The SP VirTis Benchmark is a production freeze dryer for life sciences manufacturing rather than research. The manufacturer reports an installed base of over 200 units worldwide with over 20 years of continuous dependable operation. Units are manufactured in SP’s Warminster, PA and Gardiner, NY factories, with all major components — product chamber, shelves and condenser — completely built in the USA.
Designed for
- Diagnostic kits and bulk reagents
- Bulk collagen and tissue products
- Nutraceuticals
- API (active pharmaceutical ingredients)
Construction and shelf performance
- Industrial-grade 316L stainless steel commercial construction
- Shelf area available from 2 m² to 20 m², in either bulk fixed-shelf or stoppering configuration
- Shelf temperature uniformity of ± 1 °C
- Ra 25 standard interior finish
- Radiant shelf above the first usable shelf
- Shelf latching option for flexible processing
Configuration options
- Standard round, or square, product chamber
- External ice condenser with condensing plate design, or an internal ice condenser to save space
- Condenser temperatures: -70 °C standard design · -65 °C redundant (fluid) design · -80 °C cascade option
- Dependable two-stage reciprocating refrigeration compressors, with options for N+1 redundancy and cascade refrigeration
- Rotary-vane oil vacuum pumps, or a dry scroll option
- CIP (Clean-In-Place) with complete chamber coverage, riboflavin test verified, and an optional heated storage tank CIP skid
- Cleanroom wall installation with a 316L stainless steel wall flange, designed for easy access to major components on the service side
- Further options: isolation valve · H₂O₂ VHP ready · solvent traps · validation port
Lyos 2.0 control system
- Process data stored indefinitely in a secure format
- Robust GE iFIX SCADA with an Allen Bradley PLC
- Secure login ID and password
- Pirani and MKS capacitance manometer
- Minimum 8 product probes
- A comprehensive suite of over 25 process alarms to protect valuable product
- Additional options: automatic batch reports · UPS · 21 CFR Part 11 audit trail
Qualification and documentation
Delivered on a GAMP 5 approach, with design specifications, lifecycle documents including material and surface finish certifications, an as-built drawing package, and FAT, SAT and IQ/OQ.
SP VirTis Benchmark is available in Thailand from Thai Unique, with installation, calibration and after-sales service handled by our own team here in the country. For details and a quotation, call 0-2629-0191-6 or email customer.service@thaiunique.com.
All specifications are taken from the manufacturer’s own documentation and are based on units operating at an ambient room temperature of approximately 20 °C; SP recommends an operating range of 15-25 °C. SP VirTis reserves the right to change specifications without notice.