Case Studies
Case Studies
Nutsche Filter Refurbishment due to a Change in Production
When Delta initially built a Nutsche filter dryer for an Italian API producer several years ago, the machine was designed to be operated as per its typical use: …
Process Issues: an Update from Sintered Sheet to Fabric Filter
When Delta initially built a Nutsche filter dryer for an Italian API producer several years ago, the machine was designed to be operated as per its typical use: …
Nutsche Filter Dryer Inside a Glove Box
Delta Costruzioni Meccaniche S.r.l. and Food and Pharma Systems S.r.l. combined their expertise to develop a totally new approach for pilot sized Nutsche filter dryer containment. Instead of …
Dryer Agitator Mechanical Assessment
A customer had been operating several conical dryers for 20 years, producing pharmaceutical intermediates. These machines, which were not produced by Delta, were equipped with double mechanical seal …
Laser Cake Detector for Pharmaceutical Applications
API pharmaceuticals production often requires that contact between the product and any devices inside the centrifuge is reduced as much as possible. This is necessary during production to …
Large Horizontal Pharma Peeler Sterilized with Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide
A primary Chinese pharmaceutical manufacturer was outfitting a new plant that produced antibiotics under U.S. and European regulations. The customer had very large volumes and wanted a cheaper …
Inverting Filter Centrifuges for a Toxic Product Application
The customer in this case works with toxic materials in temperatures as low as -30°C. They were working with old vertical bottom discharge centrifuges that were no longer …
Methane Purification
The customer is an important manufacturer of industrial and rare gases and needs to purify methane from a natural source for an electronic application. They want to obtain …
Methyl Chloride Recovery
The customer, a multinational manufacturer of chemical compounds, needs to internally recover methyl chloride from their process equipment (mainly reactors) to avoid pollution and for reuse in the …
Methylene Chloride Recovery
The customer is a pharmaceutical manufacturing and development company that needs to recover the methylene chloride (MDC) from their process equipment. The MDC is present in both gaseous …
Temperature Control Unit
The customer is an API manufacturer and needs to thoroughly and accurately control the temperature of one of their reactions in order to guarantee the reaction performance and …
Waste Water Cost Reduction
The customer is an API manufacturer and produces approximately 2,500 t/year of mother liquors. The cost for disposal is about 200 EUR/ton. The client wants a substantial cost …
