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Vision's Equipment List
NEW FACILITY -
built 2004
29,000 square feet
• 17,800 processing
• 1,200 R&D labs
• 10,00 full service food/pharma attached warehouse located on BNSF rail spur
MIXING/WET PROCESS
• Quadro High Shear
Blender
• Breddo Likquifier
• (2) 300 gal. processor/reactor
tanks
- insulated, jacketed, with cooling coils
- sweep agitators
• (2) 300 gal. stainless steel
surge tanks with agitators
• Glycol/water cooling plate
• 8,000 psi 2-stage
homogenizer
• Liquid mixing and packaging
capability
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SCALABLE SPRAY DRYERS (4)
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R&D Dryer
• Dimensions - 3' diameter, 7'
straight sides, 60° cone main
chamber, 12" primary
cyclone
• Capacity - 20 lb/hr water
evaporation rate - Atomization choices - concurrent, counter-current,
pressure, two fluid nozzles
- Electric burner
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Niro-Nichol
• Dimensions - 4' diameter, 12' straight sides, 60°
cone main chamber, 18" primary
& cyclone, sanitary bag house
• Capacity - 75 lb/hr water
evaporation rate - Atomization choices -
pressure, two fluid nozzles,
counter-current
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Two (2) Identical - Tall-Form Spray Dryers
• Dimensions - 6' diameter, 16' straight sides, 60 ° cone main chamber, oversize bustle
• Capacity - Each 350 lb/hr water evaporation rate
• Primary cyclone - 30"
• Sanitary bag house
• Atomization - pressure or two
fluid
• Agglomeration system - fines
recycle
• Static fluid bed product cooler
• Supplementary powder feed capability
• Oil free air - product contact
surfaces
• HEPA-filtered inlet air
capability
• Sonic horns
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SPRAY CONGEALERS (2)
Capacity - up to 300 pph
• Cooling source - liquid nitrogen
• Inert atmosphere - closed loop
• Atomization - pressure, multi-fluid
Capacity - up to 500 pph
• Cooling source - down to 20° glycol coil
• Inert atmosphere with nitrogen purge
• Closed loop
• Supplementary powder feed capability
• Atomization - pressure, multi-fluid
TALL FORM FLUID
BED AGGLOMERATION / PARTICLE COATING
cGMP Scalable Fluid Bed Processing
• 5KG / 120KG / 300 KG bowls
• Agglomeration
• Granulation
• Coating (Wurster inserts)
• Dry blending
• Packaging
MEMBRANE PROCESSING / CONCENTRATION
/ PROTEIN EXTRACTION
Equipment
• Microfiltration
• Utrafiltration
• RO filtration
• Plate evaporator
• 300-5000 gallon tanks
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT - 1,200 square feet
Equipment
• Spray dryers and spray congealer
• 10,000 lb psi homogenizer
• Dispersion bead mill
• Lighting mixer
• Glatt5
fluid bed dryer / granulator / Wurster bowl
• 15 liter 3D-blender
• Sanitary Fitz mill
• Sweco screeners
• Rotap for particle size analysis
• Available on fee basis - hourly/daily/weekly
- Project development
- Feasibility studies
QUALITY
• cGMP validated - CFR 21 - 100, 111, 120, 210, 211, 700 &
Q7A
• API - approved (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients)
• QAI-certified (Organic Certification)
• FDA - registered food processing facility
• Kosher - (Orthodox Union) certification
• HACCP
• Powered respirator program in place
INFRASTRUCTURE FEATURES
• DI purified water available
• Oil-free air to all product contact surfaces
• Stainless Steel piping - air and domestic water
• Curbed, walled, waterproofed individual rooms,
separating unit operations
• Epoxy-coated floors
• HEPA-filtered positive air
• Stainless Steel drains
• Keyed entry doors |
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