pilot scale freeze dryer for use in pharmaceutical plants
Pilot-type freeze dryer is a kind of in-situ freeze drying equipment designed for pilot stage, which combines laboratory precision with industrial-level control capability, and is widely used in the fields of biopharmaceuticals, food engineering, traditional Chinese medicine research and development, and life sciences.
Description
Pilot Scale Freeze Dryer
The pilot scale freeze dryer adopts in-situ lyophilization technology, enabling fully automatic control from pre-freezing through sublimation and final drying. This avoids contamination and material loss during transfer, ensuring stable and consistent product quality.
Ideal for transitioning from laboratory to small batch industrial production, it provides a robust platform for new product development and process validation.
Core Features
- Full-automatic programming control: PLC system with touch human-machine interface, customizable and savable freeze-drying programs, supports 40 temperature control parameter settings for variable/complex processes.
- Powerful data recording: FAT32 file system with USB export; continuously saves over 3 months of operation data for batch recording and quality tracing.
- High-precision temperature control: Silicone oil circulating temperature control, error <1°C, stable and uniform temperature for reliable process optimization.
- Silent and efficient: Imported silent compressor and high-efficiency drying filter, low noise, long life, strong system stability.
- Transparent visual window: High-transparency organic glass door for real-time observation of material status.
- Cold trap split structure: Physical isolation of cold trap and drying chamber, higher water capture efficiency, reduced cross-contamination, faster drying.
- Intelligent frost management: Automatic defrost function, reduces manual maintenance.
- Inert gas filling interface: Nitrogen and other gases can be injected post-drying to improve product storage stability.
- Tray structure optimization: Square stainless steel trays, regular shape, corrosion-resistant, easy material distribution and cleaning.
Performance Advantages
- Pilot mass production support: Suitable for grams to kilograms batches, various bottle/tray specifications.
- Flexible program settings: Adaptable for process exploration and batch verification.
- Multi-layer temperature monitoring: Independent probe in each partition layer, real-time multi-layer curve reading for heat analysis.
- Multiple data security mechanisms: Password management, anti-tampering, operation log for process safety and traceability.
- Easy maintenance: Full stainless steel design, dust/corrosion resistant, easy daily cleaning and upkeep.
Working Principle
- Pre-freezing: Shelves cool and freeze material in the drying chamber, forming stable ice crystals.
- Sublimation drying: Under high vacuum, ice crystals sublimate directly to water vapor, rapidly captured by the cold trap.
- Resolution drying: Further reduces combined water content, stabilizing product residual water rate.
The entire process occurs in a closed environment, avoiding microbial or external contamination, ideal for biological substances.
Application Fields
- Pharmaceutical industry: lyophilized vaccines, powder for injection, antibiotics, celine bottle preparation.
- Traditional Chinese medicine & natural products: dehydration and preservation of herbs and plant extracts.
- Food industry: freeze-dried coffee, fruit/vegetable powder, seafood, health foods.
- Life science: storage of proteins, enzymes, antibodies, cell culture media.
- Research institutes & pilot bases: process development, validation, small batch finalization.
Cavity Types
- Standard type chamber: Without automatic pressure plug, for tray or common container drying, suitable for products with low sealing requirements.
- Upper pressure type chamber: Built-in automatic pressure plug device for vacuum sealing inside bottles post-lyophilization, ideal for injectables and drugs requiring high sealing/stability.
Technical Parameters
| Model | FDP20S | FDP20T | FDP30S | FDP30T | FDP50S | FDP50T | FDP100S | FDP100T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | standard | Top press | standard | Top press | standard | Top press | standard | Top press |
| Tray temperature | ≤-50°C to +70°C | |||||||
| No-load condenser temperature | ≤-80°C | |||||||
| Vacuum degree | less than 10 Pa | |||||||
| Freeze drying area | 0.2 square meters | 0.36 square meters | 0.5 square meters | 1 square meters | ||||
| Power | 3.5kw | 4.5kw | 3.5kw | 4.5kw | 6.5kw | 7.5kw | 9.5kw | 10.5kw |
| Ice condenser capacity | 6.5kg per 24 hours | 10kg per 24 hours | 15kg per 24 hours | |||||
| Shelf | 300x400x13mm | 300x450x13mm | 550x480x13mm | |||||
| Shelf quantity | 2+1 | 3+1 | 4+1 | 4+1 | ||||
| Material loading capacity | 4.5L | 7L | 10L | 20L | ||||
| Distance between shelves | 145mm | 90mm | 90mm | 90mm | ||||
| Temperature uniformity | ±1°C | |||||||
| Cooling method | air cooling | |||||||
| External dimensions | 1340x930x1340,1630mm | 1340x1015x1460,1780mm | 1630x1030x1610,1910mm | |||||
| Power supply | 220Vac, 50Hz or 380Vac, 50Hz | |||||||
| Number of vials loaded | 468xф22mm or 864xф16mm or 1584xф12mm | 702xф22mm or 1296xф16mm or 2376xф12mm | 1040xф22mm or 1944xф16mm or 3456xф12mm | 2016xф22mm or 3944xф16mm or 7020xф12mm | ||||






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