FPS Food and Pharma Systems Srl – Micronisation Systems and Containment Solutions

FPS Food and Pharma Systems Srl develops, manufactures and sells worldwide its own range of micronisation and containment solutions for the pharmaceutical, fine chemical, food and cosmetic industries.

FPS guarantees quality and support in all activities: consulting, engineering, manufacturing, testing, validation, maintenance and assistance.

FPS micronisation systems: Laboratory and R&D

FPS is a leader supplier of micronisation systems especially designed for laboratory applications. Our experience and study of laboratory needs has been developed throughout the years, creating a product line specifically designed for R&D and lab application.

Despite the reduced dimensions, these jetmills keep the same performances and advantages of bigger jetmills. It is the result of an unparalleled optimisation study that involved the milling chamber, the nozzles and the classifier. All connections of components have been done in order to be in compliance with cGMPs to assure quick and easy assembling and disassembling operations. The number of components has been reduced in order to make it easier and faster.

Get more information about our laboratory news:

• PilotMill-zero
• PilotMill-1
• LaboMill
• QMill-2

FPS micronisation systems

Using FPS spiral jetmill technology the size reduction is simply achieved by determining collisions between particles of the substance, previously accelerated by high speed jet streams.

The main advantages are represented by:

• Easy cleaning for validation (to avoid cross contamination)
• No mechanical parts in movement (no lubrication, strong reduction of metallic contamination)
• No heat generation (Joule-Thompson effect)
• Constant temperature (useful to avoid polymorphism)

In 2003 FPS re-designed the internal geometries of the milling chamber. All discontinuous geometries were eliminated and all forms have been brought to a continuous shape (elliptical). This milling chamber shape evolution has increased the jetmill performances, eliminating the blow back phenomenon, limiting the caking effect, and reducing the particles to transit time in the milling chamber: this means higher productivity and lower gas consumption.

At the FPS test centre it is possible to perform trials with your products and FPS micronisation systems.

Get more information about FPS' micronisation systems range:

Jetmills:

• R&D units
• Pilot units
• Production units

Qmills

• R&D Qmill
• Pilot Qmill
• Production Qmill

FPS containment solutions

FPS Food and Pharma Systems Containment Systems are specifically designed to meet safety standards following the end user specific needs.

FPS Isolators can perform all the operations involving product charging, sampling, processing, filling, dispensing, final discharge, controlling and recording. FPS' full customer oriented approach leads to the best final result: tailor-made equipment and the best solution studied together with the end user from the engineering phase to final manufacturing.

Get more information about FPS' containment systems range:

• Isolators
• Glove-boxes
• Half-suite
• RABS
• LAF
• Laminar flow hoods
• Horizontal
• Vertical
• Pack-off systems
• Local suction arms
• Clean rooms

FPS can also offer a full range of services depending on the end user's needs:

• On site discussions: Identifying customer needs and definition of project specifications (URS)
• Engineering: Units and process design
• Production: cGMP workshop and suppliers
• Testing: Functionality test and URS conformity (FAT)
• On site installation: Supervision of installation and commissioning (SAT)
• Validation: Supervision and IQ/OQ validation execution
• Training: Operators utilisation coaching
• Maintenance: Maintenance assistance service
• Assistance: Complete support for production activities and updates
• Revamping of existing systems: Upgrade of existing equipments in order to achieve the cGMP's and/or ATEX compliance

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Headquarters
FPS Food and Pharma Systems - S.r.l.
Via dei Cortili
19 - 22100 Como (CO)
Italy
Tel: +39 031 543429
Fax: +39 031 532752
info@foodpharmasystems.com

Production and Test Facilities
F.P.S. Food and Pharma Systems - S.r.l.
Via Romagnoli
3 - 29017 Fiorenzuola d’Arda (PC)
Italy
Tel: +39 0523 984930
Fax: +39 0523 240218
tech@foodpharmasystems.com