To provide precise data, measuring devices must be calibrated regularly. Test bodies, known as standards, help provide reference values and thus assess the accuracy of the measuring device. Even in surface-based measurement techniques, which are less widespread due to their incomplete standardizatio…

The CleanBoy® Cleanroom Station from Spetec GmbH is now also available in various sizes as a table and as a freestanding unit. The working surface ranges from 0.37 to 1.12 sqm, with widths from 0.6 to 1.8 meters. This allows cleanroom conditions to be created easily and cost-effectively. These condi…

Proteins fulfill many functions in our cells: they are involved in metabolic pathways, regulate nutrient transport, or act as signaling molecules. With the help of mass spectrometers, it is now possible to determine the entire set of proteins, the proteome, of a cell. This technique is also used at…

What distinguishes a crocodile from an alligator?

The visible tooth in the lower jaw makes the difference; crocodiles have one, alligators do not. And much more from the world of zoo animals was learned by the participants during the zoo tour in a nocturnal atmosphere at the 24th GMP Conference on De…

To meet GMP requirements in the pharmaceutical industry, all facilities, equipment, and systems must undergo qualification. This is part of the quality assurance measures that are included in GMP. IT systems used within a process, such as production in the pharmaceutical environment, are also affect…

At home and in business, tablets have long arrived. But does a tablet make sense in a cleanroom or hygienic environment? When would a permanently installed or mobile HMI system be better? The answer cannot be given in general, as it depends on processes and conditions.

Questions to consider before de…

- Allrounder 370 A: Electric machine in clean room version
- Allrounder 375 V: Automated overmoulding of inserts
- Turnkey “Made in USA” expertise from Arburg

From 5 to 7 February, Arburg will present two sophisticated injection moulding applications at Plastec West 2019 in Anaheim/CA, USA: At stand 40…

Originally, a pipeline construction consisted of welding simple investment cast or 2/2-way valve bodies together with pipe fittings. And these are to some extent still used today, but they have a substantial disadvantage due to the large deadlegs. It was for this reason that the first simple multi-p…

HOVMAND has developed a new gripping and rotating unit for its mobile battery-powered industrial lifting devices: QC3, designed for gripping, lifting, and rotating barrels and rollers up to 60 kilograms. The impact lifting models Impact 130 and INOX 90, already part of the world's leading company's…

Preventing contamination is one of the main concerns of risk analyses related to the cleanroom environment. All factors must be examined for their respective contamination risks. Packaging plays a special role here because it serves as a primary packaging that directly contacts the product, and hand…