The DSM Nutritional Products Group is one of the largest producers of vitamins, active pharmaceutical ingredients and substances for the cosmetics industry.Safe and reliable production processes are essential in this industry to ensure maximum product quality and the best possible protection for all employees. I m Swiss DSM plant in Sisseln include the production facilities, especially for vitamin A and E, are among the largest of their kind in the world.
To further improve safety in powder processing, DSM has now commissioned an ISO Class 9 Cleanroom CleanCell4.0. In order to safely separate the substrate filling from the previous production, the closed 5 m² cleanroom booth is operated with a low negative pressure, which prevents the powder from spreading outside the booth. Two clean air modules integrated flush into the clean room ceiling draw the outside air through high-performance ULPA15 class HEPA filters into the Cleanroom. DSM has also installed a suction arm directly at the filling station, which filters particles with pinpoint accuracy. The powder to be filled is fed into the Cleanroom in containers, usually in the form of drums, through a sliding film curtain. The height of the curtains was chosen so that they can later be replaced by a double-wing door without any further conversion.
With a final ISO qualification, the small system could be put into operation just four weeks after the order was placed and adds an important component to the safety of production.
