8th European Network Event

Armin Schweiger, 2 March 2017

INVITE and F3-Factory –A Success Story

Intend Current Research Scope

INVITE Research Center, located at Leverkusen

• Dedicated unit with focus on innovative production concepts for the chemical & pharmaceutical industry

• Joint development of new production technologies in networks of partners from academia and industry

• Industrial realization of new production concepts in bilateral customer projects

• Modular , continuous resource efficient production of chemicals and biologicals

• Smart Robotics in lab and production

New

• Drug Delivery Innovation Center (DDIC@INVITE), Formulation Technology

Research Center & Open Innovation Platform

~ 20 FTE: 10 experienced senior experts, 10 PhD / master students

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What will the

factory of the futurelook like?

The Factory of the Future?

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“Plug & Produce”Strict Modularization Concept

“PEC-grid” & size discretization

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Process Equipment Assembly (PEA)• Equipment items associated with

one or several process tasks

Process Equipment Container (PEC)• Superstructure holding PEAs• Providing services

Backbone Plant (INVITE)• Provides general services to PEC

via docking station

Utilities, e.g. steam, nitrogen, ...

Waste streams

PLT signals & electrical connections

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The feasibility of modular continuous production units has been shown

Real industrial case studies

Acrylic acid and acrylates from glycerol

High viscous polymers

Surfactants

Specialty polymers

Intermediates & fine chemicals

Intermediates

Active pharmaceutical ingredients & intermediates

Alkene, dedicatedPolymers, multi-product

Intermediate, dedicated Polymers, multi-product

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The feasibility of modular continuous production units has been shown

Alkene, dedicatedPolymers, multi-product

*: EU FP7 project, Q2/2009 – Q2/2013, 26 partners, 4 years, far over 30 Million €brain power of over 300 scientists, engineers, PhD students, business & academic experts

Footprint

Logistics

Energy consumption

Space time yield

Solvent use

Processing steps

Design effort

OPEX

CAPEX

Time-to-market

- 50%

- 30%

- 100%

- 30%

- 30%

- 50%

- 40%

- 20%

102-fold

- 25%

up to

conventional = 100 %F3 Factory = x %Drivers

� Process Intensification � Modularization � Standardization

Intermediate, dedicated Polymers, multi-product

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INVITE’s A chievements and Partner Networks

European Process Intensification Centre

Public Funding Projects

Cross-Industry and scientific Networks

Pre-competitive public-funded projects

Industry and Academic Exchange Platform

New technologies

New technologies demonstrated and approved with par tners

DECHEMA ProcessNet temporary working-group for modular plants

Namur WG 1.12 “Automation of modular plants“

ReeL MoBiDiK

Modular chem. plant RoboticsMoBiDiK

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INVITE GmbH CHEMPARK • Building W32 • 51368 Leverkusen • GermanyPhone: +49 214 31 2030 • Fax: +49 214 31 203400www.invite-research.com

Research CenterOtto-Bayer-Straße 3251061 Cologne • Germany51°01’ N 6°99’ E