Summary
- Profile Type
- Technology offer
- POD Reference
- TOIT20240311017
- Term of Validity
- 12 March 2024 - 12 March 2026
- Company's Country
- Italy
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- An Italian company active in the field of pharmaceutical technologies has developed a spray dryer prototype specifically aimed at R&D and lab-scale activities. The company now wishes to bring this technology to the market and is looking for foreign partners willing to collaborate under either commercial agreement with technical assistance or joint venture agreement.
- Full Description
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Spray drying is a method of producing a dry powder from a liquid or slurry by rapidly drying with a hot gas. This is the preferred method of drying of many thermally-sensitive materials such as foods and pharmaceuticals. Usually such equipment have large dimensions, hardly affordable for small laboratories.
An Italian university spin-off located in North-West Italy (Piedmont Region) with thorough experience in R&D formulation development in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and nutraceutical fields, has developed a special spray dryer prototype designed for R&D and small-scale productions. With a view to helping scientists’ fast and effective R&D and scale-up operations, the equipment is designed to replicate the behaviour of a production unit, while maintaining an extremely compact design, useful in small laboratories. Chamber size and cyclone have been developed for best powder recovery and the equipment is able to record all the process parameters for accurate post process evaluation. Moreover, this is the first spray dryer equipment controlled by rugged tablet: the software have a unique feature named "DoS", helping scientists to easy transfer the process parameters to industrial plant.
The company now wishes to bring the prototype to the market and is looking for foreign partners interested in promoting the spray dryer through commercial agreement with technical assistance.
Potential partners should have a good knowledge of local market rules, as well as technical skills related to spray drying methods and related application fields (pharmaceutical and food sectors), to provide technical assistance to local clients.
The company is also open to the creation of joint ventures with interested partners, with a view to adapting the equipment to specific local market segments and starting targeted distribution. - Advantages and Innovations
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- Compact design, ideal for small laboratories;
- Complete process control from large touch screen monitor or industrial touch screen tablet for remote control (for high
containment areas);
- Fully customizable (glass or steel column);
- Bag filter with second discharge for high powder recovery;
- Wheeled for easy transport in the work area;
- Work surface magnetically removable for easy cleaning;
- Up to 15 data recorded;
- USB, LAN and Wi-Fi connections;
- Easy download (PDF or Excel sheets) of all the processes recorded;
- Two different user level access (R&D and Production). - Technical Specification or Expertise Sought
- The prototype is fully operative and available for test and demonstrations; it will differ from the commercial version for some details in the PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) rugged configuration and aesthetic features.
- Stage of Development
- Available for demonstration
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
- Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- Goal 2: Zero Hunger
- IPR status
- Secret know-how
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
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Commercial agreement with technical assistance: selected partners will be asked to promote the spray dryer in their local markets. They should therefore have good knowledge of local market rules, as well as technical skills related to spray drying methods and related application fields (pharmaceutical and food sectors), to provide technical assistance to local clients.
Joint venture agreements for adapting the spray drying equipment to specific local market segments and distributing it are sought as well. - Type and Size of Partner
- R&D Institution
- University
- SME <=10
- SME 11-49
- SME 50 - 249
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 02002003 - Drying
- Market keywords
- 08003007 - Other industrial equipment and machinery
- 09004001 - Business products and supplies
- Targeted countries
- All countries