Design and Manufacturing
Pneumatic Transport Systems in the Pharmaceutical Industry
OGA intervenes in multiple processes related to the production and manufacturing of pharmaceuticals, focusing on the movement of solids to feed process equipment such as double cone mixers, V-shaped mixers, horizontal mixers, sieves, tablet presses, encapsulation machines, sachet machines, and granulators. One of the most significant aspects involves implementing systems that ensure the elimination of any type of segregation in the blends during the feeding stages of processing equipment, minimizing human interaction.
Types of Transport
The selection begins with a thorough engineering process, where the physical factors of the raw material during operation are assessed, ensuring the set of necessary conditions and measures during production, storage, dosing, mixing, among others. (Types of Transport).
In the Pharmaceutical Industry, Stainless Steel 316 and 316L are employed due to their properties that enhance corrosion prevention. The transport processes are carried out using centralized process control and automation models. Additionally, in this industry model, OGA emphasizes the consideration of multiple factors, such as minimizing contaminating agents, allowing optimal compliance with health and industrial safety regulations.
The concept and engineering design face a series of exciting challenges for our team, where the behaviors and properties of compounds in operation are comprehensively studied and validated.
A significant difference between conventional conveyors and OGA systems is that all traditional equipment can only handle a single flow direction, either vertical or horizontal. Our systems, however, can take the product from an origin point and transport it throughout the entire production plant using a single system, combining vertical and horizontal paths interchangeably. This is made possible by employing a single pipeline equipped with long-radius bends to adapt to any process.
This is one of the primary reasons why our clients opt for implementing an OGA system in pursuit of complying with HASS, BPM, and FSSC 22.000 standards. OGA transport systems handle the product within a 100% closed pathway, preventing product contamination from external agents and the pollution of the production environment with the finished product.
Due to OGA pneumatic transport systems generating product movement through gas, mechanical or movable parts are minimal. This results in a high degree of reliability and stability in our equipment, leading to significantly reduced maintenance costs in the systems.
In OGA pneumatic transport systems, there is a single transport pipeline, which allows the implementation of route branches, reaching different and distant destination points throughout the entire production plant. Once a base system is implemented, additional branch routes can be expanded without affecting the initially installed system.
OGA systems feature a control system that can be integrated into the plant’s general software to interact automatically with the entire factory. Alongside this process, variables can be graphed, process traceability can be established, hierarchy levels can be determined for control, automatic maintenance tasks can be performed, remote monitoring via the internet can be facilitated, weight reporting can be conducted, and integration with other process equipment can be achieved.
In OGA pneumatic transport systems, there is a single transport pipeline that allows the implementation of route branches, reaching different and distant destination points throughout the entire production plant. Once a base system is implemented, additional branch routes can be expanded without affecting the initially installed system.