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Automated Drum Conditioner System
Automated Drum Conditioner System
Certain raw materials such as salt and other crystalline products can cake into a hardened mass that is nearly impossible to remove from their storage container. This often occurs when product is stored for extended periods of time.
As an alternative to manually impacting the container with a mallet, the Rheo Automated Drum Conditioner System offers a highly automated, multi-drum package to reduce operator injury and improve productivity.
10,000 lbs
Compressive Force
up to 2
Drums per Minute
Drum Mover for Warehouse
Drum Mover for Warehouse
Easy to use, GMP material handling within your warehouse space is important to maintain a safe work environment when handling a wide variety of containers. Rheo offer many products that help in the handling of any type of container.
Product Sampling
Product Sampling
Incoming raw materials often need to have small amounts of product removed to comply with incoming quality standards.
In order to safely remove this product in a way that does not expose the operator to dangerous airborne dust or vapors, Rheo offers a customized containment system that controls the OEL to the required level.
Ask your local account manager to design the right equipment package for your process.
100-10μg/m³
Containment
30 seconds
Set-Up Time
Power Tug for Warehouse
Power Tug for Warehouse
Easy to use, GMP material handling within your warehouse space is important to maintain a safe work environment when handling a wide variety of containers. Rheo offer many products that help in the handling of any type of container.
Repackaging (A)
Repackaging (A)
Due to strict GMP requirements, some processes require that raw material is removed from a supplier drum (fiber-pack) and placed into a GMP container (stainless or plastic drums). This process is typically managed in a warehouse space and requires specialized equipment for lifting and dumping the incoming container as well as providing localized dust control.
100-10μg/m³
Containment
5 minutes
Set-Up Time
Repackaging (B)
Repackaging (B)
Due to strict GMP requirements, some processes require that raw material is removed from a supplier drum (fiber-pack) and placed into a GMP container (stainless or plastic drums). This process is typically managed in a warehouse space and requires specialized equipment for lifting and dumping the incoming container as well as providing localized dust control.
Some repackaging operations also require a hand screening process to protect against foreign materials and oversized chunks of material. The Rheo Product Screener with its integrated Ventilation Sleeve provides a fast screening process with excellent dust control.
3 minutes
Product Transfer Time
100-10μg/m³
Containment
Air Filtration Unit for Weigh & Dispense Process
Drum Conditioner for Weigh & Dispense Process
Drum Conditioner for Weigh & Dispense Process
Certain raw materials, such as salts and other crystalline products, can cake into a hardened mass that is nearly impossible to remove from their storage container. This often occurs when product is stored for extended periods of time.
As an alternative to manually impacting the container with a mallet, the Rheo Drum Conditioner offers a highly automated, recipe based system that mitigates the risk of operator injury and improves productivity.
1
Drums per Minute
7,000 lbs
Compressive Force
Weigh & Dispense (A)
Weigh & Dispense (A)
Building a pre-weighed material kit that is then transported to a manufacturing space for batch processing is a critical function. Providing a work space that is equipped to handle a wide variety of containers and materials that vary in their OEL specification can be a challenge.
Rheo offers several configurations of our dispensary packages. Ask your account manager how these devices can be assembled to offer an operator friendly, yet highly contained dispensary design.
100-10μg/m³
Containment
15 seconds
Drum Tipping
Weigh & Dispense (B)
Weigh & Dispense (B)
Building a pre-weighed material kit that is then transported to a manufacturing space for batch processing is a critical function. Providing a workspace that is equipped to handle a wide variety of containers and materials that vary in their OEL specification can be a challenge.
Rheo offers several configurations of our dispensary packages. Ask your account manager how these devices can be assembled to offer an operator friendly, yet highly contained dispensary design.
100-10μg/m³
Containment
15 seconds
Drum Tipping
Weigh & Dispense (C)
Weigh & Dispense (C)
Building a pre-weighed material kit that is then transported to a manufacturing space for batch processing is a critical function. Providing a work space that is equipped to handle a wide variety of containers and materials that vary in their OEL specification can be a challenge.
Rheo offers several configurations of our dispensary packages. Ask your account manager how these devices can be assembled to offer an operator friendly, yet highly contained dispensary design.
5-0.01μg/m³
Containment
10 minutes
Set-Up Time
Weigh & Dispense (D)
Weigh & Dispense (D)
Building a pre-weighed material kit that is then transported to a manufacturing space for batch processing is a critical function. Providing a work space that is equipped to handle a wide variety of containers and materials that vary in their OEL specification can be a challenge.
Rheo offers several configurations of our dispensary packages. Ask your account manager how these devices can be assembled to offer an operator friendly, yet highly contained dispensary design.
100-10μg/m³
Containment
30 seconds
Drum Tipping
Weigh & Dispense (E)
Weigh & Dispense (E)
Building a pre-weighed material kit that is then transported to a manufacturing space for batch processing is a critical function. Providing a work space that is equipped to handle a wide variety of containers and materials that vary in their OEL specification can be a challenge.
Rheo offers several configurations of our dispensary packages. Ask your account manager how these devices can be assembled to offer an operator friendly, yet highly contained dispensary design.
