Hosokawa designs and builds machines or complete systems in full compliance with international standards and guidelines like FDA, cGMP, GAMP, EHEDG. For a pharmaceutical application the company supplied a Flexomix FXD 100. The Flexomix wets the powder with water or a water/binder solution. The wet material is fed into an extruder. The Flexomix is suitable for Atex Zone 22 around the mixer and Zone 20 for the internal of the mixer. The dosing rate is 50 to 125 kg/h of pharmaceutical powder or around 20 to 25 % of water with binder or water only. The Pharma Flexomix has the following key features
- Mono-bloc rotor construction to limit risk of residues and facilitate cleaning
- Stainless steel motor
- Acoustic sound protection box
- CIP nozzle in the lower section of the Flexomix
- Local control panel which is linked to a DCS system
The Flexomix ensures an excellent distribution of the liquid onto the powder, avoiding over- or under wetting of particles even at high liquid dosing rate. First of all it results in a constant DP over the extruder and it guarantees the extrudates to be of high and uniform quality; secondly it can increase up to 150 % the capacity of the extruder.
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