Optimising Process Efficiency of a Fluid Bed System Through Advanced Automation

The publication Pharmaceutical Technology has featured InnoGlobal Technology’s (formerly Innopharma Technology) research paper, Self-Guided Control of a Fluid Bed Granulation Process, in their January ’20 issue. This paper describes advanced dynamic process control using InnoGlobal Technology’s (formerly Innopharma Technology) automated process control platform SmartX and is available at PharmTech.com.

This paper is a joint publication by InnoGlobal Technology (formerly Innopharma Technology), The Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Technology Centre (PMTC), and Technological University Dublin (TUD). 

The paper focuses on SmartX, a process intelligence & control system developed by InnoGlobal Technology (formerly Innopharma Technology). This real-time control platform fuses PAT data with process data to provide intuitive and interactive visualisation of the process in addition to enabling autonomous control. 

The SmartX platform provides Real-Time IoT functionality enabling data aggregation, storage, and visualisation for both cloud and edge deployments. The real-time control attribution of the SmartX platform performs Active Dynamic Process Control, which ensures consistent and precise end-product quality. Integrating PAT into the process control strategy reduces the need for at-line sampling and testing compared to the traditional fluid bed granulation processes.

The SmartX platform is commercially available for both new and existing fluid bed systems. This platform is suitable for granulation, coating, and drying processes.