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

Fermenteur FML

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
Fermenteur milieu solide

SOLID STATE FermentATION
From 2L to 30L

Laboratory Scale

  • 2 Reactors – 2L

Pilot Scale

  • 1 Conical reactor – 30 L

enzymatiC
CatalysIS

Réacteur catalyse

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
Réacteurs pour enzymes immobilisées

REACTORS FOR IMMOBILIZED ENZYMES
FROM A FEW ml UP TO 45L

Lab & Pilot scale

  • Several glass columns up to 45 L

SEparation
& purification

Broyage

Cellular extraction

Laboratory Scale

  • 2 Bead mills
  • 2 Ultra-turrax

Pilot Scale

  • 1 Bead Mill
  • 1 High-Pressure Homogenizer 

 

Centrifugation

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 

 

Filtration frontale

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
Filtration tangentielle

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

Purification

Laboratory Scale

  • Electrodialysis
  • Chromatographic Separation
Séchage concentration

Drying &
Concentration

Laboratory Scale

  • 1 Lyophilizer
  • 1 Fluidized Bed Dryer
  • 1 Vacuum Drying Oven

Pilot Scale

  • 1 Lyophilizer
  • 1 Vacuum Evaporator

SPeCIFIC
EQUIPMENTS

Fermenteurs spécifiques

Specific bio reactors

Laboratory Scale

  • 4 Air Lift Fermenters – 3 L
  • 1 Photobioreactor – 4L
  • 1 Test Bench for Microalgae Culture – 4 x 20L

 

 

 

 

Microbiologie

Microbiology

Laboratory Scale

  • 3 Shaking Incubators
  • 1 Shaking Incubator with Lighting
  • 1 Laminar Flow Hood
  • 1 Microscope and Camera

 

 

 

 

Outils analytiques

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