EP1712859A2 - Procédé pour faire fonctionner des installations de lyophilisation avec une chambre et avec dispositifs de chargement et de déchargement, et installations appropriées de ce type - Google Patents

Procédé pour faire fonctionner des installations de lyophilisation avec une chambre et avec dispositifs de chargement et de déchargement, et installations appropriées de ce type Download PDF

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EP1712859A2
EP1712859A2 EP06005688A EP06005688A EP1712859A2 EP 1712859 A2 EP1712859 A2 EP 1712859A2 EP 06005688 A EP06005688 A EP 06005688A EP 06005688 A EP06005688 A EP 06005688A EP 1712859 A2 EP1712859 A2 EP 1712859A2
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Hubert KLÜTSCH
Johannes Selch
Jörg Rosenbaum
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26—DRYING
    • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B25/00—Details of general application not covered by group F26B21/00 or F26B23/00
    • F26B25/001—Handling, e.g. loading or unloading arrangements
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26—DRYING
    • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B5/00—Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of heat
    • F26B5/04—Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of heat by evaporation or sublimation of moisture under reduced pressure, e.g. in a vacuum
    • F26B5/06—Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of heat by evaporation or sublimation of moisture under reduced pressure, e.g. in a vacuum the process involving freezing

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  • the invention relates to a method for operating freeze-drying plants with a chamber and with loading and unloading devices and systems designed for this purpose with the features of the preambles of the independent claims.
  • the containers pass from a filling device via a conveyor belt to the freeze-drying chamber.
  • the filling device operates substantially continuously, while the loading of the shelves is discontinuous. It is therefore necessary to provide a buffer zone for the containers between the filling device and the chamber. It consists, for example, of a plurality of conveyor belt loops adapted to the buffer requirement.
  • the loading of the chamber or the shelves is carried out by means of a transfer table and a slide system, through a closable loading opening therethrough, which is part of a wall or door of the freeze-drying chamber.
  • the transfer table In its operating position, connects the levels of the conveyor belt and the loading surface to be loaded.
  • the containers are still open.
  • a plug which has a recess for the removal of water vapor during freeze-drying.
  • the plug is closed in the still closed chamber by moving the shelves together.
  • the unloading of the shelves follows, also with the aid of the transfer table and the slide system.
  • the containers are fed to a device in which they are provided with caps.
  • Freeze-drying mainly serves the preservation of pharmaceutical products, so that the requirements for sterility are very high. Freeze drying systems are therefore located in clean rooms or they are equipped with so-called isolators.
  • the insulator space which is preferably formed by transparent wall sections, encloses those regions of the freeze-drying installations in which clean-room conditions must be maintained.
  • These include above all the means, in particular conveyor belts, which serve to supply the still open container from the filling device to the chamber, and the area in front of the chamber in which the loading and unloading are.
  • the means of transport between the freeze-drying chamber and the device for the final closure of the container with caps are housed in the insulator.
  • the products to be freeze-dried are generally more or less temperature-sensitive.
  • the shelves are therefore already set during the loading phase to low temperatures (for example - 20 ° C).
  • the temperature of the product in the plurality of containers at the beginning of the freeze-drying process is as uniform as possible.
  • the aim is therefore to keep the heat exchange between the interior of the chamber or the shelves therein and the outer clean room or the insulator interior small. This happens on the one hand by the choice of the smallest possible loading opening. It extends across the width of the chamber and has a height that is only slightly greater than the height of the loading means (Tranfertisch, slide system). If the temperature sensitivity of the product is particularly high, the loading opening between each of the loading strokes or partial drawers must also be closed.
  • the object of the present invention is to reduce the loading times of the freeze-drying chamber of a freeze-drying plant, without the products to be freeze-dried being sensitive to their temperature sensitivity to endanger and without having to compromise on the quality of the final product.
  • the periods of time in which a heat exchange between chamber interior and exterior takes place are shorter.
  • the desired thermal decoupling can be improved in the context of the invention by further measures that can be implemented individually, in pairs or together. One of these measures is to close at least part of the loading opening during the unavoidable loading pauses, that is, between the plurality of loading strokes.
  • Further measures relate to the mechanical / thermal contact between the transfer table and the loading plate located in loading. Appropriately, this contact is limited to the smallest possible contact surfaces.
  • FIG. 1 a, b, 2 a to h and 3 show vertical partial sections through embodiments of a freeze-drying plant according to the invention.
  • FIG. 4 shows examples of embodiments for the mutually facing edges of the transfer table and a footprint.
  • the walls of the freeze-drying chamber in which the loading opening is located at 1 1, the loading opening itself with 2, the interior of the chamber with 3, therein vertically-displaceable shelves with 4 and examples of thereon vials with 5 designated.
  • the shelves are usually heated and cooled. Coolant connections and also the means which allow the desired vertical movements of the shelves 4 - be it for adjustment to the loading height or for closing the containers 5 - are not shown.
  • the means for loading and unloading the shelves 4 include a conveyor belt 6, a transfer table 7 and a loading slide 8.
  • the components are all shown schematically, from the loading slide 8 only the front strip. Actuators are not shown for reasons of clarity. You can be trained in the way it is in the DE 103 07 571.2 A1 is described.
