High-Speed Decontamination Tunnel

New Solutions High-Speed Decontamination Tunnel

2023-08-22 Source: Press release Ima 1 min Reading Time

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Ima recently showcased its latest innovation – Nebula, a high-speed decontamination tunnel, at the Interpack 2023 trade show in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Nebula is a high-speed decontamination tunnel which integrates seamlessly with Ima Life aseptic fill-finish lines. (Source: Ima) — Nebula is a high-speed decontamination tunnel which integrates seamlessly with Ima Life aseptic fill-finish lines.
(Source: Ima)

As far as decontamination solutions are concerned, Nebula belongs to the future, but is available as of today. Adopting an unprecedented approach to ensuring 100 % sterility of RTU material as it enters and transits isolated production lines, Nebula is a high-speed decontamination tunnel which integrates seamlessly with Ima Life aseptic fill-finish lines, shares the company. Responding to the recently published GMP Annex 1 notes whereby risks linked with sterility assurance must be minimized during material transfer and must be supported by high capability transfer technology, the solution accomplishes what no other solution has done before, especially in terms of speed, adds the firm.

6-log decontamination is achieved over the entire packaging using aerodynamic containment of highly concentrated vapor phase hydrogen peroxide (HC-VPHP), while material crosses the tunnel in a matter of seconds. According to the company, this allows for continuous, high-speed tub introduction, up to six per minute. The tunnel is comprised of a series of chambers in which pressure is managed to ensure maximum safety for both operator and cleanroom, avoiding hydrogen peroxide circulation within the isolator.

The solution is a system which can be connected to aseptic fill-finish plants to enhance their performance. On one hand, operational flexibility is significantly improved by avoiding the complexity involved in changeover procedures and drastically reducing the machine’s sensibility to packaging make-up and material. Moreover, in face of the increasingly stringent regulations defined in Annex 1, Nebula provides a valid means of guaranteeing excellent sterility assurance, concludes the firm.

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