PRODUCTION-SCALE MILLING & SCREENING PLATFORM SDx™ SERIES – QUADRO
The SDx™ Series offers interchangeable milling and screening heads, including the U20x Comil® (conical milling), S20x FlexSift (security screening), and the D6Ax FitzMill™ (hammer milling). Each head can be easily and rapidly interchanged on a common drive base, thanks to SMARTdetect™ technology, which automatically recognizes the installed head and adjusts RPM accordingly. This feature significantly reduces setup time and eliminates the risk of human error.
SUITABLE APPLICATIONS INCLUDE:
- Oral Solid Dose (OSD) Pharmaceuticals
- Nutraceuticals
- Food Industry
- Chemical Manufacturing
- Cannabis Extraction Processes
- Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API)
FLEXIBLE MILLING AND SCREENING HEADS
U20x Comil® – Conical Milling
Benefits of U20x Comil® head:
- Delivers consistent and enhanced results compared to the Classic U20.
- Greaseless sanitary gearbox eliminates contamination risks and lowers operating temperatures, ensuring product integrity.
- Produces tighter and more uniform particle size distributions (PSDs), achieving 20–40% better target accuracy.
- Patented high-efficiency screen design provides up to 50% higher throughput and reduces product temperatures by up to 30%, depending on the material.
- Fully compatible with Classic U20 screens and impellers, allowing significant savings on tooling investment.
Key Features:
- Greaseless gearbox technology
- High-efficiency screen options
- Enhanced Clean-In-Place (CIP) capability
- Tooling compatibility with the Classic U20 range
- Scalable from SLS lab-scale through to SDx production-scale platforms
S10x FlexSift – Security Screening
Benefits:
- Efficiently replaces multiple traditional vibratory sifters with a single S10x unit, maintaining comparable throughput.
- Offers industry-leading capacity, delivering 40–50% greater throughput compared to similar centrifugal security screening technologies.
- Achieves optimal capacity range unmatched by competitive centrifugal security screeners.
- Features a greaseless gearbox design, completely eliminating contamination risks.
Highlights:
- Greaseless sanitary gearbox
- ATEX & XP hazardous-area certification available
- Scalable from laboratory (SLS Series) through pilot-scale to full production (SDx Series)
D6Ax FitzMill™ – Hammer Milling Technology
Benefits:
- Optimal solution for superior particle size reduction, especially for APIs, polymer-based hot melt extrusions, and oral solid dosage formulations.
- Achieves high efficiency with minimal product retention, ensuring excellent yield.
- Complete accessibility ensures quick cleaning and maintenance, minimizing downtime.
- Range of screens available to precisely meet desired PSD specifications.
- Includes optional cooling infeed for heat-sensitive applications.
Highlights:
- Simple, fast removal and assembly of milling head
- Complete (100%) surface accessibility for cleaning
- Hazardous-area compatibility (ATEX & XP certification)
- Fully scalable from lab-scale SLS models to SDx production platforms
SMARTdetect™ TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGE
All SDx™ heads feature innovative SMARTdetect™ technology integrated into the control system, instantly identifying which head is installed and automatically adjusting the RPM settings, ensuring correct, safe, and optimal operation without manual intervention.
