Rousselet Robatel has developed a line of basket centrifuges that are specifically designed to offer full containment for highly potent products in the pharmaceutical industry.
Pilot plant vertical basket centrifuge installed in a glove box barrier isolator – Model RC40VxR | Kilo lab vertical basket top unload centrifuge with a soft-sided bag-out containment system – Model RC30VxR |
These centrifuges, also called contained centrifuges, glove box centrifuges, or barrier isolated centrifuges, have been furnished to pharmaceutical producers worldwide, and include the following features:
- Validated CIP [Clean In Place] systems
- Cyto-toxic and highly potent compound processing
- Soft-sided design with up to 10 microgram/m3 containment
- Barrier-Isolator design with up to 1 microgram/m3 containment
- Capable of Class IV compound processing
- Mock-up modeling for ergonomic study
- Optional solids drying capability
- Special ergonomic design features for easy product transfer
- Explosion-proof electrical equipment
- Local control systems
- AC variable frequency drive for maximum processing flexibility
- Pressurized pneumatic shaft seal for enhanced containment
- Complete product recovery
- Vaportightness to 40 mbar (16″) WC
- Optional cGMP fully opening casing design
- Laboratory, kilo-lab, and pilot plant capacities available