New industrial vacuum tray dryer installation for API production at Farmhispania facility

For Farmhispania, a leading company in the production of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), Italvacuum has manufactured and installed an industrial-size vacuum tray dryer equipped with C.I.P. MULTISPRAY® patented fast washing system.

This dryer will be used as an advanced drying solution in an industrial-scale pharmaceutical production process.

Custom installation features for API production

The scope of supply, realized according to the customer’s specific needs and requirements, included:

a design phase focused on customer requirements, with particular attention to customized solutions for managing cooling water supply to the condensation unit.
careful control of the gas flow rate during vacuum creation prevents wet product from being drawn out of the equipment
liquid discharge arranged at the back of the dryer to limit operations in the clean room

Vacuum tray dryer in clean room installation

The scope of supply also included:

Steam heating and chilled water cooling unit;
Atmospheric expansion vessel;
Vacuum condensation unit with shell and tube condenser and condensate collection tank;
VVC vacuum piston pump Saurus939;
Removable MULTISPRAY® diffuser for washing plates and the dryer’s internal chamber;
Control System with PLC and HMI for complete production recipe management.
The SAT (site acceptance test) – completed in the presence of Italvacuum’s and customers’ technicians.