100-10μg/m³
Containment
500cfm
Point Source Capture
Tray Dryer (A)
Tray Dryer (A)
Tray dryer technology is a long established drying process that requires a lot of tedious and potentially hazardous product handling. There are two challenging material handling processes associated with tray dryers, and Rheo offers a solution for both processes.
The Material Transfer Station can be designed with the Tray Dryer package. This system provides a high level of containment for both the drum emptying (tray filling) process as well as the tray emptying (drum filling) process after the powder has been dried.
<20μg/m³
Containment
30 seconds
Drum Tipping
Tray Dryer (B)
Tray Dryer (B)
Tray dryer technology is a long established drying process that requires a lot of tedious and potentially hazardous product handling. There are two challenging material handling processes associated with tray dryers, and Rheo offers a solution for both processes.
The Material Transfer Station can be designed with the Tray Dryer package. This system provides a high level of containment for both the drum emptying (tray filling) process as well as the tray emptying (drum filling) process after the powder has been dried.
1-0.01μg/m³
Containment
15 seconds
Drum Tipping
Air Filtration Unit for Milling & Packout Process
Milling & Packout (A)
Milling & Packout (A)
The final stage of many API manufacturing processes is a powder sizing or milling process. This can process can utilize a wide variety of sizing equipment. The milling process is sometimes integrated into the packout process during the final drying stage, but often this is an stand-alone process. Common challenges with this process are associated with the handling of the dry powders. The transfer and milling process can be very dusty and may require inerting depending on the properties of the powder.
Rheo offers a drum handling and dust control system that allows the operator to safely transfer powder into the mill feed-chute as well as collect the milled powdered into a contained receiving drum.
100-10μg/m³
Containment
30 seconds
Drum Tipping
Milling & Packout (B)
Milling & Packout (B)
The final stage of many API manufacturing processes is a powder sizing or milling process. This process can utilize a wide variety of sizing equipment. The milling process is sometimes integrated into the packout process during the final drying stage, but often this is an stand-alone process. Common challenges with this process are associated with the handling of the dry powders. The transfer and milling process can be very dusty and may require inerting depending on the properties of the powder.
The Rheo Drum Inverter with the integrated milling system can reduce an additional handling step and dramatically reduce the airborne dust levels of the operation. By integrating the mill and utlizing our EmptyAssist feature, the milling process can be made much more efficient and ensures that all the product gets removed from the drum.
If you are milling back into a drum or bin, our Mobile Ventilation Sleeve provides a very cost effective dust control solution.
100-10μg/m³
Containment
75 kg/minute
Product Transfer Time
Blender Drying (A)
Blender Drying (A)
Filtration and drying is a critical part of the API manufacturing process. Conical blender dryers are a complex, all in one system that accomplishes the task for drying the crystallized slurry. Rheo offers containment and material handling options for the loading and pack-off of the dry powder. A custom designed Drum Tipper can tip and position the drum of material into the blender dryer. The Ventilation Sleeve is a simple, yet effective containment option that provides local extraction during the transfer of powder into the dryer. The portable Packout Material Transfer Station offers a fully designed containment system that allows for the filling and weighing of the powder into lined drums.
100-10μg/m³
Containment
500cfm
Point Source Capture
Air Filtration Unit for Blender Drying Process
Blender Drying (B)
Blender Drying (B)
Filtration and drying is a critical part of the API manufacturing process. Conical blender dryers are a complex, all in one system that accomplishes the task for drying the crystallized slurry. Rheo offers containment and material handling options for the loading and pack-off of the dry powder. The Fixed Mount Slewing Drum Inverter can lift, invert, and position the drum of material into the blender dryer. The Mobile Ventilation Sleeve is a simple, yet effective containment option that provides local extraction during the pack out process.
100-10μg/m³
Containment
500cfm
Point Source Capture
Blender Drying (C)
Blender Drying (C)
Filtration and drying is a critical part of the API manufacturing process. Conical blender dryers are a complex, all in one system that accomplishes the task for drying the crystallized slurry. Rheo offers containment and material handling options for the loading and pack-off of the dry powder. The Material Transfer Station with Vacuum Conveyance can be used to transfer product into the blender dryer using an ergonomic workstation to quickly transfer material. The Mobile Ventilation Sleeve is a simple, yet effective containment option that provides local extraction during the pack out process.
100-10μg/m³
Containment
500 cfm
Point Source Capture
Air Filtration Unit for Filter & Dryer Process
Filtration and Drying (C)
Filtration and Drying (C)
Filtration and drying is a critical part of the API manufacturing process. Nutsche filter dryers are a complex, all in one system that accomplishes the task for drying the crystallized slurry. Rheo offers containment and material handling options for the pack-off of the dry powder. The Mobile Ventilation Sleeve is a simple, yet effective containment option that provides local extraction during the pack out process.
100-10μg/m³
Containment
500cfm
Point Source Capture
Filtration and Drying (B)
Filtration and Drying (B)
Filtration and drying is a critical part of the API manufacturing process. Horizontal Peeler Centrifuge filtration technology is a common approach to product filtration. The discharge of the wet cake often releases solvent vapors and dust into the operator breathing zone. The Mobile Ventilation Sleeve is a simple, yet effective containment option that provides local extraction during the pack out process.
