Air compressors play a key role in the manufacture of veterinary drugs, and their application runs through the entire production process. Application scenarios, core roles, special requirements three aspects:
1. Application Scenarios
- raw material handling and equipment driving
- material conveying and mixing in the production of veterinary drugs, the air compressor provides compressed air to drive the conveyor belt and agitator to ensure the precise ratio and mixing of raw powder or granules.
- fermentation oxygen supply during the microbial fermentation process, the air compressor delivers sterile air to the fermentation tank to maintain the oxygen concentration required for the growth of the bacteria.
- Preparation production and packaging
- spray Drying and Granulation: Compressed air is used as the atomization power to instantly dry the liquid medicine into particles to avoid high temperature damage to the drug activity.
- aseptic packaging in the blister packaging and ampoule filling process, compressed air purges the packaging container to remove particles and microorganisms and ensure sealing.
- Cleaning and sterilization
- equipment cleaning: High-pressure air purges the reactor and the inner wall of the pipeline to remove the residual powder, which meets the GMP health standards.
- Environmental sterilization: With the filtration system, the air compressor provides positive pressure air for the clean room to prevent external pollution.
2. core role
- guarantee drug quality
- oil-free compressed air: Avoid oil contamination of drugs, especially direct contact with the filling and tabletting of drugs.
- Drying and Filtration multi-stage filtration (initial effect, middle effect and high efficiency) removes moisture and dust to ensure the dew point of compressed air ≤-40 ℃.
- Improve production efficiency
- stable gas source continuous gas supply ensures continuous operation of equipment to reduce downtime losses.
- Automation Support: Drive pneumatic valves and sensors to realize automatic control of the production line.
- Compliance Support
- compliance with GMP requirements: The oil-free air compressor has passed ISO 8573-1 Class 0 certification and meets the pharmaceutical production quality management standards.
- Traceability: Integrated monitoring system records air quality data for audit and traceability.
3. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
- air Quality Standards
- oil-free design adopt oil-free screw or water-lubricated air compressor to eliminate oil pollution.
- deep drying: Equipped with adsorption dryer to ensure that the dew point of compressed air is ≤-40 ℃, and to prevent condensed water from breeding microorganisms.
- reliability and stability
- redundant design dual machine standby or frequency conversion speed regulation, to cope with production peak and sudden failure.
- intelligent monitoring: Real-time detection of pressure, temperature, dew point, early warning of potential failures.
- Environmental Protection and Energy Saving
- waste heat recovery: Use compression heat to heat process water to reduce energy consumption.
- Low noise design meet the noise control standards of pharmaceutical factories (usually ≤ 75dB) to protect the health of operators.
4. Typical Equipment Selection
- oil-free screw air compressor: Suitable for large-capacity gas production, high efficiency and low maintenance cost.
- Water-lubricated air compressor suitable for small laboratories or low usage scenarios, without oil lubrication but need to pay attention to water quality.
- Supporting equipment: Equipped with multi-stage filter, dryer and gas storage tank to form a complete gas supply system.
Summary in the manufacture of veterinary drugs, air compressors are the core equipment to ensure production quality, efficiency and compliance. Choosing an air compressor with oil-free design, high reliability, energy saving and environmental protection, combined with a strict post-processing system, can provide a stable and clean air source for veterinary drug production.
