VirTis / SP Industries Lab, Pilot and Production Freeze Dryers

Selection and quotation of VirTis equipment by SP Industries: benchtop, mobile, pilot and production freeze dryers with Merlin, LyoLogic and LyoS 2.0 control systems.

AdVantage Pro Benchtop Freeze Dryer

A benchtop unit for vials, trays and flasks with a 6 L condenser and up to three silicone-flooded shelves holding temperature within ±1.0 °C. The Intellitronics touchscreen controller runs up to 10 thermal treatment and 12 drying steps; pneumatic vial stoppering is optional.

Condenser: 6 L
Condenser: -82/-85 °C
Shelves: -55 to +60 °C
Size: 565×653×754 mm

Freezemobile Mobile Freeze Dryer

A free-standing mobile dryer for flasks, vials and trays: 25 or 35 L condenser, refrigeration down to -85 °C and a stainless steel manifold for aqueous and organic solvents. Hot gas defrost, a front-facing oil change module and the Sentry 2.0 controller with vacuum control.

Condenser: 25 or 35 L
Condenser: -82/-85 °C
Manifold: up to 48 ports
Weight: 127-225 kg

GPFD General Purpose Freeze Dryer

A dryer for bulky items with long cycles: archaeological artifacts, water-damaged archival materials, museum specimens and seeds. Five shelves, a chamber from -29 to 60 °C with heat, a 25 or 35 L condenser and a PLC-based Intellitronics controller with 16 recipes and mid-cycle defrost.

Condenser: 25 or 35 L
Ice per 24 h: 12 or 20 L
Shelves: 5
Weight: 432 kg

Genesis 30 Pilot Freeze Dryer

A pilot dryer for research, diagnostics, tissue engineering and small production: 30 L condenser and 3 to 6 stoppering shelves in 316L stainless steel. Merlin or LyoLogic controls, refrigerants with GWPs of 2 and 6, air- or water-cooled versions and support for GORE LYOGUARD trays.

Condenser: 30 L
Shelves: -55 to +65 °C
Shelf count: 3, up to 6
Weight: 363 or 386 kg

Genesis Pilot Freeze Dryers

Over 100 configurations for pilot work and small-scale production: 25 or 35 L condenser, up to six fluid-filled shelves and cleanroom versions. A standard 4-inch vapor port lets you simulate production scale-up, and the front-facing vacuum pump keeps routine maintenance simple.

Condenser: 25 or 35 L
Shelves: -55 to +65 °C
Shelf count: up to 6
Material: 316L steel

Ultra Prime 30 Pilot Freeze Dryer

A dryer for lab and small-scale production with a direct vapor port designed to mitigate choked flow. 30 L condenser, 8 standard shelves and up to 15 in bulk or stoppering layouts, LyoLogic HMI, refrigerants with GWPs of 2 and 6, and hot gas defrost.

Condenser: 30 L
Shelves: -55 to +65 °C
Shelf count: 8, up to 15
Weight: 473 or 909 kg

Ultra Prime 50 Small-Batch Freeze Dryer

A dryer for R&D and small-batch production: 50 L condenser cooled to -85 °C, 8 standard shelves and up to 15, R1270 and R170 refrigerants. Merlin or LyoLogic controls, 316 stainless steel shelves, an optional stoppering ram and set-up on standard laboratory utilities.

Condenser: 50 L
Condenser: -85 °C
Shelves: -55 to +65 °C
Weight: 909 kg

Benchmark Production Freeze Dryers

Custom-configured production dryers: shelf size and spacing, internal or external plate or coil condensers in any orientation. Shelves reach -70 °C and condensers -75 °C, every system runs LyoS 2.0, with 21 CFR Part 11 software, IQ/OQ validation packages and optional CIP.

Shelves: to -70 °C
Condenser: to -75 °C
Controls: LyoS 2.0
Build: 316L steel

Choosing the Scale: Benchtop to Production

The AdVantage Pro benchtop unit with a 6 L condenser and up to three shelves handles formulation work and small samples. The mobile Freezemobile, 25 or 35 L, works with flasks on a manifold of up to 48 ports, while the five-shelf GPFD is built for bulky items and long cycles.

Genesis 30, Genesis Pilot and Ultra Prime 30 pilot dryers move cycles to trial batches, the Ultra Prime 50 with a 50 L condenser and up to 15 shelves runs small-batch production, and Benchmark is configured to order for production.

Condenser and Temperature Range

AdVantage Pro and Freezemobile condensers reach -82 °C at 50 Hz and -85 °C at 60 Hz; the GPFD offers -50/-53 °C and -82/-85 °C packages.

Genesis, Ultra Prime 30 and Ultra Prime 50 shelves are controlled from -55 to +65 °C, AdVantage Pro from -55 to +60 °C, and the heated GPFD chamber from -29 to +60 °C. Benchmark shelves go to -70 °C and condensers to -75 °C. For organic solvents the Freezemobile takes a stainless steel manifold and the AdVantage Pro a glass and aluminum door.

Control Systems and Cycle Data

Genesis 30, Ultra Prime 30 and Ultra Prime 50 are ordered with Merlin or LyoLogic. Merlin runs recipes from a touchscreen with 8 standard temperature probes, a Pirani gauge and stoppering control.

LyoLogic on the Copa-Data Zenon platform gives 17 drying steps and 12 thermal treatment steps, up to 16 probes and endpoint detection by Pirani gauge and capacitance manometer.

AdVantage Pro and GPFD use the Intellitronics controller with 16 recipes, the Freezemobile uses Sentry 2.0 and Benchmark uses LyoS 2.0.

Cleanrooms, GMP and Cooling

Genesis Pilot, Genesis 30, Ultra Prime 30 and AdVantage Pro come in cleanroom versions. LyoLogic is available in a 21 CFR Part 11 ready version with e-signatures on recipe changes and an encrypted audit trail, and the manufacturer supports onsite IQ/OQ.

An air-cooled Genesis 30 releases about 11,500 BTU/h into the room and a water-cooled one about 4,100 BTU/h at 4-12 Lpm of water; for the Ultra Prime 50 the figures are 22,900 and 5,400 BTU/h at 15-22 Lpm.

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