34 New Electrochemistry Bench Meters Simplify pH, Conductivity and DO Measurement


Thermo Fisher Scientific have launched a new line of electrochemistry bench meters designed to easily record accurate measurements of pH, conductivity and dissolved oxygen. The new line features a compact form for easy storage and can also export data and calibration logs to meet GLP/GMP reporting standards.


Thermo Scientific Orion Lab Star Bench Meters have been designed for ease-of-use and are ideal for users with varying levels of technical expertise, from laboratory managers and scientists, to students and laboratory technicians. The instruments also feature large backlit display screens for easy reading and recording of sample measurements.


“For 60 years, the Orion meters portfolio has set the standard for quality in analytical testing, empowering customers to meet a wide range of application needs in the field and laboratory,” said Denzil Vaughn, Vice President and General Manager for Growth Protection and Separation at Thermo Fisher Scientific. “As the latest addition to the Orion portfolio and one of the most accessible, the Lab Star Bench Meter allows all users, from novice to experienced expert, to produce accurate readings with confidence.”


Thermo Scientific Orion Lab Star Bench Meters are well-suited for academic, water quality and other laboratories seeking a flexible and easy-to-use instrument for electrochemistry testing. Combined with Thermo Scientific Orion Electrodes and Solutions, Orion Lab Star Meters offer an economical option for reliable testing and measuring pH, conductivity and dissolved oxygen parameters.


More information online: ilmt.co/PL/qMzj Oven Range Provides Flexibility and Unrivalled Performance


Designed to meet the increasing demands of today’s laboratory and process facility, OP Series Ovens from LTE Scientific are widely regarded to represent excellent value for money as they combine outstanding reliability and build quality.


Operating within a temperature range of 40 - 250°C, the OP range offers extremely fast heat up times, almost undetectable over-shoot and superb accuracy. Set and actual temperatures are digitally displayed and to ensure sample safety, a manual reset over-temperature cut out (meeting IEC1010-2-010) has been incorporated.


Available Sizes: 60, 100, 150 & 250-litres. Each oven is coated in anti-bacterial epoxy powder to protect against the growth and migration of bacteria. All models are available with either fan circulation or natural convection, adjustable vent and a choice of PID control systems to suit most applications.


This ranges from a single temperature set-point controller, through to a multi-program option, which stores up to eight multiple step cycles in the memory. This includes a ramp function which controls the temperature rise and fall rates. The program can be stopped, repeated for a specified number of times or continued until interrupted, and in the event of a power failure the product has an automatic recovery function.


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ACG is pleased to announce its engineering business - dedicated to aftermarkets service - is working with its manufacturing customers to increase the life cycle of their machines.


The company is on a mission to ensure its customers do not add to their productivity concerns and is helping them to remove any avoidable interruptions to their production whilst enhancing performance. ACG engineers analyse machines around the world enabling them to help owners and operators find better methods of working.


From electronic upgrades to updated OEM parts, ACG’s customers can reduce changeover and setup times, improve yield and operator safety standards. By upgrading, rather than replacing, machines can sustain less wear and tear, run more smoothly and last longer.


Additionally, the ACG team is helping its customers with ageing machines achieve 21 CFR Part 11 compliance, the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) regulation for electronic documentation and electronic signatures.


Depending on the type and age of an individual machine, the different methods for improving machine performance include production planning, condition monitoring, predictive maintenance, energy optimisation, operator augmentation and remote servicing. All are designed to help reduce costs and boost revenues and profit.


Ashish Karulkar, Head of Aftermarkets at ACG, commented: “The message at the heart of our operation is ‘make it better’. A healthier world means providing affordable quality medicines and supplements safely to all areas of the planet, with minimal impact on the environment. Good machines are needed to make good medicines.


“21 CFR Part 11 compliance is the need of the hour for all the FDA regulated customers and ACG supports our customers to achieve this compliance effectively, and provides them with critical real-time information and even saving on digital storage is all part of how we continue to operate in these economically challenging times. In coming time, the ACG driven digital initiatives like iIOT and Smart Serve will also boost up to achieve our objective of enhancing performance and improving machine productivity


“At a time of unprecedented increases in manufacturing costs that extend to energy, raw materials, labour and services – having plant that not only lasts but supports production has never been more important.” More information online: ilmt.co/PL/Z2Jl


58531pr@reply-direct.com New Air-Dryable Reagents for Cost-Effective Dried Assay Development


PCR Biosystems has launched Air-Dryable Probe 1-Step Mix, a versatile all-in-one, air-dryable 4x RT-qPCR reagent mix for ultra-sensitive detection of RNA and DNA sequences. With this kit, the robust performance of the company’s liquid PCR reagents can be brought to dried assay formats using a standard laboratory oven, offering a simpler, faster, and cheaper alternative to lyophilisation (freeze-drying). Now, a larger base of assay kit developers, including smaller organisations with fewer resources, can access the advantages of dried assays - shorter time-to-market, simplified logistics and storage, and significantly reduced costs. Sectors set to realise such benefits include clinical, veterinary, food, environmental and agricultural testing.


The costly cold-chain shipping and storage demands of traditional ‘wet’ RT-qPCR reagents and tests are increasingly driving assay developers toward dried test formats. But while lyophilised assays have emerged as a powerful option that can reduce test weight, volume, and transport and storage requirements, they can be out of reach for smaller, resource-strapped organisations. This is because lyophilisation requires expensive, specialised equipment, deep technical expertise, and extensive drying times. Outsourcing lyophilisation alleviates some of this burden, but it entails loss of process control.


With the new air-dryable kits, drying can be done in just 80 minutes with a simple laboratory oven, without extensive training, and at a much lower cost. As a result, organisations unable to build onsite lyophilisation capabilities can now create high-performance dried assays in-house, with full control over the drying process and quality control steps.


As with the company’s lyophilisable mixes, the air-dryable mixes retain performance after reconstitution. Kits also come with the company’s renowned technical support to ensure smooth troubleshooting and optimal results, and free samples are available.


The new kits comprise a glycerol-free 4x qPCR mix with hot start Taq polymerase, dNTPs, MgCl2 and a blend of excipients for reliable drying without activity loss. A more stable version of UltraScript™ Reverse Transcriptase and RiboShield™ RNase inhibitor are blended into the mix, providing a more convenient single-tube format. Kits can be used for both RNA and DNA detection for greater versatility, and dried assays are stable for 3 months at 37°C.


Critically, PCR Biosystems is certified to conform to Quality Management System standard ISO 13485, ensuring full product traceability, and optimum lot-to-lot consistency. Assay developers can therefore be confident in using the new air-dryable kits to create the highest-quality tests.


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