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June 12, 2023 Brooks Instrument Flow Control in New Cytiva Bioreactor

SLA Series Biotech MFC provides intelligent gas flow control to improve yield, reduce complexity and costs in bioprocessing operations.

The Brooks Instrument SLA5800 Series Biotech MFC is a key component in the new Cytiva X-platform bioreactor.
The Brooks Instrument SLA5800 Series Biotech MFC is a key component in the new Cytiva X-platform bioreactor.

HATFIELD, Pa. (USA) — Cytiva, a global provider of leading life sciences brands, has launched its new Xcellerex™ X-platform bioreactors, which feature SLA5800 Series Biotech mass flow controllers from Brooks Instrument, a world leader in advanced flow, pressure and vapor delivery solutions.

Used to create monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatments and for manufacturing cell and gene therapies and viral vectors, the X-platform bioreactors can be ordered in 50 L or 200 L sizes, with larger sizes to follow.

Mass flow controllers (MFCs) are essential components in bioreactors, managing the precise flow of pure gasses like carbon dioxide, nitrogen, air and oxygen into bioreactor chambers. The SLA Series Biotech MFC from Brooks Instrument is engineered specifically to maximize process yield.

It offers a high turndown ratio to control a wider range of gas flows, allowing simplified gas box design for reduced cost and enhanced reliability. In addition, the SLA Series Biotech MFCs incorporate materials certified as safe for use in FDA-regulated processes.  

For its X-platform product, Cytiva specified Brooks Instrument MFCs with the high-speed advanced EtherNet/IP™ digital communications protocol that enables real-time MFC diagnostics and provides a pathway for predictive modelling and analytics.

End users are challenged to tighten control over raw material use, automate manual or high-risk process steps and augment operator capabilities while minimizing process variability and labor costs. Brooks Instrument developed its Biotech offering to answer the industry’s increasing demand for gas flow control technology that meets the unique demands of bioreactors and bioprocessing operations.

For more information about SLA Series Biotech mass flow controllers, visit www.brooksinstrument.com/en/resources/sla-biotech.

About Brooks Instrument:
Since 1946, Brooks Instrument has been a leader in precision fluid measurement and control technology. Providing instrumentation for flow, pressure and vapor delivery, the company serves customers in biopharmaceutical and other high-tech industrial manufacturing and process industries.

With manufacturing, sales and service locations in the Americas, Europe and Asia, Brooks Instrument has the world’s largest installed base of mass flow controllers. Its broad family of products includes the UNIT Instruments, Tylan and Celerity brands.

For more information, please visit www.BrooksInstrument.com. The company is also on LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/company/Brooks-Instrument) and YouTube (www.youtube.com/user/Brooks407).

 

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