Customisable Freeze Dryers Meet Host of R&D Requirements
Designed for maximum flexibility and performance, IMA Life’s benchtop freeze dryers. available in the US and Canada only, can be customised with a range of accessories to support the needs of laboratories and research and product development teams.
Machine and accessory selection depends upon:
• The required ice condenser temperature, i.e. -55˚C for water based samples, -85˚C for substances with low freezing points or containing organic solvents.
• The number and shape of product containers per batch, e.g., vials, flasks, filter bottles, test tubes, bulk trays, etc.
• The maximum ice condenser performance required, i.e. total quantity of ice produced until defrosting of the condenser.
Routine processes require freeze drying systems to have high degree of consistency, user-friendly and intuitive technical features and flexibility to function as a shared asset in the laboratory. IMA Life’s ALPHA and BETA Series, combined with the specially developed operator interface LDplus (Lyo-Display), live up to the challenges of safe, successful and economical freeze drying, day after day.
Lyophilising valuable products requires robust system configuration. IMA Life offers extensive advice during machine selection and upon request can run freeze-drying tests in its applications laboratory. For advanced processes, IMA Life’s high quality freeze dryers are equipped with a modern, powerful interface known as LSC Plus (Lyo Screen Control). It operates using a color touch screen, stores up to 30 different drying recipes, and can be fitted with both Eutectic monitor (for freezing point determination) and wireless shelf heating system. A PC connection for batch documentation and supervisory process control, along with IQ/OQ documentation, makes this system ready for validation.
The company's EPSILON machine is a high performance unit for freeze drying larger batches of products in ampoules, vials, glass flasks, plasma bottles or dishes. All operations are possible inside the stainless steel product chamber:
• Pre-freezing of products on liquid-controlled shelves down to shelf temperature of approx. –55˚C, according to preselected ramp time and temperature limits.
• Freeze drying (sublimation) of products according to preselected ramp time, temperature and vacuum limits. Shelf temperature at the initial phase of the sublimation process is approx. –55˚C.
• Final drying of products, within preselected ramp time and temperature limits and high final vacuum to remove the capillary and molecular bound water. Final vacuum is approx. 0.001 mbar (depending on pump performance).
The EPSILON is excellent for freeze drying bacteria and virus cultures, blood plasma, serum fractions, antibodies, vaccines, pharmaceutical products, vitamins, fermentations and plant extracts for biochemical testing.
IMA S.p.A - Life division, +39 051 651 4111, mktg.life@ima.it, www.ima-pharma.com.