Pharmaceuticals is one of the most important and rapidly growing industries in the world. With the development of economic globalization, the international competition of medicine is becoming increasingly fierce. The pharmaceutical industry uses different equipment at different stages of drug production.

The manufacturing process of a drug consists of several stages such as grinding, mixing, granulating, coating, drying, encapsulating, tableting, etc. In addition to medical manufacturing equipment such as X-ray inspection systems, capsule filling machines, and tablet punching machines, of course, the most important thing is the energy supply equipment - boiler.

Pharmaceutical Industry may be concerned about the following:

• How to buy boiler systems that are more in line with the production process of the pharmaceutical factory.

• Can receive the goods in time, convenient and fast, and put into use quickly.

• The boiler system is stable, which can provide more stable heat energy and complete orders faster.

First of all, let's understand the simple production process of drugs in the pharmaceutical industry.

Pharmaceutical Production Process:

The pharmaceutical process begins with grinding a drug to the requirements of the manufactured drug, and then continues with combining inactive ingredients with active pharmaceutical ingredients to obtain solid dosages.

After grinding comes the granulation process, which is divided into two forms: wet granulation and dry granulation. It is the opposite of grinding because it mixes all the small drug particles into one large particle. This large granule is composed of precise amounts of ingredients, enhancing its tableting ability.

Hot-melt extrusion of solid oral drugs, processing them into drugs with lower solubility by heat and pressure. The finished drug is then compressed into tablets and capsules.

Which Processes in the Pharmaceutical Production Process Require Boiler?

In the pharmaceutical industry, steam is an indispensable production condition, mainly used for heating of pharmaceutical raw materials and sterilization of equipment. Usually in the pharmaceutical process, steam is needed for heating, concentration, drying, heat exchange, including air conditioning and heating in almost production.

How should the Pharmaceutical Industry Choose a Boiler?

Steam boilers in the pharmaceutical industry:

Efficient and reliable boilers are the backbone of the pharmaceutical industry. Steam boilers play a vital role in sterilization, purification and drying in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry. Steam boilers are essential to ensure precise refining of the ingredients in the manufacture of medicines. Clean or pure steam is essential to the excellent quality of the pharmaceuticals produced.

Clean steam is produced from uncontaminated water without additives such as amines. This is mainly because the disinfection and sterilization process must be free of any form of contamination that could affect the quality of the finished product.

In addition to this, a sterile environment requires clean steam to promote yeast or cell growth.

Common Boilers Used in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Solid Fuel Boiler:

 Compared with other types of boilers, solid fuel steam boilers are efficient and economical and can burn fuels such as wood, coal, wood chips, briquettes, etc.

Solid fuel boilers benefit from low operating costs, multiple fuel options and optimum efficiency, but are not suitable for areas with high environmental and production environment requirements. Solid fuel boilers are used to make generic drugs, intravenous fluids, capsule coverings, and more.

Oil/Gas-Fired Boiler: 

Oil-fired boiler are ideal for low gas and oil supply prices. Oil-fired boilers are very effective in optimizing the combustion and use of fuels such as light diesel, high-speed diesel, furnace oil, low-sulfur heavy oil, and industrial diesel. Gas boilers are environmentally friendly and have high thermal efficiency, and in pharmaceutical manufacturing, they are mainly used for sterilization, disinfection and mixing of ingredients.

Multi-Fuel Boiler: 

As the name suggests, multi-fuel boilers are suitable for various types of fuels. Multi-fuel boilers are efficient and reliable and are mainly used to produce products such as tablets, medicinal syrups, injections and ointments.

Safe and Reliable Boiler is important:

Precision and safety are the keys to successful pharmaceuticals. While the pharmacy sector plays an important role, it no doubt faces manufacturing challenges as well. Hot liquids, hot surfaces, steam, cramped work spaces, high noise levels, and overheated work areas are some of the difficulties faced by workers in manufacturing units. Therefore, the installation and use of high-quality and reliable equipment is the key to ensuring safe production in the pharmaceutical sector.

EPCB Boiler in the pharmaceutical industry will have the following characteristics:

• The type of boiler system will be customized according to the production process of the pharmaceutical factory and the type of fuel.

•  The type of fuel will be recommended for you according to its local reserves and price, to ensure that the pharmaceutical factory can produce more continuously and stably.

•  Complete certification, such as GB, ASME, CE, EAC, etc. Certification to different standards will be carried out according to local policy requirements. Make sure the factory can operate normally.

• Provide complete technical support and after-sales service to ensure the stable operation of the system.

Conclusion:

EPCB has served the pharmaceutical industry for more than ten years, providing efficient and reliable boilers.

Pharmaceutical factories have very strict requirements on the production environment. When purchasing boilers, gas-fired steam boilers are the most suitable. The fuel can be directly transported to the boiler room through pipelines without worrying about storage problems, which can reduce fuel storage for pharmaceutical factories. pollution caused.

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