STANDARDIZED COMPRESSED AIR

ELGi’s range of oil free air compressors delivers unmatched air quality in standard with the ISO8573-Class 7 compliance norms, ensuring zero traces of microbial contaminants along with the IS:10500:202 certification for water quality ensuing seamless manufacturing of medicines, capsules, and other consumable products.

QUALITY BY DESIGN

ELGi’s Quality by Design approach helps prevent the occurrence of quality lapses and to mitigate the high risk involved in industries that deal in drugs manufacturing with dictated design measures to prevent contamination in the delivered air.

BETTER RELIABILITY WITH LOW MAINTENANCE COST

ELGi range of oil-free air comes with efficient rotors with best in class performance, single-stage operation, and low operation speed, ensuring low maintenance cost and high energy savings with better reliability and peace of mind.

APPLICATIONS OF COMPRESSED AIR IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY

Clean Compressed air is vital to the pharmaceutical industry, and its usage can be classified into two categories; Process Air and Direct Contact.

PROCESS AIR APPLICATION

Process applications employ compressed air for a specific kinetic activity. For example, the uncoated tablets are churned in a large drum as part of the coating process during pill production. Compressed air often drives the drum. Similarly, it plays a prominent role in the conveyance process.

DIRECT CONTACT APPLICATION

Direct contact entails the direct contact of compressed air with the application, thus making air quality critical. For example, compressed air is used to coat tablets to ensure their structural integrity. Impurities in this air will compromise the integrity and, worse, contaminate the product. It is also critical in jet milling, where nitrogen is used to reduce active ingredients. Specifically, the powder is fed into a milling chamber where compressed air or nitrogen, usually in a vortex motion, promotes particle-to-particle collisions. Particle classification is made by inertia, following reduction via impaction and abrasion.

Compressed air is used for bottle cleaning to remove dust and small particles from containers before filling them safely. The system is particularly suitable for eliminating loose contaminants that may have accumulated during shipping or storage. Containers first enter the rinsing area and are then bathed with ionized air generated by special transvector air flow amplifiers. The static charge that attracts debris to the surface of the containers is neutralized. Rinsing heads use a blast of compressed air to clean them. A vacuum collects the loose particles, which are then disposed. As a final direct application, membrane technology with nitrogen generators uses compressed air forced through a polymeric hollow fiber to selectively permeate oxygen, water vapor, and other impurities out of its sidewalls. This process allows nitrogen to flow through its center and emerge as high purity N2 gas.

OIL FREE AIR COMPRESSOR IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY

Amidst the companies that render pharmaceutical products & services, Oil free air compressors play a pivotal role in manufacturing medicine and related products. With growing FDA scrutiny, strict warnings over toxic impurities, and delicate pharmaceutical manufacturing processes, the quality of compressed air meeting the highest standards is of utmost importance. In addition, disruption in continuous air supply can lead to an immense loss of production and negatively impact the manufacturer’s reputation due to product contamination.

There is a growing industrial need for compressed air, free of entrained oil and other contaminants for clean and pure air during the manufacturing process, such as Tablet Coating & Drying, Bottle cleaning, Nitrogen separation, and much more. Compressors must offer specialist air treatments and adhere to industry regulations to remove debris, particulates, and oils and achieve high air purity levels. The amount of allowable oil in compressed air depends on its application, in line with the ISO8573-Class 7 compliance norms, which classify air quality based on oil content as Class 0 to Class 4.

Oil-free compressors are used in diversified pharmaceutical applications, from conveying capsules and packaging to providing factories with a steady supply of clean, breathable air. Oilless compressors are essential components of pharmaceutical industry processes, particularly during manufacturing medicines, capsules, and other consumable products. As these products require the highest purity, the inclusion of oil-free air compressors ensures production remains free from contamination within automated production lines, lowering rejection rates for packaging applications.