ReelReactor

ReelReactor, Inc. develops a continuous micro-batch reactor for manufacturing biologics and chemicals. Its device uses a sterile single-use consumable made of tubing helically wound around a rotating drum; rollers compress the tubing against the drum to divide it into a procession of isolated micro-batches that advance by peristaltic motion under constant mixing. The company positions this as a replacement for conventional large-batch manufacturing, giving every unit of output the same formulation and the same reaction time. Founded by mechanical engineer Michael Gordon, the company is based outside Boise, Idaho, and holds issued US patents on the bioreactor arrangement and continuous biopolymer production process.

Segments reactions into discrete micro-batches mechanically, without carrier fluids or immiscible phases, so residence time and reaction conditions stay uniform across the whole run; throughput scales by changing tubing diameter or loop count rather than by scaling up vessel size.