27 Boosting Information Flow For Powder Testing
Stable Micro Systems has released upgraded software for its Powder Flow Analyser to offer a wider selection of tests and background information. Through the enhanced graphical interface, users can now benefit from a more straightforward and comprehensive overview of its capabilities. The software suite facilitates improved data analysis, results spreadsheets, automatically generated charts and reports as well as an extensive sample video database.
Among experienced users of the Powder Flow Analyser and Exponent software, the instrument is renowned for its multi-functionality and a broad selection of pharmaceutical, food and industrial applications. The latest software features a user- friendly and highly flexible interface. This includes an option to configure bespoke test protocols, as well as an opportunity to create and manage user-specific projects.
The Powder Flow Analyser enables the evaluation of a variety of samples from powders to end products, assessing their flow, attrition, aggregation and caking properties. Further analysis of powders and granules, from the mechanical strength of a single particle to the progressive swelling and disintegration of granules and pellets, can be conducted with the TA.XTPlus texture analyser, whose performance has been boosted by the recently upgraded software.
The extensive range of well-established testing methods includes uniaxial compression, diametral tablet compression and assessment of granule compressibility.
Jo Smewing, Applications Manager at Stable Micro Systems, said: “We are pleased to release this new software which will enable manufacturers to carry out objective and repeatable assessment of powder issues characteristics even more quickly and simply. Customers can now receive a free software upgrade so that they can benefit from improved instrument flexibility. At Stable Micro Systems, we continue to innovate in texture analysis and powder characterisation solutions to deliver reliable and reproducible quality control and product development.”
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PARTICLE SHAPE ANALYSIS OF FINE POWDERS
Real-Time Fibre Monitor
The 2011 European Aerosol Conference in Manchester, UK,will see Copley Scientific exhibiting the company’s latest solutions for aerosol sampling and particle characterisation. Copley Scientific offers instrumentation for aerosol research in a number of important areas including pharmaceuticals, atmospheric studies, defence and nanotechnology. A particular highlight at the show will be the Real-Time Fibre Monitor Model 7400AD, a compact and powerful system that is being adopted for a range of applications.
The 7400AD is a technologically advanced real-time fibre monitor that automatically detects and counts potentially hazardous airborne fibres such as asbestos, mineral wool, advanced composites, ceramics and glass, whilst ignoring non-fibrous background particles.
Operating using a rechargeable battery pack, the highly portable fibre monitor is laboratory calibrated at manufacture to NIOSH Method 7400 for asbestos fibres. Furthermore the 7400AD includes a filter positioned ahead of the exhaust outlet, which can be used to collect samples for later chemical or physical analysis.
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PARTICLE ANALYZER CAMSIZER XT
Digital image processing with patented two-camera-system (acc. to ISO 13322-2)
Wide dynamic measuring range
Particle Characterisation System Shows Aptitude for Interdisciplinary Research at Purdue
Researchers at the Birck Nanotechnology Centre (BNC) within Purdue University’s unique Discovery Park, are finding the Malvern Instruments Zetasizer Nano particle characterisation system is ideally suited to the centre’s interdisciplinary research environment.
The system is housed within the Chemical Nanotechnology/Microfluidics laboratory and users range from those who are highly experienced with the instrument to complete novices.
Lisa Reece is Lab Director of the IN-CTSI (Indiana- Clinical Translational Sciences Institute) BioNanotechnology Core Facility at the BNC and her previous experiences with Malvern’s customer service and expertise over 10 years were significant in making the decision to choose the Zetasizer Nano. “We’ve always been really happy with Malvern and while we’ve tried other companies, the necessary expertise was not there,” she said.
“We’re doing cutting edge work at the BNC in a very exciting atmosphere, where biological applications intersect with other areas of science. It’s truly multidisciplinary and we need instrumentation that supports that.”
The Zetasizer Nano particle characterisation system measures particle size, zeta potential and molecular weight. Easy to use and with applications ranging from characterising high concentration colloids and nanoparticles to the measurement of dilute proteins and macromolecules in their native state, the system is ideally suited to a multidisciplinary research environment.
The BNC is one of the research centers that make up Discovery Park, itself the heart of large-scale interdisciplinary nano-scale research and innovation at Purdue, building on the university's strengths in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The BNC leverages advances in nanoscale science and engineering to create innovative nanotechnologies addressing societal challenges and opportunities in computing, communications, the environment, security, energy independence, and health. In turn, it exploits progress in nanotechnology, using the most advanced instrumentation to pursue answers to fundamental question in the life and physical sciences.
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Retsch Technology GmbH · Germany Phone: +49(0)2129/5561-0 Fax: +49(0)2129/5561-87 E-Mail:
technology@retsch.com
Reliable detection of smallest amounts of “undersize” and “oversize” (< 0.1 %)
Very short measurement time of 1 – 3 minutes
Modular system X-Change for dry and wet dispersion
Measurement results are 100% com- patible to sieve analysis if required
www.retsch.com/camsizerxt Ideal for:
metal and ore powders · pharmaceutical powders / granules / fine pellets · cement · detergents and enzymes · fertilizers · foodstuffs (pulverized and granulated) · plastic fibers / powders ·
refractory
products · abrasives (medium-size and small grit) and many more
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