  • the outside of the loading opening 2 outer space is generally designated 10. It is either part of a clean room in which the freeze-drying plant is located, or an insulator.
  • the freeze-drying chamber partially shown has a first door 11, by means of which the loading opening 2 can be completely and tightly closed. It is hinged above the loading opening 2 pivotable about a horizontal axis.
  • Figure 1 a shows the door 11 in its closed position, Figure 1 b in its open position.
  • Figure 1 a further shows the transfer table 7 in its rest position, Figure 1 b in its operating position.
  • the transfer table 7 In its rest position, the transfer table 7 is in an inclined position below the loading level.
  • drive means it is moved to its operating position ( Figure 1 b) and pivoted. In this position, it connects the levels of conveyor belt 6 and to be loaded footprint 4.
  • the location of the loading opening 2 is chosen so that the transfer table 7 rests in its operating position of the lower edge of the loading opening 2.
  • the loading opening 2 is associated with a further closing means. It is a vertically sliding sliding door 12, which is arranged above the loading opening 2.
  • a vertically sliding sliding door 12 which is arranged above the loading opening 2.
  • the function of the sliding door 12 will be discussed in more detail. In principle, it is possible to equip the loading opening 2 with only one door, which has the functions of both the described doors 11, 12.
  • the stack of piles is located in the lower part of the freeze-drying chamber.
  • This is moved to the loading height ( Figure 2 a).
  • the transfer table 7 is already in its operating position.
  • Containers 5 delivered via the conveyor belt 6 are formatted on the transfer table with the aid of the loading slider or pusher 8 in such a way that they permit a loading thrust.
  • the thermal decoupling of the interior 3 of the freeze-drying chamber from the exterior 10 is achieved, on the one hand, by the sliding door 12 being lowered, thereby closing the region of the loading opening 2 lying above the transfer table 7.
  • the lying below the transfer table 7 area of the loading opening 2 is closed by the fact that the transfer table the lower edge of the loading opening 2 rests.
  • the transfer table 7 is equipped with a liftable edge portion 13, which will be described in detail below. This is in its raised position, so that a heat transfer between the already cold shelves 4 and the transfer table 7 does not take place.
  • the described liftable edge portions 13 support the goal of achieving a thermal decoupling between the interior 3 of the freeze-drying chamber and outer space 10.
  • Figure 3 shows further details.
  • One way of actuating the edge portions 13 comprises a lever system 16 operated by the sliding door 12. With the closing movement of the sliding door 12, a first, the transfer table 7 enforcing lever 17 is moved downward. This downward movement causes a longitudinal movement of a parallel to the transfer table 7 to the edge portion 13 extending lever rod 16. Below the edge portion 13, the movement of the lever rod 18 is translated into a rotational movement of a further lever 19 which touches the underside of the edge portion 13 with its free end.
  • the lever system 16 is formed overall such that the downward movement of the sliding door 12 causes lifting of the edge portion 13. The reverse movement takes place when the upward movement of the sliding door 12 releases the lever 17, by the weight of the edge portion thirteenth
  • lever system 16 is shown schematically and housed below the transfer table 7. However, it is expedient to accommodate the lever system 16 at least partially in bores or recesses in the transfer table 7, so that it is able to close the area of the loading opening 2 lying below the transfer table 7 in its operating position by closing the lower edge of this opening 2 rests.
  • the edge portions 13 should - regardless of whether they are raised or maintained during the loading breaks their operating position - have only a minimal surface contact with the loading surface 4 to be loaded.
  • the free edges of the edge portions 13 end in thin tongues 20 which rest in the operating position of the edge portions 13 projections 21 ( Figures 3 and 4). These are located on the end of the transfer table 7 facing the shelves 4.
  • the projections 21 have a cylindrical portion 22 (near the platform) and a conical section 23. Get the edge portions 13, which have a slightly downwardly inclined position in their rest position, during the approach of the transfer table 7 In the vicinity of the shelves 4, the tongues 20 first touch the conical sections 23. On this they slide on and are raised until the transfer table 7 has reached its operating position. In this position, the tongues 20 are the cylindrical portions 22 virtually linear, so with the smallest surface contact on.
  • the dimensions of the elements described are chosen so that a gapless and stepless transition from the transfer table 7 is ensured on the shelves 4.
  • transfer table 7 On edge portions of the type described could be dispensed with, if possible by other means a gap-free and stepless demarcation of transfer table 7 and to be loaded footprint 4 could be achieved. Likewise, mechanical contact between the transfer table 7 and the loading surface 4 to be loaded during the loading pauses could also be achieved in that the transfer table 7 is moved back only by a small distance. In the illustrated embodiments, however, this is not possible because the mutual position of transfer table 7 and conveyor belt 6 must be maintained between the load strokes.
  • a plurality of adjacent edge portions 13 and projections 20 are present ( Figure 4), so that minor and unavoidable unevenness of the relatively wide shelves 4 can be compensated.
  • the transfer table 7 It is equipped with heat transfer barriers, which consist of a poorly heat-conductive material, eg plastic. These are strip-shaped sections 25, 26, which extend parallel to the end face of the transfer table 7. The first section 25 is located where the transfer table 7 rests in its operating position of the lower edge of the loading opening 2. The second section lies in the plane of the sliding door 12. The thermal barriers 25, 26 thus prevent not only a cold flow from near the area of the transfer table 7 to the area remote from the pitch, but also to the chamber wall 1 (section 25) and the sliding door 12 (section 26).
  • the above-described loading device is also used in the discharge of the shelves 4. As a rule, however, it is no longer necessary to ensure thermal decoupling of the interior 4 from the exterior 10.

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