New year, new job? View the vacancies! More ...

The ESA space probe BepiColombo at Mercury (© ESA)

Research focus Mars at EPSC 2018 (© ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0)

21.09.2018

News from Mercury, Mars, and the Moon – the largest gathering of European planetary scientists in 2018 in Berlin

From September 16 to 21, 2018, the European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC) took place at the Technical University of Berlin. It is the largest annual gathering of professionals in the field of planetary research. Focus: The exploration of the planet Mercury within the most extensive European plan…

Torsten Urban, Project and Department Manager of Training and Continuing Education at the Kunststoff-Institut Lüdenscheid, during his lecture at the opening of the new Polymer Training Centre.

The PTC in Lüdenscheid: Construction time: 2 years; Usable area: 1965 m²; Costs: 5.1 million euros.

VDWF President Professor Thomas Seul (left) hands over the KIMW Managing Director Thomas Eulenstein the association's emblem, which designates the Kunststoff-Institut as an external branch of the VDWF.

21.09.2018

Opening of the Polymer Training Centre (PTC) at KIMW – also as a new VDWF external branch

The world of plastics should get to know Lüdenscheid so that it is no longer said: «Where the hell is Lüdenscheid?», explains Managing Director Stefan Schmidt, who often hears this phrase when talking about KIMW both domestically and internationally. He and his team have quite a lot planned: At the…

Fig. 2: The innovative intraocular lenses are manufactured using state-of-the-art production technology in the sub-nanometer resolution range.

Fig. 4: The artificial intraocular lenses from HumanOptics AG are produced under strict guidelines of the quality management system.

Fig. 1: Over an area of 700 m², the new cleanroom complex offers outstanding conditions for manufacturing in the high-definition sector. The climate control system by weisstechnik® ensures highly pure ambient conditions 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Fig. 3: The result of 15 years of experience: The Torica® by HumanOptics AG.

Fig. 5: The GMP-compliant monitoring system based on the weisstechnik® product S!MPATI monitors and documents the customer-specific parameters and ensures that cleanliness class, temperature, humidity, and room pressure are maintained at all times.

14.09.2018
‌
Buildings & Rooms

Weiss Klimatechnik modernizes the production of HumanOptics AG with turnkey cleanroom technology as the general contractor

The production of implants for the eye world is a highly sensitive area. Even the smallest contaminants can cause significant damage. Therefore, production takes place under cleanroom conditions. To modernize the existing cleanroom technology and expand new production capacities, HumanOptics commiss…

Xelum R&D by Bosch: The R&D device for the production of oral solid dosage (OSD) forms ensures a short time to market and optimal dosing of the smallest amounts of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). (Picture: Bosch)

The shortest way from the lab to continuous production: With the Xelum R&D, Bosch enables pharmaceutical manufacturers an optimal entry into continuous manufacturing. (Photo: Bosch)

14.09.2018

Bosch Packaging Technology showcases laboratory competence in R&D and Industry 4.0

Leading pharmaceutical trade show CPhI worldwide 2018

- Laboratory device Xelum R&D – the shortest way from development to continuous manufacturing
- Bosch Pharma Service Solid: from formulation and analytical development to stability tests and bioequivalence studies
- Fast and affordable failure analysis thanks to new data mining service

At the leading p…

In 2015, Festo AG & Co. KG opened the Scharnhausen Technology Factory: at the

To ensure the quality of the products, they are subjected to comprehensive function and durability tests on-site, which are carried out in specially constructed measurement rooms designed for this purpose. (Source: Festo AG & Co. KG)

The system should be installed beneath a visitor platform and the overhang should be equipped with a pitched roof for aesthetic reasons. Additionally, a large viewing area was planned, allowing interested visitors to get an overview of the facility. (Source: Festo AG & Co. KG)

The system should be installed beneath a visitor platform and the overhang should be given a pitched roof for aesthetic reasons. Additionally, a large viewing area was planned, allowing interested visitors to get an overview of the facility. (Source: Festo AG & Co. KG)

To ensure continuous climate stability, walkable sluices have been integrated additionally. Currently, a measurement accuracy of 5 – 7 µm can be achieved. (Source: Festo AG & Co. KG)

As part of the measurement room realization in Building 55 – the new construction – a new demand arose in Building 50. Therefore, Nerling received another order for a measurement room. (Source: Festo AG & Co. KG)

14.09.2018
‌
Buildings & Rooms

Climate stability guarantees consistently high precision - Large external appearance through extensive viewing area and design in corporate identity

New test rooms enable valve testing with ± 5 µm accuracy

To ensure the quality of their valves, Festo AG & Co. KG conducts comprehensive functional and durability tests across all their product lines. However, in order for the highly sensitive measuring devices to achieve the required accuracy of ± 5-7 µm, only minimal temperature and humidity fluctuation…

From left to right: Small-volume infusion pump, large-volume patch pump, reconstitution system, and pen.

14.09.2018

Gerresheimer and Sensile Medical to attend CPhI Worldwide together for the first time

By acquiring Switzerland-based Sensile Medical AG in July this year, Gerresheimer is expanding its business model to become an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for drug delivery platforms with digital and electronic capabilities. Sensile Medical develops innovative drug delivery products and pl…

Twin screw extruder ZSK 18 MEGAlab from Coperion with gravimetric differential dosing scale from Coperion K-Tron for research and development as well as for small production quantities. (Photo: Coperion, Stuttgart) / Coperion’s ZSK 18 MEGAlab twin screw extruder with Coperion K-Tron gravimetric loss-in-weight feeder, suitable for research and development as well as for small-scale production.
(Photo: Coperion, Stuttgart)

14.09.2018

Pharma extruder for wet and hot melt extrusion processes

Coperion offers new pharma extruder design with maximum flexibility

Coperion GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany, has launched a completely flexible continuous pharma extrusion system suitable for research and development, as well as for small-scale production. This ZSK 18 MEGAlab extruder fulfills the requirements for both wet extrusion and hot melt extrusion (HME) processes…

14.09.2018

Two days of free science focused presentations

CPD-certified conference programme for Lab Innovations 2018

Lab Innovations, the UK’s only trade show dedicated to the laboratory industry, has announced the programme for its 2018 open conference streams, complementing its showcase of lab products, technologies and services. The laboratory industry is constantly evolving with new technologies, regulations a…

Protection of measuring equipment and hardware. (© OHB System AG)

Unfolded box ready to use. (© OHB System AG)

14.09.2018

Flexible clean-room mini cover µCAPE® offers temporary protection for high ISO-class clean-room facilities.

Small but packs a punch!

Little brother’s got some moves: OHB System AG, a subsidiary of listed space and technology company OHB SE, together with the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Engineering and Automation IPA, has designed a mobile and certified mini clean-room cover for protecting particularly sensitive products i…

14.09.2018

Windsor boosts individual injection moulding solutions

During Fakuma WINDSOR demonstrates unusual entrepreneurial diversity with three exhibits: The SD300SV from FCS further expands the company’s offer of servohydraulic injection moulding machines (IMM). Adjacent to it, a fully electric J100ADS from JSW works with an actuator mould for medical device ap…

A look at the NEWSLETTER

Better informed: With YEARBOOK, NEWSLETTER, NEWSFLASH, NEWSEXTRA and EXPERT DIRECTORY

Stay up to date and subscribe to our monthly eMail-NEWSLETTER and our NEWSFLASH and NEWSEXTRA. Get additional information about what is happening in the world of cleanrooms with our printed YEARBOOK. And find out who the cleanroom EXPERTS are with our directory.