ConsiGma® FC Lab
The world's first lab-scale film coater for both batch and continuous manufacturing that transfers parameters directly to commercial production. No re-validation, no re-development.
— Product overview
Designed for R&D. Built for production certainty
The ConsiGma® FC Lab brings the proven ConsiGma® coating technology to R&D. Teams can develop on the exact same platform geometry used in commercial manufacturing to accelerate the path from research to market.
— Scale-out, don't scale-up
Simple transfer from lab to production
Lab and production geometries rarely match. Process parameters drift, studies need to be repeated and regulatory risk compounds at every scale-up step.
Poor scalability
- Lab and production geometries rarely match
- Process redevelopment at each step
- Re-validation and regulatory delay
- Material waste tuning the bigger machine
Linear scale-out
- Geometrically identical platform from lab to production
- R&D parameters transfer directly to production
- Zero scale-up work or re-validation
- Minimal material waste during process transfer
Inside the ConsiGma® FC Lab
Watch the 50-seconds tour of the GEA film coater and its core features and benefits.
Today's R&D coating challenges
The pressures pharmaceutical R&D and small batch teams face today, and how the CFC Lab addresses them.
Explained by Troels Pederson, Sales Manager GEA Pharma & Healthcare
The CFC Lab design principles
How free-fall coating, identical lab-to-production drum geometry and 90 micro-coats per minute deliver scale-out coating without rework.
Explained by Mark Rowland, Director Product Management GEA Pharma & Healthcare
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— GEA Pharma Solids Test Centers
Test before you invest
Our test centers around the world give R&D teams hands-on access to all solid dosage technologies offered by GEA. Develop, optimize, and validate your process alongside GEA specialists before committing to anything.
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— Precision coating technology
100% coverage for every tablet
The CFC Lab coats every tablet and completes a full cycle in under six minutes. Each tablet passes through the spray zone in free fall, guaranteeing 100% coverage by design and giving you uniform, repeatable results with less than 2% weight gain on every batch.
— Coating capabilities
One platform for every coating type
Aesthetic coatings
Color & brand identity
Vibrant, uniform color coatings on complex shaped tablets with precise consistency across every batch; ideal for product differentiation and personalized medicine, such as minitabs.
Protective coatings
API stability & shelf-life
Barrier and moisture-protection coatings that shield the API from oxygen, humidity, and light; extending product stability and shelf-life.
Functional coatings
Controlled & modified release
Enteric, sustained-release and delayed-release coatings for precise pharmacokinetic profiles; developed on the same platform used at commercial scale.
— Ready for OEB4
HPAPI solutions
The CFC Lab can be configured for OEB4 contained operation through the addition of BUCK containment valves, enabling safe development with highly potent APIs.
From powder to coated tablet
— Frequently asked questions
ConsiGma® FC Lab
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Continuous innovation is our commitment — to our customers, to the industry, and to a better world.
