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New range of High-Pressure Homogenizers

July 2008

Biopharma Process Systems is pleased to introduce a range of high pressure homogenisers from BEE International.

BEE International was established in 1994 for the sole purpose of advancing the technology of homogenization and has since developed innovative high pressure homogenizing equipment for the pharmaceutical, biotech and chemical industries.

High pressure homogenizers allow research scientists and manufacturers to break down droplets and particles into sizes below one micron. Other commercial homogenisation methods such as wet milling and piston gap can prove to be problematic. With these other methods it more difficult to control the individual forces that control the homogenisation process - impact , shear and cavitation. High pressure homogenisation controls these forces and also avoids the problems of fractionation.

DeBEE patented innovative technology

Particle size and distribution are determined by the consistency of flow and pressure applied, so DeBEE intensifiers are hydraulically actuated and microprocessor controlled to ensure precision and efficiency. BEE’s patented modular and configurable homogenizing cell has no wearing or moving parts and allows the user to quickly change the homogenising cell to meet any of their processing requirements. Overcavitation and backpressure within the fixed interaction zone can dramatically impair the particle size reduction and so to overcome these limitations BEE has developed the modular and configurable Absorption Cells . These can be optimised according to operating conditions and process objectives by a combination of length, diameter and other parameters.

Flexibility

The DeBEE systems are able to handle different difficult feeds whatever your process requires. A Dual Feed option allows sequential addition of raw materials. If maximum shear and maximum processing are required in one pass the Reverse Flow and Dual Jet options can be used.

BEE International’s product line covers laboratory applications to high volume pilot plant systems that scale up linearly from laboratory units. BEE homogenizers are commonly used for particle size reduction, fine emulsions, cell disruption, nanoparticles and micro-encapsulating along with general blending and mixing.

You can visit BEE's website here or download pdf brochures below.

Brochures

Nano DeBEE
Micro DeBEE
Mini DeBEE
Production DeBEE
Production 2000 DeBEE

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BEE International High-Pressure Homogenisers

Nano DeBEE, electric bench-top ultra high-pressure homogeniser

Production-scale DeBEE Homogeniser

BEE homogenizers process emulsions to the smallest particles and the narrowest particle size distribution of all commercially available homogenizers

Bench-top Micro DeBEE