Our pilot-plant facilities are FDA inspected, and capable of both process development duties and specialised manufacture of fine chemicals and pharmaceutical materials, including clinical trials materials and bulk APIs.
The reactor hall contains 17 multi-purpose reactors, ranging in size from 50L to 1350 L capacity.
Certain reactors are configurable for handling difficult materials such as :
Bromine, Carbon Disulphide, Thionyl Chloride, Butyl Lithiums, Lithal, Sodium Hydride, Hydrogen (injection or evolution), etc.
Other reactors are configurable for special duties such as :
Low temperature (to -80oC), High temperature (to 200oC), Pressure (to 4 atmos), ‘Class A’ VOC handling (vented to carbon adsorption), Fractional distillation, etc.
Solids isolation is carried-out in fully contained systems, with final discharge & handling in an air-conditioned suite of rooms. Equipment includes :
- Nutsche-filters in stainless-steel, glass-lined steel, & Hastelloy-C (5 - 50 kg capacity)
- Filter-dryers in stainless-steel & Hastelloy-C (up to 250 kg capacity)
- Vacuum-tray dryers in stainless-steel (5 - 50 kg capacity)
- A vacuum-pan dryer in stainless-steel (up to 150 kg capacity)