Pilot Plant Freeze Dryer Offers the Ultimate in Automated Process Control

SP Industries Inc. has announced that it will launch the LyoStar³ pilot plant freeze dryer at the forthcoming Achema 2009 meeting in Frankfurt (Germany).

The market-leading expertise of FTS Systems and VirTis in freeze drying control systems, hardware and refrigeration engineering have been brought together to create this revolutionary new system. This LyoStar³ will offer scientists the ultimate in automated process control.

By offering SP Industries' exclusive Smart™ freeze dryer technology with other primary drying endpoint detection methods, the LyoStar³ enables maximum programming flexibility and product protection whether the product is processed in vials, bulk trays, 96 well plates or syringes. Utilising the latest GE Proficy iFIX 5.0 software, the new LyoStar³ incorporates unique customer requested features such as programmable pressure ramping to better match commercial scale systems conditions and features.

The new LyoStar³ represents the pinnacle of freeze dryer engineering. Designed and built like a production freeze drier, yet the size of a R&D Pilot model. The LyoStar³ has everything that you would expect, superior shelf mapping, fast shelf freezing, stoppering for vials, ease of use, high reliability and incredible software which drastically reduces the average R&D cycle time.

SMART freeze dryer technology is a patented system that puts the experience of the world's top lyophilisation scientists into an easy-to-use cycle development tool. It enables experts and novices alike to develop new cycles quickly, while also ensuring that those cycles are elegant and efficient. The SMART tools provide instant feedback on important product data - such as product resistance, heat flow, and product thickness - that was previously unavailable.

SP Industries is a leading manufacturer of laboratory to production scale freeze dryers / lyophilizers, centrifugal evaporators and concentrators, environmental control chambers, thermal control system, glassware washers and dryers. The company sells its products under well-known brands including Hotpack®, VirTis®, FTS™ and Genevac®. SP Industries has ISO 9001:2000 registered production facilities in the USA and Europe.