Equipments
The CRITT Bio-Industries technical hall covers 800 m² and houses the infrastructure and equipments required for process development, ranging from proof of concept to pre-industrial scale-up,
including the production of pre-commercial samples.
liquid & solid STATE
Fermentation

Liquid Fermentation
From 5L to 300L
Laboratory Scale
- 4 Reactors – 500 mL
- 4 Air Lift Fermenters – 3 L
- 1 Fermenter – 3,5 L / 7,5 L
- 1 Fermenter – 5 L
- 2 Fermenters – 10 L
- Several glass reactors up to 2 L
Pilot scale
- 1 Fermenter – 30 L
- 1 Fermenter – 50 L
- 1 Fermenter – 150 L
- 2 Fermenters – 300 L
- 4 Glass reactors – 40 L

SOLID STATE FermentATION
From 2L to 30L
Laboratory Scale
- 2 Reactors – 2L
Pilot Scale
- 1 Conical reactor – 30 L
enzymatiC
CatalysIS

Reactors from
a few mL up to 750L
Laboratory Scale
- 4 Reactors – 500 mL
- 4 Air Lift Fermenters – 3 L
- 1 Fermenter – 3,5 L / 7,5 L
- 1 Fermenter – 5 L
- 2 Fermenters – 10 L
- Glass reactors up to 2 L
Pilot scale
- 1 Fermenter – 30 L
- 1 Fermenter – 50 L
- 1 Fermenter – 150 L
- 1 Reactor – 150 L
- 2 Fermenters – 300 L
- 1 Reactor – 700 L
- 4 Glass reactors – 40 L

REACTORS FOR IMMOBILIZED ENZYMES
FROM A FEW ml UP TO 45L
Lab & Pilot scale
- Several glass columns up to 45 L
SEparation
& purification

Cellular extraction
Laboratory Scale
- 2 Bead mills
- 2 Ultra-turrax
Pilot Scale
- 1 Bead Mill
- 1 High-Pressure Homogenizer

Centrifugation
Laboratory Scale
- 1 Centrifuge 6×50 mL
- 1 Centrifuge 16×50 mL
- 1 Centrifuge 6x1L
Pilot Scale
- 1 Semi-Continuous Centrifuge
- 1 Centrifugal Extractor

Front Filtration
Laboratory Scale
- 1 Filtration Performance Test
- 1 Bag Filter – 0,09 m²
- 1 Plate Filter – 10,6 cm²
Pilot Scale
- 1 Manual Press – 30 L
- 1 Plate Filter – Max 0.8 m²
- 1 Filter Press – Max 0.35 m²
- 1 Bag Filter – Max 0.25 m²

Tangential
Filtration
Laboratory Scale
- 1 RO/NF – 0,06 m²
- 2 MF/UF – 0,5 m² max
Pilot Scale
- 3 MF/UF – 6 m² max
- 2 OR/NF/UF – 10 m² max

Purification
Laboratory Scale
- Electrodialysis
- Chromatographic Separation

Drying &
Concentration
Laboratory Scale
- 1 Lyophilizer
- 1 Fluidized Bed Dryer
- 1 Vacuum Drying Oven
Pilot Scale
- 1 Lyophilizer
- 1 Vacuum Evaporator
SPeCIFIC
EQUIPMENTS

Specific bio reactors
Laboratory Scale
- 4 Air Lift Fermenters – 3 L
- 1 Photobioreactor – 4L
- 1 Test Bench for Microalgae Culture – 4 x 20L

Microbiology
Laboratory Scale
- 3 Shaking Incubators
- 1 Shaking Incubator with Lighting
- 1 Laminar Flow Hood
- 1 Microscope and Camera

analytiCAL TOOLS
Laboratory Scale
- 4 HPLC Systems (RI, UV, DAD detection)
- 1 Ion Chromatography System
- 1 Gas Chromatography System
- 1 Microplate Reader
- 2 Spectrophotometers
- 1 Colorimeter
- 1 Water Activity Meter
- 1 Thermogravimetric Analyzer
- 1 Viscosimeter
- 2 Gas Analyzers