Scaling herbal medicine production from pilot batches to commercial volumes exposes severe vulnerabilities in process engineering. Equipment inefficiencies directly erode profit margins at scale. Plant matrices are highly variable, meaning a standardized approach often fails.
Processing thermally unstable, highly viscous, or difficult-to-process materials presents a strict physical limitation. Standard thermal separation methods inevitably lead to product degradation, yield loss, or equipment failure.
Concentrating heat-sensitive materials presents a strict engineering challenge. You must remove solvents efficiently without inducing thermal degradation, altering flavor profiles, or compromising active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs).