PAT Blenders from Pharmatech

BlendView – Quality by Design

PAT, NIR & BlendView

Process Analytical Technology (PAT) is an initiative by the United States FDA to improve process control within the pharmaceutical industry. Blending has been identified as one of the prime areas of concern.

BlendView is a result of combining the world’s most advanced range of Near Infra Red (NIR) monitoring systems with the world’s largest range of tumble powder blenders. It gives real-time readouts and lets the operator determine exactly when blending is complete.

The BlendView system can work with all batch sizes from about 0.25L right up to large scale production batches.

The BlendView™ monitoring system is non-invasive and the results are obtained in real-time.

Contact Pharmatech to discuss how you can implement PAT into your tumble powder blending systems.

Features

Advantages of the BlendView System

Improve the quality of your product to achieve ‘Quality by Design’
Help you meet regulatory standards
Improve your understanding of your processes (decreased development times)
Increase your yield
Prevent re-working of out-of-specification batches
Achieve cycle time reduction
BlendView will save you time and money

Interior of a BlendView IBC. The light from the NIR Sampling Head can be seen shining into the IBC.

How do I monitor what is taking place?

The information from the NIR sampling head is analysed and is then displayed on a computer screen. The blending data can be displayed in a number of formats including easy to read graphs. All software associated with the NIR system is 21 CFR Part 11 compliant.

Blender Controls and PC for a BlendView BV030

Changing Blending Containers

Virtually any shape (drum, v-shell, double cone, IBC etc.) or size of blending container can be used with the BlendView™ System.

Retrofitting

Pharmatech can retrofit BlendView to a existing powder blenders, even blenders that were not originally built by us. Contact Pharmatech for advice about retro-fitting BlendView to your existing ble

Customer Trials

Test the technology for yourself and prove it works.

A BlendView BV015 blender is available for customer trials. Contact Pharmatech for details.

BV015 Blender

The bench top BV015 is ideal for small scale formulation development

For more infomation about the BlendView system visit: PharmaBlend

Operator Controls

The MB0005 is supplied with easy to use HMI Controls as standard. HMI features include:

2 line LCD control panel
Allows the operator to input blend parameters such as blend time and blend speed
Provides the operator instructions, machine status and an error message

ATEX Rated MB005

ATEX Rated

The MB0005 can be ATEX rated to any standard – please email for details

Note: In the blender shown in the photo the electrical controls are mounted in a special enclosure inside the trolley. The trolley is fitted with a metal castor to ensure that it is earthed at all times

HMI Operator Controls Panel

Moving your Blender

The MB005 blender is too heavy to be carried by one person. A trolley allows either blender to be easily moved from room to room. Pharmatech manufacture a range of custom built trolleys.