ELASTOMERIC STOPPERS TREATMENT

Applications: bio/pharmaceuticals
Loads: Stoppers
Processes: Stopper washing, siliconizing, and sterilizing

Thanks to a wide experience in the pharmaceutical industry, Fedegari has developed a special sterilizer addressed to elastomeric closures treatment. This process equipment can perform washing, rinsing, siliconizing, sterilizing, drying and automatic unloading of stoppers in a sterile area. All these processes are managed by Thema4 process controller.

The stopper treatment autoclave uses a drum with a special magnetic coupling, which guarantees more space in the chamber.

As for Fedegari washer sterilizer (FOWS) this is a dual-purpose unit: when is not running as a stopper treatment it can be used as a normal moist-heat sterilizer.

• Dual-purpose unit: saturated steam sterilizer or elastomeric stopper processing.
• Double option for unloading in sterile area.
• Rotating drum with magnetic coupling: no obstruction in the chamber.

Basket:

Thanks to a special engineering, rotating AISI 316L stainless steel drum guarantees the best performance when running washing, siliconizing and drying cycles. The automatic unloading phase is performed by inverting the rotating way and due to the auto-sterilizing chute, positioned on unloading door.

Unloading in heat-sealed bags: the autoclave is equipped with an auto-sterilizing chute on the unloading side and with an external trolley for the weighing and heat-sealing of the bags. Operators action is limited to putting on the bags on the chute and to switching on the heat-sealing system. Customers can configure the desired bags weight, so that the machine can regulate the amount of the unloaded stoppers.

Unloading in stainless steel tanks: the stoppers treatment autoclave is equipped with a rotating auto-sterilizing chute connected with a stainless steel tank, which is sterilized thanks to the direct link with the chamber. Operators action is limited to external clamp removal. The tank is linked to the chamber thanks to a special lifting column, or in alternative with a lifting trolley.

• Internal and external trolleys
• Cassettes for vials and bottles
• Built-in electric steam generator
• Suitable filter on industrial steam line
• Condensate drain cooler
• Vortex breaker
• Second filter in series on compressed air line
• “Air detector” system
• Steam sampling system
• Hot air drying
• Specific decontamination cycles
• Additional HMI panels
• Graphic User Interface (GUI) for remote control
• Thema4 external recorder