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GEA Process Engineering Inc. Pharmaceutical Test Station

The GEA Pharmaceutical Test Station is located in Columbia, Maryland, conveniently located between Baltimore and Washington, DC, only fifteen minutes from Baltimore Washington International Airport (BWI). The Test Station's purpose is to assist our Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Industry customers with feasibility testing of their products on our equipment, and to be a partner with them in the process development as they move forward from the Research and Development stages to clinical production, and eventually into full-scale Manufacturing.

The station combines decades of design and development know-how in the pharmaceutical industry with the very latest in processing equipment to provide you with a unique opportunity for feasibility, development, and small-scale manufacturing of pharmaceutical products.

Your needs are critical and individual. The GEA Niro Pharmaceutical Test Station has been designed to meet those needs.

  • Product evaluation & testing
  • Demonstration
  • Training
  • Formulation development
  • Process optimization
  • Small-scale manufacturing

We offer the following process options:

  • Spray drying:
  • Lighthouse Probe™ installed on an Aeromatic-Fielder Batch Fluid Bed
    Lighthouse Probe™ installed on an Aeromatic-Fielder Batch Fluid Bed
    In-process Lighthouse Probe™ monitoring chart
    In-process Lighthouse Probe™ monitoring chart
    Fluid bed processing
  • Lighthouse Probe™ — Fluid Bed Moisture Monitoring
    • Granulation and drying
      • fluid-bed granulator - dryer
      • proceeds to a certain residual moisture content (e.g. 2%)
    • Moisture monitoring
      • process end-point detection
      • Loss on Drying (LOD) the reference at-line technique
    • PAT Classics
      • NIR monitoring of H2O is well-established in-line technique
  • Analytical Capabilities
    During feasibility testing, rapid analytical results are essential, and at GEA Niro we offer the following capabilities in our Analytical Laboratory:
    • Moisture Analyzers
      • Sartorious MA 30 LOD balance
      • Mettler HR73 Halogen Moisture Analyzers
      • Mettler Toledo DL 31 Karl Fischer
    • Particle Size Analysis
      • Horiba LA-970 Laser Scattering Particle Size Distribution Analyzer
    • Miscellaneous
      • Poured and Tapped Bulk Density, sieve analysis, pH analysis, Powder Angle of Repose
  • Process Development
    • Particle engineering
    • Modified release and/or controlled release
    • Process scale-up
    • Unique dosage forms
    • Products for inhalation

GEA Niro Drying Technology Center (for food and chemical applications)

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