A well-established experience in the pharmaceutical drying

The goal of the pharmaceutical drying consists in drying the wet cakes coming from filtration and centrifuge processes. For this purpose the pharmaceutical drying process is always combined with the use of vacuum pumps, which allow the extraction of vapours of solvents and the water contained in the products to be treated.

Italvacuum, private limited company founded in 1939, boasts a proven experience in the pharmaceutical drying, having designed and manufactured vacuum dryers and industrial vacuum pumps since the beginning of its history.

The Italvacuum vacuum pumps, as well as in the pharmaceutical drying processes, are employed also in the distillation, reaction and crystallization ones.
In the pharmaceutical drying field Italvacuum manufactures dryers both static and rotary. The last ones can be both double cone and cylindrical.

The double cone vacuum dryers, called CRIOX System, represent the pride of the technology that Italvacuum has developed in the pharmaceutical drying field.

Equipped with lump-breaker groups in order to obtain fine powders, they have achieved an international success: more than 400 units manufactured from their introduction on the market up to date.

The cylindrical vacuum dryers are designed mainly for drying processes, mixing and condensing granulated plastic materials
Italvacuum, apart from the ongoing improvement of the vacuum pump, has always been devoted to the optimization of its range of dryers. For this reason several devices for the charge and the discharge of the CRIOX System and for the cleaning of the cabinet tray dryers have been developed in the course of time.

Recently, the approach to innovation which characterizes the Italvacuum plants for the pharmaceutical drying has led to the launch of a brand-new vacuum dryer: the Planex System, a patented horizontal paddle vacuum dryer. Thanks to the technical solutions adopteed, among which the eccentric agitator with independent movements for a double combined rotation, the Planex System today represents the more advanced drying technology on the market, especially suitanle for the production of API and fine chemicals.

Built in quality

Italvacuum implements an ISO 9001-certified Quality Management System that covers all aspects of the company’s work, from design and production of each individual component to customer service. In addition, given the importance of welding to end product quality, Italvacuum has certified its processes and personnel to ISO 3834-2.

Thanks to the monitoring of the quality of the entire production cycle, the Italvacuum vacuum dryers and vacuum pumps comply with the main CE, ATEX, PED European Directives and with the more and more strict FDA standards and cGMP rules.

Products range

In the pharmaceutical drying field Italvacuum has developed a wide range of products, original and patented, that includes

- Cabinet tray vacuum dryers
- Horizontal paddle vacuum dryers
- Rotary double cone vacuum dryers / powderers
- Rotary cylindrical vacuum dryers
- Vacuum pumps

Thanks to the know-how gained in the pharmaceutical drying in more than 70 years of activity, today Italvacuum is able to supply turnkey plants and to manufacture customized vacuum dryers, built according to the process specifications of the customer.