100-10μg/m³
Containment
500cfm
Point Source Capture
Filtration and Drying (A)
Filtration and Drying (A)
Filtration and drying is a critical part of the API manufacturing process. Nutsche filter dryers are a complex, all in one system that accomplishes the task for drying the crystallized slurry. Rheo offers containment and material handling options for the pack-off of the dry powder. The portable Material Transfer Station with Packout option offers a fully designed containment system that allows for the filling and weighing of the powder into lined drums.
5-0.01μg/m³
Containment
Subsurface Vacuum Additions
Subsurface Vacuum Additions
The solids addition process for chemical reactors can be a complicated and very dangerous process. Due to the presence of solvents, there is often a potentially explosive environment within vessel. The addition of dry solids introduces risk of static discharge and entrained oxygen which completes the highly dangerous fire trial and risk of a major deflagration event at the manway. Rheo offers many options for safe solids addition into your chemical reactor.
100-10μg/m³
Containment
<8%
Oxygen Concentration in Vessel
Bulk Bag Unloading Station
Bulk Bag Unloading Station
Bulk bags can be an efficient and cost effective supply source for incoming raw materials and transfer of intermediates. However, bulk bags can introduce many material handling challenges that can be mitigated with proper engineering and design configurations. Proper safety interlocks, bulk bag conditioning, transfer chute connections, product sizing, and bag collapsing are all common challenges that must considered when designing a bulk bag unloading station. Rheo offers a well-designed modular system that can be configured to your process.
100 μg/m³
Containment
350 kgs/minute
Product Transfer Time
Disperser Recirculation System
Disperser Recirculation System
Utilizing an integrated product disperser, Rheo supplies an easy to use workstation for transfer dry solids into a recirculating solvent stream. This provides an alternative to manway additions, and comes in three containment configurations.
This set-up can be configured for small bag-stock or drums using our Material Transfer Station.
We can also provide an active nitrogen inerting system to maintain less than 8% oxygen during the solids addition process. Ask about our cleanable, nitrogen venturi system for a fully inerted product addition.
If you are need to QS a portion of a drum or bag, we can provide an integrated weighing option.
100-10μg/m³
Containment
<8%
Oxygen Concentration in Vessel
Material Lift
Material Lift
Raw material supplies and batch kits often need to be delivered to a mezzanine level for the manufacturing process. Rheo can supply a customized, high capacity material lift to deliver product between manufacturing levels.
10 ft/minute
Lift Speed
1,000 kg
Capacity
Bag Stock Reactor Charging
Bag Stock Reactor Charging
The solids addition process for chemical reactors can be a complicated and very dangerous process. Many processes require several bags of powder to be added into the vessel for a given batch. This often creates an ergonomic hazard as well as a very dusty work environment. The airborne dust creates a breathing hazard as well as cross-contamination risks.
If you are loading bag stock through the vessel manway, Rheo can provide a Ventilated Charging Hopper with a built in bag landing table. We also offer a portable bag lifter that can be used to position bags so they can easily be slid from the lifter onto the bag landing table.
100-10μg/m³
Containment
650cfm
Point Source Capture
In-Floor Charge Chute
In-Floor Charge Chute
The solids addition process for chemical reactors can be a complicated and very dangerous process. Due to the presence of solvents, there is often a potentially explosive environment within vessel. The addition of dry solids introduces risk of static discharge and entrained oxygen which completes the highly dangerous fire trial and risk of a major deflagration event at the manway. Rheo offers many options for safe solids addition into your chemical reactor.
5-0.01μg/m³
Containment
<8%
Oxygen Concentration in Vessel
Vessel Charging
Vessel Charging
The solids addition process for chemical reactors can be a complicated and very dangerous process. Due to the presence of solvents, there is often a potentially explosive environment within vessels. The addition of dry solids introduces the risk of static discharge and entrained oxygen which completes the highly dangerous fire triangle and could lead to a major deflagration event at the manway. Rheo offers many options for safe solids addition into your chemical reactor.
1-0.01μg/m³
Containment
<1%
Oxygen Concentration in Vessel
Single Use Bag Additions
Single Use Bag Additions
The solids addition process for chemical reactors can be a complicated and very dangerous process. Due to the presence of solvents, there is often a potentially explosive environment within vessel. The addition of dry solids introduces risk of static discharge and entrained oxygen which completes the highly dangerous fire trial and risk of a major deflagration event at the manway. Rheo offers many options for safe solids addition into your chemical reactor.
10-0.5μg/m³
Containment
+/- 1g
Dosing Accuracy
Manway Additions
Manway Additions
The solids addition process for chemical reactors can be a complicated and very dangerous process. Many processes require several drums of powder to be added into the vessel. This often creates an ergonomic hazard as well as a very dusty work environment. The airborne dust creates a breathing hazard as well as cross-contamination risks. Rheo offers many options for safe solids addition into your chemical reactor.
100-10μg/m³
Containment
150 kg/minute
Product Transfer Time