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Jun 20, 2025
New industrial vacuum tray dryer installation for API production at Farmhispania facility
For Farmhispania, a leading company in the production of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), and our long-standing customer, Italvacuum has recently manufactured and installed an industrial-size vacuum tray dryer equipped with C.I.P. MULTISPRAY® patented fast washing system. This dryer will be used as an advanced drying solution in an industrial-scale pharmaceutical production process.
Custom installation features for API production
The scope of supply, realized according to the customer's specific needs and requirements, included:
- a design phase focused on customer requirements, with particular attention to customized solutions for managing cooling water supply to the condensation unit.
- careful control of the gas flow rate during vacuum creation prevents wet product from being drawn out of the equipment
- liquid discharge arranged at the back of the dryer to limit operations in the clean room
The scope of supply also included:
- Steam heating and chilled water cooling unit;
- Atmospheric expansion vessel;
- Vacuum condensation unit with shell and tube condenser and condensate collection tank;
- VVC vacuum piston pump Saurus939;
- Removable MULTISPRAY® diffuser for washing plates and the dryer's internal chamber;
- Control System with PLC and HMI for complete production recipe management.
- The SAT (site acceptance test) - completed in the presence of Italvacuum's and customers' technicians.
Check the video below for all the features and possible configurations of the MULTISPRAY® System! https://youtu.be/GlNQTQPTFaY
Contact Italvacuum at marketing@italvacuum.com for further information or new projects!