L.B. Bohle builds containment coaters for R&D

A multi-national company from the UK approached L.B. Bohle with a special task: the objective was to design a containment coater for Research & Development. "In the past, we have always built coaters with containment applications for production scale," reports Managing Director Thorsten Wesselmann. "That's why we now had to redesign a solution for R&D," continues Wesselmann.

Standard BFC 5 as the basis

The BFC 5 Laboratory Coater, which is used successfully in product development and for small batches, served as the basic machine for the project. In the second step, the BFC was configured to create a high-containment coater. The particular challenge here was to install all of the technology in the small system.
"We were able to adapt some elements from other projects or systems. Among other things, we adopted the door of the BFC 50 and the sample draw with inflatable seals was also taken from successfully realised projects," adds Wesselmann.

Protection and convenient handling

"The industry's requirements for containment are growing rapidly due to highly potent Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API)," says Wesselmann, giving an insight into the day-to-day business. "In addition to extensive safety aspects for the environment and users, we at L.B. Bohle always pay particular attention to convenient handling." Sampling is therefore easy and straightforward at the front door of the coater.

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