Chemical and pharmaceutical machinery comprises equipment for the process steps of mixing, reacting, separating, drying and packaging in chemical, pharmaceutical and cosmetics production. Key components include reactors (agitated vessels, pressure reactors, biotechnological fermenters) and chemical mixers for homogeneous mixing.
For processing, chemical filters (pressure filters, centrifugal filters), chemical dryers (spray, fluidised bed and vacuum dryers) and granulators are used. Tablet presses are used for tablet production, whilst packaging machines for the pharmaceutical industry, such as blister and sterile packaging systems, are used for subsequent packaging.
Leading manufacturers include GEA, Bosch Packaging Technology, Glatt, Korsch, Fette Compacting, IKA, ROSS, Bühler, Niro and Sartorius.
This group of machines is used in pharmaceutical production facilities, cosmetics manufacturing, the chemical and biotech industries, food chemistry, and in R&D pilot plants.