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Growth continues for single-use
and disposable process systems
emands for quick batch changes, performance depth filter media and its second
Single-use/disposable
process systems are
becoming ever more
D
easier maintenance and reduced generation Supradisc II dual drainage plate
costs continue to drive interest in modular design to encapsulate the media,
single use process systems. The assuring high performance filtration and overall
popular in the face of
latest advances were on show at the Interphex process stability.
industry demands for
2009 exhibition in March in New York. The novel cage-like structures of
improved productivity and
One leading supplier, Pall Life Sciences, Supradisc II modules are fitted within the
reduced costs associated
with laboratory, pilot and
added to its growing single-use portfolio with Stax capsules. Interlocking inside and outside
process activities. Sean
the launch of a flexible depth filter capsule separators support the depth filter media and
Ottewell reports.
system for demanding pre-filtration and eliminate the possibility of media ruptures from
clarification processes. pressurisation. These same separators serve as
The company’s new Pall Stax single-use drainage plates that enable full access of feed
Les systèmes de
depth filter platform helps reduce costly labour solutions to the available filter area, and they
transformation jetables
time and eliminates equipment cleaning also account for accurate and reliable utilisation
et à usage unique sont en
expenses and cleaning validation requirements of the entire filter capacity.
train de devenir de plus
en plus populaires face
incurred by manufacturers with traditional Pall also used Interphex as a vehicle to launch
aux demandes de
plate and frame depth filtration systems its Pall Q and S HyperCel ion exchange sorbents.
l’industrie pour une
(Fig. 1). The platform can be
réduction des coûts et un
anchored to the floor or placed
accroissement de la on casters for easy mobility. Its
productivité en ce qui
compact vertical design – up to
concerne les activités de
two metres high – reduces floor
transformation, pilotes et
space requirements.
de laboratoire. Reportage
The Stax system is comprised
de Sean Ottewell.
of interchangeable single-use
depth filter capsules housed in
Einmalverwendungs-/
a stainless steel chassis that can
Einwegprozesssysteme be managed easily by a single
werden angesichts der operator. Scalable in size and for
Forderungen der Branche
performance to meet lab, pilot
nach besserer
and process requirements, the
Produktivität und
capsule sizes (small-medium-
geringeren Kosten im
Zusammenhang mit
large) permit mix-and-match
Labor-, Pilot- und
incremental increases in filter
Prozessarbeiten immer
area (0.25 m
2
to 2.0 m
2
effective
beliebter. Sean Ottewell
filtration area) throughout the
berichtet. modular design. The system offers
two manifold configurations –
bottom in/top out and bottom in/
bottom out.
With three chassis sizes
and a wide selection of depth
filter media, the platform offers
flexibility to operate the capsule
stack in a serial flow mode. Two
grades of filter media capsules
can operate in series within one
chassis. Multiple chassis can Fig. 1. The new depth filter platform helps reduce costly
operate in a parallel configuration. labour time and eliminates equipment cleaning expenses
The new platform uses and cleaning validation requirements incurred by traditional
Pall’s cellulose-based Seitz high systems.
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