Health, Safety, Productivity and Cross-Contamination prevention: Delfin Industrial range for the Pharmaceutical industry
The Pharmaceutical industry is well-known for the high standards of hygiene and safety that are required in every phase of the production cycle.
That’s why there are many number-one rules in the pharmaceutical sector, among which guaranteeing production efficiency, keeping the operators safe, and avoiding cross-contamination, the greatest threat to product quality.
To guarantee these top priorities, it is fundamental to ensure the containment of hazardous substances, like active powders and ingredients, but also ensuring the quality of the finished products and maintaining the highest levels of hygiene for a sterile environment.
With these priorities in mind, Delfin Industrial offers a full range of industrial vacuum solutions, specific for the pharmaceutical industry. These solutions are fully compliant with GMP’s (Good Manufacturing Practices) strict rules. Also, they can cover different degrees of high risk (API, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, and HPAPI, Highly Potent Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients) and different levels of operator exposure risk (OEB1 to OEB5).
Delfin Industrial offers a wide range of vacuums for the pharma industry to collect accidental spills and cleaning the workplace. These are compact models for the collection of both dust and liquids, provided with large capacity like the DG, MISTRAL 802 WXP, MTL451BLD2 and the DM 1 BL D2.
For larger capacity needs, the CV line, with the central vacuum units, pre-separators and fixed piping can provide the right vacuum requirements in both storage and production areas.
GMP calls for the use of appropriate equipment and measures to prevent products from being contaminated by external agents. Delfin Industrial does that by providing effective industrial vacuum solutions that collaborate in:
✓ Maintaining the highest level of hygiene in the work environment (floors, machinery, tools), by preventing the re-circulation of contaminated materials
✓ Removing dust at source, at strategic points in the production process
✓ Eliminating any possibility of foreign body contamination in the production process
Stainless steel construction, multiple levels of HEPA dust filtration, smooth surfaces and easy sanitation are the key features of industrial vacuum cleaners designed for the pharmaceutical industry.
Dust collectors like the ZEFIRO EV AP 420 and ZEFIRO EV AP 560 capture airborne dust directly from the source, so as to avoid any powder spreading into the environment and operators’ exposure to hazardous materials. An extraction arm placed on the suction inlet makes it possible to trap powders directly and the source before it spreads into the environment.
Pneumatic Conveyors are integrated solutions for the automated loading of raw materials or the transport of finished products inside a production plant or area. They usually are used in the dosage phase, for sampling and dosing raw materials/excipients; to load and convey raw materials or finished products; to load powders into process machinery; to convey and load materials into cleanrooms; and to automate the transport process in the packaging line.
API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients) and HPAPI (Highly Potent Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients)
These are process-integrated solutions specifically designed for OEB environments where the need to guarantee operators’ safety is at its highest levels. Solutions like the PHARMA 40.40 DC or the cyclonic pre-separators SEP.DC-001, SEP.DC-002 and the pneumatic conveyors are API/HPAPI containment solutions which guarantee total safety even in the most hazardous production phases
API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients) and HPAPI (Highly Potent Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients)
Both API and HPAPI are crucial components in the pharmaceutical industry. These are substances in a drug formulation that produce the intended therapeutic effect. However, API is relatively less potent than HPAPI and can be handled by using standard safety precautions. On the contrary, HPAPI has the potential to cause significant pharmacological effects even at low doses. That’s why HAPI requires special handling due to the increased risk associated with their exposure.
The Dust Containment solutions are equipped with all the necessary precautions to avoid any contact between the operator and the product. Visit the product pages to find out more.
Delfin Industrial solutions like PHARMA 20.18, PHARMA 40.40 or the DBF and DG lines can be integrated on production lines to get rid of powders while reducing maintenance operations. Extremely silent, compact, and user-friendly, these vacuums can collect powders directly from the source during production cycles.
Delfin Industrial offers autoclavable models for dust or liquid vacuuming with ULPA filters in cleanroom, ISO4 or higher. The LC1000 and the LC1000WD for cleanrooms help prevent cross-contamination. Also, they comply with the relevant ISO classification and are specifically designed to be easier to sanitize and maintain.
The AS range is made of integrated solutions for the removal of bulky scraps and waste from production cycles and packaging machinery, such as plastic, fabric, nylon or cardboard. When integrated on machinery and production lines, they are typically placed at the packaging and wrapping stage.
