Reduce foreign body contamination with Gericke’s RotaSafe

Gericke - Specialist for bulk material processing - a Swiss company since 1894. We are a well-known company on the world market in the field of bulk solids technology with headquarters in Regensdorf and subsidiaries in Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, France, USA, Brazil, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and China. We manufacture machines and systems for process engineering, in particular pneumatic conveying systems, dosing and mixing systems. Our customers include renowned companies in the food, chemical, building materials chemical and pharmaceutical industries.

Gericke designed and delivers an ergonomic reactor filling system utilising vacuum and positive pressure pneumatic transport systems Filling of powders into a reactor vessel can represent quite a challenge. The questions that you need to find an answer for are numerous. Gericke has answered such questions by designing and delivering an ergonomic reactor filling system utilising vacuum and positive pressure pneumatic transport systems. Bad flow, dust clouds How can you load a reactor with the correct amounts of different powders, some even showing bad flow characteristics, without creating dust clouds, in a safe way for both the process and its equipment but also for the operators minimizing material handling operations of the bulk raw materials? Small bags into large reactors For a global player in specialty chemicals Gericke were challenged to unload different powders delivered in small bags into several large reactors with volumes of more than 100 m3. The traditional filling method of tipping directly above the reactor through an inlet required lifting all the bags from ground floor up

Gericke overcomes the challenge of low volume, high efficient continuous oral solid manufacturing (OSD). Continuous manufacturing has led to a paradigm shift in the production of OSD and is being widely adopted by many companies including CDMO’s (contract development and manufacturing organizations) and generics manufacturers. However, there are still some challenges that prevent CM being the go-to technology platform for low volume highly specialized potent drugs. Current methods for feeding and blending may not be suitable for running at low throughputs with very low share of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). Therefore, Gericke have developed a novel semi continuous feeding and blending process. This process also referred to as Mini Batch Blending combines the benefits of continuous manufacturing with the simplicity of a traditional batch process. Mini Batch Blending * Suitable for throughput rates below 1 kg/h and up to 20 kg/h without scale up * Overall Batch sizes below 1 kg * Suitable for drug loads below 1% * Minimal use of API for process

Dense phase conveying systems for transporting dry rice to filling lines fully preserve the quality of the fragile rice grains and increase the overall process safety and reliability. Gericke has designed and delivered several dense phase conveying systems for transporting dry rice to filling lines. These systems fully preserve the quality of the fragile rice grains and increase the overall process safety and reliability. For a major food producer Gericke had the challenge to replace mechanical transport systems with pneumatic conveying systems. The goal was to prevent any foreign bodies often associated with mechanical systems and at the same time not to change the grain sizes of the various rice types for example long grain, basmati and risotto rice. During the evaluation phase Gericke demonstrated conveying trials that replicated the clients process at its major test facility in Regensdorf (Switzerland) that a low velocity dense phase plug conveying system is perfectly suited to smoothly convey rice over distances of up to 70 m. The achieved product quality convinced the customer as well as the fact that no external air injection system was

Gericke announces the extension of its single shaft batch mixing line with the GBM M Mixers for the powder processing industry. To further strengthen its position as a leading global system and component provider in the powder processing industry, Gericke announces the extension of its single shaft batch mixing line with the GBM M Mixers. In addition to the established and broad range of batch and continuous mixing systems, Gericke now also covers all needs in the single shaft batch mixing and reacting applications. This program extension includes larger batch mixer models (up to 10’000 l), extractable mixing tools, and mixers suitable for solid-solid, solid-liquid, and solid-gas reactions. To effectively drive reaction processes of any kind the Gericke single shaft batch mixers are available with double shells (for heating, cooling, or drying) and designed for high pressure and vacuum operation. When producing food, chemical, and pharmaceutical products there are additional demands on the highest possible degree of safety as well as for hygiene and reliable operation. These mixers and