Simplify your validation process with a Russell Finex

Documentation Pack

Russell Finex documentation packages are the most comprehensive

available, providing full certification for validation including design,
manufacture, installation, operation and performance qualifications.
FDA approval for your processes and plants require this level of
documentation which is in accordance with the latest cGMP requirements.
This saves you time and resources when validating equipment. Our packages
include; full traceability of parts, FDA letters, certificates of conformity, surface
roughness measurements of contact parts, test inspection protocols, as-built
drawings and any other documentation you may require.

Full after market support

We understand the importance of post purchase support and pride

ourselves on the quality of our after market service to ensure your Russell
Compact Airlock Sieve™ is always performing to the best of its ability.
We provide high quality mesh assemblies and all your other spare parts
requirements. We achieve this through our own production facilities which
ensures rapid delivery.

Below are a small selection of pharmaceutical companies that are using Russell equipment.

AAI International, Abbott Laboratories, Apotex, Astra Zeneca, Aventis, Barr Laboratories, Boots plc., Bristol
Myers Squibb, Ceutech, Cipla, Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical, Far-Manguinhos, Faulding, Glaxo Smithkline,
Geneva Pharmaceutical, Klinge Pharma, L’Oreal, Lever Faberge, Max Factor, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Mylan
Pharmaceuticals, Novartis, Novopharm, Patheon, Pfizer, Pharmacia, Proctor & Gamble, Quintiles, Roche,
Schering-Plough, Solvay, SPI, Warner Lambert, Watson Pharmaceutical, WelchDry, Wyeth.

Call us today to find out how the Russell Compact Airlock Sieve™ and our 80 years of
experience can help solve your processing problems and transform your productivity.

Russell Finex Ltd. Russell Finex N.V. Russell Finex Inc. Russell Finex Pvt Ltd.
Feltham, England. Mechelen, Belgium. Pineville, N.C. USA. New Delhi, India.
Russell Finex Limited. Russell Finex N.V. Russell Finex Inc. Russell Finex Pvt Ltd .
Russell House, Browells Lane, Zandvoortstraat 20 625 Eagleton Downs Drive, BMS Business Centre,10, PVR Plaza
Feltham, Middlesex TW13 7EW, Industriepark Noord C20 Pineville, Complex, Connaught Circus
England. B-2800 Mechelen, Belgium. North Carolina 28134, U.S.A. New Delhi - 110 001, India
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Russell Finex CAS-EN-02-04/10 © Specification subject to change. CIN No: U51504MH2008PTC185252

Registered office in India: A/1201, Rustomjee Adarsh Regal, Adarsh Vihar Complex, Off Marve Road, Malad (West), Mumbai 400064.
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Improves your product quality
• Eliminates contamination from your powders
• Reduces the chance of cross contamination between batches
• Reduces the loss of good product

Improves operator health and safety

• Offers excellent product containment, reducing OEL levels
• Reduces noise - typically as low as 65dBA
• Complies with the new ATEX legislation in Europe

Reduces your cleaning down time

• Simple to dis-assemble in seconds without the need
for tools, just twist and unlock
• Crevice-free and smooth surfaces make the product contact
parts very easy to clean
• Fully washable

The new Russell Compact Airlock Sieve™ with its patented pneumatic clamping system, is the first real advance in pharmaceutical screening
technology for a decade. This unique TLI system gives large improvements in product containment and operator health and safety.

With your powders safely contained, the screener accurately removes any contamination and therefore improves your product quality and safe-
guards your reputation. The cGMP design of the screener is based on clean lines, making sanitation easier and performance greater.

Simple and effective operation

The design of the Russell Compact Airlock Sieve™ is simple but very effective. Oversize contamination is accurately removed
by the mesh screen fitted to the unit, while your good product passes through the mesh and on to the next stage of production.

The unit is clamped together with the

Magnetic Trap - (optional)
revolutionary TLI airlock system. This To remove sub mesh sized
Mesh with accurate Motor drives screener
pneumatic lock gives an even and high ferrous particles.
apertures removes with gyratory motion
clamping force across all sealing faces and contamination
therefore guards against powder leakage more
effectively than traditional band clamps or
over-centre toggle clamps.

Assembly of the screener is achieved in

seconds. You simply place the component
parts into the base and locate them by twisting
and locking the lid - no need for tools. The air
clamp is then inflated to secure and seal the
unit during operation.
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The lid has bayonet cut-outs which slip over the

buttons on the base. The lid is then rotated to
lock in position.

The seal is inflated, locking all the components

in place and protects against dust leakage.

Protect powders anywhere Meeting your needs

in your process At Russell Finex we are committed to working closely
The Russell Compact Airlock Sieve™ fits neatly into any
with pharmaceutical customers around the world,
part of your production process, providing considerable
screening capacity even when headroom is restricted. Its supplying solutions to your problems and keeping up to
innovative design means that the screener is less than half date with changes in legislation that affect the industry.
the height of a traditional sieving machine. We help you select the right specification with complete
peace of mind, right from our pre-purchase testing facilities
It is ideal for check screening incoming ingredients onthe to our after market support.
primary side right through to finished powders on the
secondary side of your production facilities.
Over the last 80 years we have solved the screening
problems of almost every pharmaceutical company in
The Russell Compact Airlock Sieve™ is available with
a range of options, including; different materials of the world. We often provide custom-made solutions,
construction, different grades of finish, increased safety re-designing or modifying our standard sieves at our own
motors, mesh deblinding systems and many more. high quality ISO 9001 accredited manufacturing facilities.

Options - enhance your screener further with the following optional extras....

Outlet to remove oversized Cover to completely enclose Mesh frames bonded with Spray ball systems to wet toxic
contamination the drive motor glue tested to FDA 175.300 powders before strip down

The Russell Vibrasonic® 2000 Mesh Deblinding System

The Russell Vibrasonic® Deblinding System can
be combined with the Compact Airlock Sieve™ to • Gives longer mesh life since there is no
eliminate mesh blinding and allow sieving of harsh abrasive mechanical action on the
difficult powders. mesh to impair tension and cause wear
• Reduces cleaning frequency as mesh
The Vibrasonic® system applies an ultrasonic frequency remains cleaner and unblocked longer
directly to the sieve mesh. This breaks down the surface • No need for scrapers, brushes or rubber balls,
tension, effectively making the wires friction-free.
therefore you eliminate the contamination
caused when they wear out
Without surface tension there is no mesh blinding, giving
increased throughput and consistentproduct quality. • Explosion-proof/flame-proof systems available,
including ATEX approval, Zone 20 for Europe