With an increase in the demand, the production volumes in pharmaceutical API & Intermediate manufacturing are increasing significantly. Pharmaceutical manufacturers use different philosophies to meet these market demands and undertake capacity enhancement. Typically, two different approaches are adopted, i.e., a). Replicate the existing setup in multiple folds as per the required capacity expansion or b). adopt an advanced technology that delivers the requirement more efficiently.

In pharmaceutical API & Intermediate manufacturing, filtration is one of the essential operations. Today, filtration is carried out using conventional technologies such as Centrifuges, Agitated Nutsche Filter, Plate & Frame Filter Press, Pressure Nutsche Filter and so on. While expanding the production capacity, the number of these filters required increases accordingly. And therefore, the associated resources such as space, power, manpower and utility increase, resulting in an exponential rise in the CapEx and OpEx of the manufacturing facility.