Powerfuge Pilot

Product Overview

Clean-in-Place / Sterilize-in-Place System

The Powerfuge Pilot is a high-power, batch liquid/solid separation system for bacteria, yeast, proteins and sub-micron particles. It is the smallest member of the Powerfuge family of centrifuges. The Powerfuge Pilot system is a two-phase centrifuge that meets cGMP requirements as well as chemical and pharmaceutical industry protocols.

Bowl capacity: 1.1L
Flow rates up to 60 L/hr for batches up to 100 L
Dimensions ~ 35.6 cm wide x 56 cm deep x 56 cm high (14" x 22" x 22")
Total weight ~ 115 kg (253 lbs)
Fully scalable to larger automated P6, P12 and P18 models
Drier solids, clearer centrates

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Performance

With g forces up to 20,000 X g, the Powerfuge addresses even the most challenging separations.

Scalability

The Powerfuge family of products can be used for small process development volumes all the way to very large commercial manufacturing, allowing for seamless scale-up and scale-down.

Versatility

The Powerfuge is designed to serve the needs of a variety of markets.

Features

Bowl capacity: 1.1L
Flow rates up to 60 L/hr for batches up to 100 L
Variable speeds up to 20,000 x g
Full /SIP designs
cGMP construction
Designs available for ASME-rated boundary and hazardous locations
Continuous-flow two-phase separation
Internal cooling jacket helps maintain product temperatures from 2º C - 40º C
Internal cooling temperatures as low as -10º C
Fully scalable to larger automated P6, P12 & P18 models
Hazardous Duty (Class 1, Div 1, Group C and D) and CE configurations are available

How It Works

Using an innovative design that eliminates the need for bottles, the feed is introduced through a stationary pipe and accelerated to full rotational speed before entering the titanium-alloy bowl.

Automation and General Specifications

Allen-Bradley® or Siemens® PLC
Allen-Bradley or Siemens HMI touchscreen 30.7 cm (12.1”)
Maximum case pressure (for cooling) 6.9 bar (100 psi)

Utility Requirements

Power configuration: Three phase voltage supply:

US: 230V/60 Hz, 20 A
Europe: 200V/50 Hz, 20 A
Japan: 200V/60 Hz/50 Hz, 20 A

Optional: Others as needed
Pneumatic: Clean, dry air supply 6 bar (90 psi) at 1 SLPM

Process Wetted Parts Construction

USP Class VI components

316L Stainless Steel
17-4 PH Stainless Steel
Nitronic 60 Stainless Steel
Platinum cured silicone hoses
EPDM elastomers
Ti-6Al-4V Titanium

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Endorsements

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“The UniFuge was easy to scale-up, and the Viafuge enables us to recover viable cells at large scale, beyond what single-use can typically accomplish."

Cellular Agriculture Entrepreneur

“We replaced our bottle centrifuges with a single continuous Viafuge, saving cleaning, autoclaving, and manual manipulations."

Animal Vaccine Manufacturing Operations Manager

"Gentle handling of our cells at scale resulted in higher VLP recovery.”

Director of Operations, Vaccine Manufacturing

“The high g-force of the Powerfuge [e. Coli lysate clarification] reduced our downstream clarification needs.”

Senior Process Development Scientist, pDNA

“Removing large particles with Powerfuge reduced the number of filtration steps.”

Manufacturing Engineer, Pigments

“The Powerfuge closed up our ethanol process and its automatic scraping improved our recovery.”

Associate Director of Vaccine Franchise

“The explosion-proof Powerfuge closed up our solvent process for a safe and environmentally friendly manufacturing method.”

Senior Process Engineer, Pigments