Challenge The manufacturing site in Södertälje, Sweden, is AstraZeneca’s biggest production and supply unit and one of the largest oral solid dose production sites in Europe. Camfil AB have been a supplier to AstraZeneca in Södertälje, Sweden, for many years supplying both comfort air filters and BIBO camboxes in various applications. Camfil’s professional standards and high quality products have been...
Challenge The proper selection and operation of contained dust collection equipment is critical to pharmaceutical plants for a host of reasons, from environmental requirements and employee health and safety to production cleanliness and efficiency. The use of surrogate testing is a valuable tool in ensuring that contained dust collectors are meeting the requirments for containment relating to the hazards associated...
Challenge Farr Gold Series Dust Collector at GlaxoSmithKline. GlaxoSmithKline is one of the world’s leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies and is committed to improving the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer. Health and safety is a top priority of GlaxoSmithKline and they invest heavily in the best equipment to provide...
Challenge Two GS8 collectors at BOSCH Manesty BOSCH Manesty is part of the German-based international BOSCH Group and is one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical equipment companies. They have been supplying the highest quality tablet manufacturing equipment to the global pharmaceutical industry for over 80 years. BOSCH Manesty has manufacturing offices and agents in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Pacific Rim,...
Challenge A major pharmaceutical company wanted to improve containment dust collector performance and extend cartridge life. They were changing filter cartridges every 6-12 months, a very costly process. After adopting Camfil APC Bag-in/Bagout (BIBO) Farr Gold Series® dust collectors, they ran the units for 2+ years without changing cartridges, for substantial maintenance savings. The units have also operated at low...
Challenge A major pharmaceutical manufacturer was experiencing short cartridge life from the exhaust of a Thomas Engineering continuous tablet coater. The collector on the tablet coater is a competitor's model, a 16 cartridge unit. This is a very tough application due to the high humidity and sticky dust that is generated. The average life cycle of the competitor's cartridge was...
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