The pilot plant allows scientific research to test small-scale industrial processes
The pilot plants are fundamental to the modern chemical-pharmaceutical industry: they allow the creation of small-scale results of scientific research done in the laboratory, developing processes before applying on large quantities and volumes.
In general, pilot plant productions range from a few kilograms up to quantities in the order of 500 kg.
In the construction of pilot plants for chemical and pharmaceutical industry must be considered that, given the experimental nature of the process, these systems should allow a significant amount of transactions in order to include several variables in the process.
The design of a pilot plant is based on the concept that it must accommodate a wide range of very different chemical reactions, in order to make experimentation less costly and time-consuming. From an economic standpoint, it would be unfeasible to have a dedicated plant for each type of reaction to be tested; therefore, reactions can only be grouped into technologically similar and homogeneous categories.
The implementation of a pilot plant, however, must meet strict production standards and strict, like a normal system, to ensure that they are safe and compatible with GMP (if used in the pharmaceutical sector)
ANGELO PILOTTA Srl – design and installation of pilot plants for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries – Via Fratelli Cervi, 10 – Rho (Milan) – Italy – Phone +39-02/93909023