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SP's latest SP Hull SALS-30 semi-automatic freeze dryer loading system offers versatile and reliable aseptic vial handling options for the SP Hull LyoConstellation range of freeze dryers.

16.07.2021
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Refrigeration

Latest SP loader systems offer flexible solutions for small batch and high-speed aseptic vial handling lyophilization applications, from R&D to commercialization

SP expands freeze dryer loader range for advanced aseptic pharmaceutical processing

SP Scientific Products (SP) announces that it has expanded its freeze dryer loader range with the launch of two new fully GMP compliant loading systems compatible with SP Hull LyoConstellationTM freeze dryers. Designed for advanced aseptic pharmaceutical processes involving lyophilization, SP’s late…

Professor Dr. Hans Schotten (Photo: DFKI)

16.07.2021
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Universities

Approximately 22 million euros for Kaiserslautern research on 6G technology

To advance digitalization, the next generation of mobile communication standards, 6G, is indispensable. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding a consortium with 17 partners ("Open6GHub") that is working on 6G standards and processes. Over the next four years, it will provid…

16.07.2021
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Storage technology

Safe handling of liquids and chemicals

Custom Solutions for the Meat and Food Industry as well as Pharmaceuticals

Impulses for innovations and further developments of products and system solutions often come directly from users. No one is closer and knows better what is exactly required to further improve the process. This is also true in…

Diffusion sensor up to 200 ppm and process sensor up to 5,000 ppm: smartGAS completes its modular system for SF6 detection with two additional NDIR sensors. (Image: smartGAS Mikrosensorik GmbH)

16.07.2021
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Systems

smartGAS completes its range of sulfur hexafluoride detection products

High Voltage: New Measurement Ranges for SF6 Sensors

smartGAS offers the most comprehensive product portfolio of optical SF6 sensors on the market. Now, the measurement range of the NDIR sensors has been expanded to include an additional diffusion sensor for indoor air monitoring and an analysis sensor for leak detection.

The non-dispersive infrared se…

16.07.2021
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Company

Position in extrusion and blow moulding applications massively strengthened

Motan takes over Bolder automation

As of 1st July 2021, motan holding gmbh, Constance, has taken over all shares in Limburg-based (Germany) Bolder automation GmbH. With Bolder's expertise in customised solutions and its international customer base, motan will sustainably strengthen its portfolio of products and solutions for the blow…

Dr. Benedikt Brenken, Director of the R-Cycle Initiative, accepts the award on behalf of the entire consortium. (Photo: R-Cycle)

With R-Cycle, production machines automatically record recycling-relevant properties in a digital product passport, guide it through the value chain, and make it accessible in the recycling process via a corresponding marking on the packaging. (Photo: R-Cycle)

16.07.2021
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Award

Digital plastic recycling

R-Cycle wins the German Sustainability Award 2021

R-Cycle - the digital product passport for sustainable plastics - receives the German Sustainability Award 2021 in the "Packaging" category. The award is conferred by the German Institute for Service Quality (DISQ), the German news channel ntv, and DUP UNTERNEHMER (German Entrepreneurship Platform f…

Quiet filter systems, bright lighting, and plenty of space create a good working atmosphere.

The former cafeteria on the 3rd floor has been completely gutted for the construction of the cleanroom.

Through walkable ceilings, the media supply of the modular cleanroom can be adjusted during expansions without significantly interrupting production.

The CleanRoom CleanMediCell® in exterior view. On the right, a document pass-through with LED lighting.

Parts delivered suitable for cleanroom use are introduced into the cleanroom through room-sized material sluices.

14.07.2021
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New building

How the cafeteria was transformed into a cleanroom

How a cafeteria became a cleanroom. The B. Braun subsidiary Aesculap commissions a new cleanroom after collaborating with the cleanroom company Schilling Engineering. The 1200 m² facility for the assembly and packaging of sterile surgical instruments and neurosurgical implants is the largest cleanro…

EAP Lachnit manufactures pallet trucks such as the Type 405 E (with electric drive) and now offers spare parts for floor conveyors from LKE Schneider Lightweight Construction. (Image: EAP Lachnit)

The weighing platform trucks from EAP Lachnit are suitable for sensitive areas in the food or pharmaceutical industry, as well as for use in explosion-proof areas and cleanrooms; spare parts are also available for the models from LKE Schneider Lightweight Construction. (Image: EAP Lachnit)

EAP Lachnit also offers spare parts supply for lifting and tipping machines from LKE Schneider Lightweight Construction. (Image: EAP Lachnit)

Versatile use: The lifting and tipping machines can also be equipped with devices for barrels; spare parts are available for this as well. (Image: EAP Lachnit)

14.07.2021
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Transport

EAP Lachnit takes over spare parts supply for devices and machines of LKE Schneider Leichtbau GmbH

Spare parts supply secured

The use of conveyor systems and handling equipment is indispensable in internal logistics and production. If they fail due to defects, repairs must be carried out as quickly as possible. Good spare parts supply and service are necessary for this. Customers of the insolvent LKE Schneider Leichtbau Gm…

Blister Line BEC 300: Compact complete system consisting of a blister machine and cartoning module for batches of up to 70,000 packages. (Source: Uhlmann) / Blister Line BEC 300: a high-performance complete system comprising a blister and cartoning module for small and medium batches of up to 70,000 packs (Source: Uhlmann)

Unthinkable just a few months ago, but now almost routine: Uhlmann conducted the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) for its blister line BEC 300 with its new Japanese customer via video conference. The result: an OEE of over 90 percent under FAT conditions. (Source: Uhlmann)

Quirin Erbschwendner, Vice President of Global Sales at Uhlmann.

14.07.2021
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Packaging

Factory Acceptance Test with a new customer via video conference

Uhlmann strengthens its market position in Japan

Many Japanese pharmaceutical companies prefer domestic packaging equipment. Now, for the first time, one of the country's top 10 pharmaceutical producers has opted for a non-Japanese partner: Uhlmann Pac-Systeme GmbH & Co. KG. The first project will involve the purchase of a BEC 300 blister line…

The Freeformer 200-3X and 300-3X (from left) from Arburg cover a broad spectrum for the industrial additive manufacturing of functional parts from original material. (Photo: ARBURG)

Production equipment in hard/soft combination: A customised 2-component gripper made from PC/ABS with expandable TPU has been specially designed for the removal of injection moulded handles. (Photo: ARBURG)

Lukas Pawelczyk, responsible for global Freeformer sales at Arburg. (Photo: ARBURG)

14.07.2021
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Injection moulding

Arburg at Rapid + TCT 2021: Freeformer will manufacture functional parts from original material

- Powerful: APF process for functional automotive TPU prototypes
- Cost-effective: Freeformer for customised production equipment for single-unit batches and upwards
- Diverse range of sample parts: From resorbable implants to customised baseball bats

From 13 to 15 September 2021, Arburg will be exhibi…

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