Product Formulation Plant

Manufacturing Module

Weighing Area Module

This specific module includes the weighing area prepared for:

  • Weighing raw material before formulation.


Module’s general characteristics as per Base Clean Room Module

  1. Clean room level:

    • Dimensions:

      • External: 5,84 m x 2’35 m x 2’6 m (Length x Width x Height).

      • Internal: 5,72 m x 2’23 m x 2’5 m (Length x Width x Height).

    • Classified ISO 8 as per ISO 14644 (Class D GMP).

    • Clean room panels and finishing as per SAMPU standards.


  2. Technical level:

    • Technical area installed above including HVAC ducts, cables and piping.


  3. Total combined height of clean room level + technical level is 4,5 m.

Laminar flow cabin

  • Laminar flow cabin to create controlled environment under laminar flow. 

  • Including:

    • Controlled environment 1,6 m x 1,6 m x 2,2 m.

    • Return column with grid near floor level.

    • EC fan 4.200 m3/h.

      • Automatic air speed control at 0,45m/s ± 20% following GMP standard for laminarity of air.

    • Filtration layers:

      • Pre-filter COARSE-90% as per ISO 16890 (G4 as per EN779).

      • Filter ePM10-55% as per ISO 16890 (M6 as per EN779).

      • Terminal HEPA filter H14 as per EN 1822.

    • Positive or negative pressurization of the cabin in relation to environment (parametrizable).

    • Lighting to guarantee >500 lux on all working surfaces.

    • Air speed monitoring.

    • Filter clogging warning.

    • Antistatic transparent plastic curtains.

    • Control of cabin integrated with HVAC system behavior.

Weighing scale

  • Included 2x weighing scales:

    • 60 kg / ± 2 g.

    • 3 kg / ±0,5 g.

    • Installed on an stainless steel workbench.


  • Pharmaceutical Compressed Air (PCA) Point of Use for cleaning.

    • OPTIONAL inert gas Point of Use.

HMI

  • Information retained with data integrity complying with CFR 21 Part 11.

  • Prepared to generate:

    • Batch report.

    • Alarms report.

    • Audit trail report.

  • Remote connection for aftersales services.

Design and Manufacturing criteria

  • Operable by maximum 2 people.

  • According to regulations:

    • European Commission Vol. 4 EU Guidelines to Good Manufacturing Practice. Medicinal Products for Human and Veterinary Use. 

    • Good Manufacturing Practices of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

    • 21 CFR Part 11 “Electronic Records, Electronic Signatures”. Food and Drug Administration Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

    • Equipment Directive 2006/42/EC.

    • EN ISO 14122: Safety of machinery - Permanent means of access to machinery, part 1 till 4. 

    • EN ISO 13849: Safety of machinery - Safety-related parts of control systems.

Documentation

  • Design documentation.

  • DQ protocol + report.

  • As-built documentation:

    • CE Declaration of Conformity.

    • Layouts.

    • Electrical diagram.

    • Pneumatic diagram.

    • Datasheet of valves and/or instrumentation and components.

    • Calibration Certificates.

    • Operation manual:

      • Start-up procedure.

      • Format changeover procedure.

      • Cleaning procedure.

      • Alarms list with every troubleshooting.

    • Maintenance manual.

    • Spare parts list and fungible assets.

  • FAT & SAT protocols + report.

  • IQ & OQ protocols + report.

  • PQ protocol + report.


The standard language of all documentation will be English.