A safer, healthier and modern way of conveying powders and tablets

Manual handling in pharmaceutical industry poses risks on operators’ safety and health. Moreover, the entire manufacturing process becomes dependent on the human labor. Vacuum conveying helps you to address both challenges.

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Solving your challenges with vacuum technology

Pharmaceutical manufacturing faces numerous challenges, from ensuring product integrity to meeting stringent regulatory requirements. Addressing these challenges requires innovative solutions that enhance productivity while ensuring quality and safety, which is what Piab has the solution for.

Conveyors designed for the pharma industry


With tightening regulatory standards and evolving market demands, pharmaceutical manufacturers must adopt new technologies to streamline production, reduce manual labor, and minimize waste. Piab equipment supports this transition by optimizing material flow and integrating process steps, helping you improve efficiency and achieve higher quality  


  • Safe and hygienic: Prevents product loss and contamination.
  • Compact and versatile: Integrates seamlessly into production lines.
  • Easily maintained: No moving parts for pharmaceutical applications.
  • Energy effeicient: Reduces energy use with small footprint.

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Meet tablet production needs with vacuum solutions

 

Your challenge

Traditional methods of handling capsules and tablets often face challenges such as inconsistency in feeding, potential contamination, and inefficiencies that can lead to increased production costs and compromised product quality. This might affect product integrity negatively while regulatory standards become harder to meet. It also affects the ergonomics and poses higher risks against health and safety guidelines.

High maintenance effort

Manual handling implies environmental health and safety concerns and lowers product quality and productivity.

Cross-contamination and discontainment

Open systems pose significant risks to product quality and safety, particularly for sensitive APIs.

Prolonged downtime due to inefficient setup

Many moving parts take a lot of space and are difficult to sanitize. Meeting clean room standards is challenging.

The solution

Piab piFLOW® vacuum conveyors ensure precise and consistent handling of capsules and tablets, enhancing the efficiency of tablet press operations. With an enclosed system, piFLOW® conveyors minimize contamination risks and maintain product integrity, ensuring compliance with stringent industry regulations. Whether you look for a solution with seamless integration into existing processes or shifting towards continuous manufacturing, Piab vacuum conveyors offer options for you.

Automated continuous manufacturing

Replace manual work (powder handling, capsule filling, material supply) with an enclosed vacuum system.

Safe and hygienic closed system

Protects sensitive materials and adheres to Occupational Health and Safety measures.

Increased system uptime with ergonomic design

The straightforward design allows for simple sanitization, while remote pumps keep the clean room sterile.

Compare manual production handling vs automated vacuum conveying

Piab vacuum conveyors replace manual feeding or other lifting solutions, ensuring quick filling and emptying processes, enhancing productivity, efficiency and safety, particularly in applications like feeding the tablet press.

Reach the next level of tablet manufacturing

Want to stay competitive in the evolving pharma market? Discover how Piab can help you transit to continuous manufacturing, boosting efficiency, product quality, and sustainability.

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