-speed operations. Designed for compliance with GMP and FDA standards, it offers flexible configurations to meet your unique production needs, supported by comprehensive engineering support and customization options.

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Dispenses and Processes Lu-177 and Ac-225 Radiopharmaceuticals

The MIKROS micro-dispenser from Comecer is designed for precise and efficient dispensing of radiopharmaceuticals, including Lu-177 and Ac-225. Its advanced pipetting system ensures accurate dispensing from 10 μl to 5000 μl, crucial for meeting the safety and efficacy standards in radiopharmaceutical applications. With an automated vial transfer and crimping process, this equipment integrates seamlessly into radiopharmaceutical and nuclear medicine production lines, enhancing productivity and precision. Equipped with a barcode reader and weighing scales, it ensures traceability and precise measurements. The system’s robust design, suitable for pharmaceutical environments, pairs high-speed operation with meticulous handling of radioisotopes, streamlining production of diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceutical solutions.

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