PRODUCTS
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Cost-effective humidity
validator
Because the control of humidity is vital for many
processes in pharmaceutical manufacturing,
there are a large number of probes in use
at any given time — all of which will need to
be regularly calibrated to ensure accuracy.
Sending relative humidity (RH) probes away
for calibration is a time-consuming exercise for
both food and pharmaceutical companies,
but is often seen as necessary since the
creation, modification, archival, retrieval, and
transmission of electronic records are essential
business practices.
While many companies opt to set up their
own, in-house humidity calibration laboratories,
this is not an option for all manufacturers
because of the capital outlay and resources
needed to manage it. However, there are
affordable alternatives.
Michell Instruments, locally represented
by Instrotech, offers a cost-effective
humidity validator that enables food and
pharmaceutical companies the option to save
time and money on recalibrations, paying back
the cost of the instrument in a few months. The
HygroCal100 is unique in its class. As well as
being completely portable, it has data logging
and documenting capabilities.
For more information,
contact +27 (0) 10 595 1831.
Genie in a bottle
Afrox has unveiled its Genie Helium N6.0
product. With a guaranteed minimum purity of
99.9999%, this speciality
gas is a certified Helium
N6.0 product, and
offers smart technology
and portability in a
revolutionary new
packaging.
Helium N6.0 is the
preferred carrier gas for
hypersensitive detection
techniques such as
gas chromatography–
mass spectrometry
(GC MS) and GC
with pulsed discharge
helium ionisation detectors (PDHID). In these
applications, high gas purity is of absolute
importance as impurities show up in the
baseline as noise and can potentially mask
important components. Helium N6.0 can be
used to determine ultra-low parts per billion
measurements, which was previously never
achievable with other less pure helium.
Other applications where Helium N6.0
can be utilised include medica