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14.09.2011  |  18107x
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Continuous Fluid Bed Equipment with Wash In Place - WIP

Cleanability of fluid bed units in all scales

Fluid bed and spouted bed units of Glatt are used to produce or improve granules and pellets. Spray granulation, agglomeration, coating and encapsulation are the most common processes. Glatt is supplying production size equipment with automatic cleaning systems since several years. Now it is possible to test the cleanability of the equipment in all scales.
At Powtech 2011 Glatt will show a new feature of the largest mobile lab unit – a WIP system. The ProCell LabSystem is now equipped with cleaning nozzles in the filter plate and in the processing chamber, which clean the unit without the need to open it.
Two different filter types can be used in the ProCell LabSystem – pleated cartridges and washable filter bags.
The cartridges are only precleaned in the unit – the narrow places in the pleats must be cleaned manually. Still the WIP system makes sure the operator does not get in contact with the dry dust.
The filter bags can be completely cleaned in the unit. As with all cleaning process the result depends on the product. Sticky or swelling materials may not be washed out by the WIP completely. For this reason it is important to get the cleaning experience already during process development. The WIP filter bags have the same design as the filter bags in production units. Hence one can see the applicability of WIP already at an early stage.
Additional advantage: the WIP system makes the cleaning of the laboratory unit faster and easier.
The WIP system can also be tested with the ProCell LabSystem in the Glatt technology center in Weimar, e.g. after feasibility trials for process development.
Further trials for the cleanability can be done on the pilot unit ProCell/GF 25. With this spouted bed/fluid bed unit both filter types can be tested. The pleated cartridges are taken out to the side, the filter bags are cleaned in the unit. These tests run under the same conditions as in production scale units.
Successful cleaning tests in lab and pilot scale units are the ideal basis for WIP in production scale. Of course the success must be proven in this scale. Several of our customers clean their continuous fluid bed granulators without taking out the filter bags. Depending on the product and the frequency of cleaning the technical details as well as the recipe of the cleaning agent and the cleaning sequences are adapted. The WIP process is custom designed, as we always custom design the production process.

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Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH
Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH
Glatt is specialized in intelligent particle design for the generation and functionalization of powders and granulates with defined, adjustable properties. The focus is on particles and powders for pigments, catalytic, ceramic or battery materials as well as for granules and pellets as additives for e.g. industrial salts, detergents and cleaning agents, fertilizers, pesticides, food, feed, dietary supplements and pharmaceuticals. Encapsulation of flavors, enzymes, vitamins, microorganisms, probiotics or fatty acids (PUFA) is just as possible as encapsulation of essential oils and other active, sensitive substances to be protected. With Glatt APPtec®, a unique technology for spray calcination, it is possible to generate, coat and then calcine particles in a pulsing hot gas stream in a single process step. As a pioneer in fluid bed and spouted bed technologies, Glatt masters these important processes for the formulation and optimization of particle properties through defined spray agglomeration, spray granulation, spray coating or (micro)encapsulation as well as through combinations of these processes. Also in the high temperature range. Glatt supports the product idea from the early phase of product formulation through process development to scale-up to production scale. Under the leadership of the Glatt Process & Plant Engineering teams, customized production plants for nutrition, fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and biotech applications are successfully planned and commissioned. Worldwide. Whether based on powder synthesis, fluid bed or spouted bed technology, Glatt also offers certified contract manufacturing for customers without their own production capacities.
Last update: 27.02.2024

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