Production vessels incl. magnetic agitator

The integrated fault message system for the agitator rod combines the advantages of the magnetic drive with the reliability of a mechanically coupled agitator:

• sterility: no shaft duct into the product chamber;
• agitator rod easily cleaned and sterilised: no complex bearing geometry like in impeller agitators; CIP and SIP compatible design;
• the drive unit is not connected to the vessel, so the one magnetic agitator system can be used for more than one agitator vessel;
• fault message when magnetic link between drive and agitator rod fails; this is an inherent fault in the design of magnetic agitators that can lead to uncontrolled downtime although the agitator is still operating;
• “automatic agitator rod intercept” for the automatic reinstatement of agitator functions;
• timer function for linear speed reduction at filling stations for e.g. inoculants containing adjuvants: this prevents foaming when the level in the product vessel falls;
• unambiguous documentation of the agitator process in the form of recorded speeds and fault message voltages in compliance with the FDA und GMP guidelines.