Buck® containment technology will be exhibiting at ACHEMA
2009 showing its range of containment interfaces for the pharmaceutical
industry. The company, which has recently moved from its home in Müllheim,
Germany to the GEA Pharma Systems facility in Bubendorf, Switzerland, will be
exhibiting on the GEA Group / GEA Pharma Systems (GPS) stand, showing its
Buck® MC Valve and Hicoflex® systems for the safe
transfer of active ingredients and chemicals between IBCs (Intermediate Bulk
Containers).
Only passive valves
The Buck® MC Valve uses only passive valves (with
no drive units) so is entirely compatible with the valves fitted to most IBCs.
Until now it has been necessary to use split valve technology to discharge
product from an IBC safely. This works well when discharging to the
process line however, if ingredients are to be transferred from one IBC to
another, or from an IBC to a double cone dryer for example, it has always been
necessary to use an active to active unit in between as an interface. This
is no longer necessary with the Buck® MC Valve.
No vacuum needed
The Buck® MC Valve is a simple method of
transferring bulk chemicals that eliminates the need for a vacuum between the
discs. It has very few moving parts, needs no lubrication and the
product-touching parts can be released quickly by hand with a simple tool.
Reducing the number of moving parts and standardising the
components has allowed Buck® to reduce the cost of the Buck® MC
Valve compared with competitive products.
A new MC passive valve will be launched at ACHEMA
that can be disassembled without the need of any tools making it very easy to
take apart for cleaning.
Hicoflex®
The choice of some of the world’s largest generic
manufacturers
Hicoflex®, is the world’s first flexible coupling that allows
highly sensitive or toxic powders, that would traditionally have been fed from
rigid IBCs, to be fed directly from FIBCs, sacks and Big Bags. This allows
manufacturers to consider supplying these materials in flexible transport
containers to help keep costs under control.
Self-locking for better
containment
The Hicoflex® SL is a self-locking version that operates
using a split coupling principle, similar to the Buck® Valve technology. Two
complementary half couplings are docked to each other, forming a combined
coupling, which then opens and closes together for the contained decanting and
undocking process. It is inexpensive, operates automatically and is
designed for operation in areas requiring up to 1-10 mcg/m³ dust emission
containment. The new Hicoflex® SL extra, on show at ACHEMA, can even be used in
areas requiring up to 0.1-1 mcg/m³ dust emission containment. It can be
fitted to a flexible bag and can be kept or disposed of after use with the bag
itself.
These products and more will be on show at ACHEMA and GEA
Pharma Systems will have experienced sales and technical staff on hand to
handle customers’ enquiries.
Also during the week of the show experts from GPS will be
presenting seminars and sharing their knowledge on the key subjects that are
vitally important to the needs of today’s pharmaceutical solid dosage
manufacturer: continuous processing, containment,
compression, freeze drying including ALUS® (Automatic
Loading and Unloading System) and FlexStream™. These are likely to
be very popular so it’s essential for visitors to pre-register.
Visit Buck® and all the GPS companies on
the stand in Hall 4 stand D13 – G22.
“You can count on us…”
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