Recent Project: Pharma Milling & Handling for Temperature Sensitive Products

For almost four decades, we have been providing customers with bespoke solutions to unique milling challenges. We are mindful that our new designs need to be compatible with factory layout, available space, and existing equipment. 

We recently manufactured this conical mill to meet the needs of an existing pharmaceutical customer.  The under-driven belt drive design ensures low heat generation during the milling process which helps to protect the product, in addition to significantly reducing the chances of screen blinding. 

This unit featured temperature sensors (with beacons to alert the operators) on both the screen and gearbox to monitor the customer’s product-critical parameters. As per requirements, the design included an ultra compact footprint (<0.68m²) which makes it an ideal choice when space is limited within a process setting. The integrated vacuum system helps to improve efficiencies by ‘pulling’ the material through the mill and transferring this downstream. As standard, the design also featured pharma-grade stainless steel construction with FDA compliant gaskets. 

This project enabled our customer to achieve high-speed milling of thermolabile material. The model uses a belt instead of gears, while retaining the primary benefits of under-driven milling (factory set optimal gap, fast tooling change from above, and inline inlet/outlet). 

Take a closer look at the project below>>