ABSTRACT
Disposable containers form the heart of any comprehensive max-dispo facility. To replace dozens of hard-walled (steel or glass) containers that are used to store media, starting materials, and intermediate and finished products, whether kept at room temperature or kept frozen, there is a great need for containers. Fortunately, disposable bag systems have been very well adopted as alternates to hard-walled containers. Tank liners are simple, disposable bags used to line containers and transportation systems. For smaller volumes, 2D bags work well, from less than 1 liter to 50 liters, before they become difficult to handle. 3D bags as liners in hard-walled containers obviate the problems of integrity with 2D bags; these bags are available in sizes of 3 liters to 4,000 liters sizes. Plastic disposable containers offer the best solution in disposable components utilization as they remove the cleaning and validation requirements.
