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Qualifying a Sonicator Bath for Sample Preparation

In the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food processing industries ultrasonic cleaners are employed as sonicator baths for sample preparation for analytical testing.  Unlike cleaning medical devices, when using an ultrasonic bath to prepare samples,the analytical method that uses ultrasound is validated, not the equipment.  Guidelines include ICH Q2(R1), procedures for validating analytical methods, and USP 1225, validating…

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How to Specify a Flammable Refrigerator

By Rachel Kohn | March 17, 2025

Refrigerator explosions, while thankfully rare, highlight the critical importance of proper storage for flammable materials. These incidents typically occur when volatile substances are stored in standard refrigerators, where internal electrical components can…

Streamline Inventory Management with a Counting Scale

By Bob Sandor | March 13, 2025

Efficient inventory management is crucial for businesses across various industries. When dealing with large quantities of small or lightweight items, accurate counting is essential for maintaining inventory control, ensuring accurate billing, and…

How to Choose the Right Heavy-Lifting Crane Scale

By Rachel Kohn | March 13, 2025

Versatile digital crane scales feature multiple memory units including those for weight increments or identification numbers. They store and total individual weighing processes and simplify check weighing by flashing if below lower limits or above upper limits.

Optimizing Weighing with Robust Industrial Platform Scales

By Rachel Kohn | March 11, 2025

Industrial platform scales are indispensable tools in a variety of settings, from manufacturing and logistics to warehousing and shipping. These scales are designed to withstand the rigors of industrial environments, providing accurate…

Moisture Analyzer Drying Process for Quality Control

By Rachel Kohn | February 28, 2025

Moisture content significantly impacts the quality, shelf life, and usability of products across various industries. From pharmaceuticals and food to plastics and chemicals, accurate moisture analysis is essential for ensuring product consistency…

Choosing the Perfect Digital Bench Scale

By Rachel Kohn | February 27, 2025

Digital bench scales are essential tools in various industries, from laboratories and pharmacies to manufacturing and food processing. These compact and versatile scales provide accurate weight measurements for a wide range of…

Ensuring Vaccine Potency with Proper Flu Vaccine Storage

By Rachel Kohn | February 27, 2025

Tips on calculating vaccine inventory requirements to prepare for the flu season.

A Comprehensive Guide to Analytical Balance Calibration

By Rachel Kohn | February 21, 2025

Calibration is a procedure intimately associated with analytical balances. Calibration determines the relationship between the displayed value and true mass by comparison with a known mass.

Ensuring Drug Safety and Efficacy: The Critical Role of Stability Chambers in Pharmaceutical Development

By Rachel Kohn | February 20, 2025

Stability tests are conducted in validated stability chambers for pharmaceutical (ICH), biological (BOD), scientific and laboratory applications. These tests, which subject the product samples to variations in temperature and humidity, are conducted during drug product development as well as once a candidate drug reaches use and are governed by current good manufacturing practices (cGMPs).

How to Prepare a Sample for Moisture Analysis

By Rachel Kohn | January 17, 2025

Correct sample preparation is important to accurately determine the moisture content of products when using a moisture analyzer.

Portable Medical Refrigerators Ensure Medication Viability

By Rachel Kohn | December 12, 2024

A versatile portable refrigerator/freezer provides temporary storge of pharmaceuticals and other perishables during a power outage or for rescue sites away from power sources.

Cleaning Adhesive Gun and Spray Paint Nozzles with an Ultrasonic Cleaner                          

By Bob Sandor | November 14, 2024

We sometimes get a question along the lines “Can I use an ultrasonic cleaner to clean sprayer tips?” There’s lots of advice on the Internet for cleaning adhesive gun and spray paint…