In the lactose powder production of a pharmaceutical company in Wuxi, Jiangsu, Head Powder provided a sealed and clean delivery solution. This project aims to address dust diffusion, cross-contamination, and material loss issues in the transportation and feeding stages of chemical powders, helping enterprises meet GMP clean environment requirements.

Customer pain points

Lactose powder particles are fine and easily dispersed. Traditional open-air operations lead to excessive dust concentrations in workshops, not only contaminating clean areas and increasing cleaning frequency, but also causing about 5% material waste. At the same time, operators are exposed to dust for extended periods and pose health risks, and low manual feeding efficiency and batch consistency are hard to support, restricting capacity improvement.

Product advantages and solutions

Head Powder has designed and implemented a fully enclosed pneumatic conveying system, including a sealed feeding station, pipeline conveying components, and automation control modules. The system uses a negative pressure suction principle to prevent dust leakage from the source; Quick-install clamps and silicone seals are used at pipeline connections to help prevent leaks. Equipped with an online cleaning (CIP) interface, it allows quick switching between different batches of materials without disassembly. The control system achieves relatively accurate quantitative feeding, with deviations controlled within ±0.5%. At the same time, it synchronizes workshop pressure differential monitoring to ensure the clean area remains under positive pressure at all times. After the entire solution was put into operation, workshop dust concentration dropped by more than 99%, material loss dropped below 0.3%, processing time per batch was shortened by 40%, and it passed the GMP certification audit.