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Carr ViaFuge Pilot Continuous Flow Tubular-bowl Ultrafuge

$75,000.00

Carr ViaFuge Pilot Continuous Flow Tubular-bowl Ultrafuge

$75,000.00

The Carr ViaFuge® Pilot is a pilot-scale, continuous-flow tubular-bowl centrifuge designed for gentle separation and recovery of shear-sensitive biological materials, particularly mammalian and insect cell cultures. It is widely used in biopharmaceutical process development, vaccine production, cell therapy workflows, and cellular agriculture applications.

This system was manufactured in 2015 and was just used for two cGMP runs then put in storage after that.  As a result, the unit is like new and comes complete to start processing.  The featured system is priced at $$$ less than a comparable new system. A User’s manual is also included in the purchase.

Typical Applications

  • Harvesting CHO, Vero, MRC-5, SF9, and other mammalian cell cultures
  • Insect cell processing
  • Vaccine manufacturing
  • Media exchange and cell washing
  • Cell therapy manufacturing
  • Cellular agriculture
  • Recovery of flocculated proteins and DNA-containing solutions

Advantages Compared with Conventional Disc-Stack Centrifuges

  • Much gentler handling of fragile cells
  • Higher viable-cell recovery
  • Smaller footprint
  • Lower capital cost for pilot-scale work
  • Easier process development and scale-up to production systems

Key Features:

  • Continuous-flow, solid tubular-bowl centrifuge
  • Removable bowl with an approximate capacity of 1.0 liter of solids
  • Low shear feed distribution using a proprietary hemispherical accelerator
  • Designed to minimize shear forces and preserve cell viability
  • Complete liquid/solid separation
  • Integrated cooling jacket designed to work with common peristaltic pumps
  • Compact tabletop footprint
  • Fully automated operation with PLC controls and touchscreen interface
  • Scalable process development platform for transfer to larger ViaFuge systems
  • Sealed separation chamber with transparent viewing port to inspect progress of separation
  • Steam-in-place option

Key Specifications:

  • Bowl capacity:                         1.3 liters
  • Recommended batch size:     25 – 500 Liters
  • Flow rate range:                      0.1 – 4 Liters/min
  • Separation force:                     500-10,000 x g
  • RPM rang :                              2,420 – 10,832 rpm
  • Operating temp range:            2° – 4° C
  • Max concentrate density:        < 1.5 g/mL
  • Weight:                                    250-300 lbs (113 – 136 kg)
  • Electrical:                                 220V / 60 Hz / 3 phase
  • Pump:                                      VFD controlled 1.5 HP
  • Pneumatic requirement:          40 ± 10 psi instrument air
  • Process parts:                         316L grade stainless steel/titanium alloy
  • Non-wetted parts:                   316L Stainless steel
  • Elastomers:                             EPDM
  • Regulatory:                             CE compliant/

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Carr ViaFuge Pilot Continuous Flow Tubular-bowl Ultrafuge