A pharmaceutical manufacturing installation, including a processing equipment arranged to provide a pharmaceutical substance in a solid state and a solid fraction sensor is disclosed. The solid fraction sensor having a first conductor element, a second conductor element, an operation space, an energy source arranged to generate an electric field in the operation space by means of the first conductor element and the second conductor element, and a controller adapted to determine a capacitance between the first and second conductor element of the pharmaceutical substance in the solid state located in the operation space. The solid fraction sensor is arranged to receive the pharmaceutical substance in its solid state into the operation space by the processing equipment.
