Ytron-Quadro (UK), Chesham, Buckinghamshire, reports that its North American associates, The Fitzpatrick Company and Quadro Engineering – both business units of IDEX Material Processing Technologies – have recently introduced the Scalable Lab System™ (SLS), the latest incarnation of their lab-scale L1A FitzMill, and U5 Comil combination package, originally introduced five years ago.  This latest version encompasses five material processing and milling possibilities: Fitzpatrick’s FitzMill L1A comminutor; Quadro’s U5 and U5 high-efficiency Comil; FlexSift S5; and H5 high-energy API Comil.

 

The new system enables operators to alternate between multiple milling solutions in seconds, thanks to its innovative tri-clamp design. The head interchangeability this provides makes the equipment suitable for milling and/or wet material conditioning, as stand-alone or to complement lab-scale wet granulation systems. It enables operators to process samples as small as 5g with minimal loss or product retention, and +50kg/h milling for certain products. 

The SLS utilises Smart-Detect™, a unique lab equipment feature that automatically ensures the appropriate speed range is fixed by recognising the head being installed – a critical parameter for ensuring scalability to production machines is maintained.  It intuitively and seamlessly facilitates the transfer of operating parameters from small sample R&D tests, to full-scale production machines. www.ytron-quadro.co.uk; www.fitzmill.com; www.quadro.com  

 

 

The Scalable Lab System (SLS) allows the user to select the most suitable milling technology, with minimal capital investment and reduced overall space requirement; the SLS (below) exhibited in September at the UK’s PPMA Total Show