The new structural facilities comprise a total of 9,000 square feet, with 7,000 square feet dedicated to production. The equipment and piping layout of the pilot plant were designed for fast and easy cleaning as well as to maximize the flexibility and speed of setup for new projects. The facility uses a Distributed Control System for data acquisition, recording temperature, pressure and flow data that is subsequently used for scaled-up process design. The company has therefore eschewed the increasingly popular alternatives of PLC and PC based control. Tantalum condensers are employed.
Space is available for a fifth and sixth reactor line.
Every part of the facility is operated according to cGMP requirments. Isolation methods employed are either by nutsche or centifuge. Centrifugation is handled by an automated Heinkel HF600 centrifuge, operated under filtered inert gas. The facility is equipped with both vacuum rotary and vacuum tray drying capability. Another isolation room contains the facilities grinding equipment.