Following the enlargement and modernization of the production facility in Fiorenzuola d’Arda-Italy, FPS Food and Pharma Sysems Srl (Como, Italy; www.foodpharmasystems.com) has dedicated a specific area to its new R&D and Test Center. Three ISO8-grade test suites allow the execution of short to medium duration micronization technical tests, starting from laboratory to production quantities.
The center is equipped with up-to-date machines and modern instruments in order to assure product and operator protection during activities to assess process validity and optimization. Special configuration of micronization equipment can be arranged for dedicated testing on a large range of size reduction machines, including spiral jet mills, QMills (loop type), pin mills and hammer mills. Additional services concerning the particle size reduction include: de-lumping, co-micronization, sieving, blending, cryogenic operations and PSD (particle-size distribution) analysis.
From June 2016, an isolator will be available in the test center for technical test on HPAPI with R&D and laboratory jet mills, up to PilotMill-6 and Pin Mill-100 units. The isolator will be complete with gravimetric feeder and PLC controls.
Rental units are also available to execute test at customer’s premises.