A British multinational company entrusted LB Bohle with a unique assignment: development of a containment coater specially designed for research and development (R&D) purposes.
Executive director Thorsten Wesselmann said: 鈥淲e have always built coaters for containment applications for the production scale. This is why we now had to develop a new solution for R&D.鈥�
Standard BFC 5 as a basis
The Laboratory Coater BFC 5, which is currently used successfully in product development and for small batches, served as the basis machine for the project. In a second step, we configured the BFC as a high containment coater. A particular challenge was the installation of the entire technology in the smaller system.
Wesselmann continued: 鈥淲e adopted some elements from projects and systems, among other things, the door from the BFC 50 as well as the sampling with inflatable seals from other successful projects.鈥�
Standard BFC 5 as a basis
Wesselmann added: 鈥淭he industry鈥檚 requirements concerning containment are increasing at a rapid pace due to highly potent active ingredients. Apart from comprehensive safety aspects for the environment and operators, we at LB Bohle attach special importance to comfortable handling.鈥�
Therefore, sampling can be performed easily at the front door of the coater.
The BFC 5 Containment Coater is designed for OEB level 4 and is used by the customer for product development, as well as for the manufacture of products for clinical trials.
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