Hit and hold circuits enable solenoid valves to be energized to full power and held for a short duration of time before voltage and current are reduced significantly to lower levels, while still allowing the valve to remain open and energized. Hit and…

Solenoid valves are the most regularly used fluidics control component in the life science industry due to their high reliability, long life cycle, low power consumption, and compact design. In direct acting solenoid valve applications where battery life…

There are several technology options in precision measurement devices but the two that have frequently been compared against each other are thermal mass flow and differential pressure mass flow. These technologies are widely used in high purity applications…

There are a wide variety of carrier gases potentially available for use with gas chromatography (GC) systems, including helium, hydrogen, and nitrogen. Your range of choices, however, may be limited by a number of factors that include detection method…

Gas chromatography (GC) uses a wide range of gases including helium, hydrogen, and nitrogen as the carrier gas. The most common carrier gas is helium. In recent years, however, the availability of helium has decreased and its cost has increased significantly…

Very often we take for granted the gas that is being supplied to our instruments, and that it will be of adequate purity and pressure to support our needs. There are a number of factors that can have a dramatic impact on the quality of the gas being…

Many laboratories still use high-pressure gas cylinders to provide gases for analytical equipment. The main reason for this dependence on gas cylinders is that this is the way it has always been done, and lab personnel are comfortable with the process…

In the biopharmaceutical industry, extractables and leachables have come under the spotlight as stainless steel manufacturing systems have given way to single-use assemblies in manufacturing operations. 

Yet, there is some confusion as to what the terms…

Single-use solutions have been widely adopted on a global scale within the biopharmaceutical industry due to the many advantages and process improvements they offer.

Key applications for single-use assemblies include the creation of process fluid flow…

Although bulk filtration of a product prior to shipping was one of the first bioprocessing steps to benefit from single-use technology, it has been one of the last to benefit from single-use automation.

Indeed, for many biopharmaceutical manufacturers…

Mycoplasma contamination can have a devastating effect on drug manufacturers but what are the factors make a bioprocess vulnerable to Mycoplasma contamination and what measures can be put in place to mitigate risks?

Mycoplasma was first isolated in cell…

Mycoplasma contamination poses a serious threat to biopharmaceutical manufacturers. But it's the specific characteristics of Mycoplasma that make it such a challenge.

Mycoplasma characteristics differ from those of bacteria, or a virus, in a way that…

When compared to bacterial contamination, Mycoplasma contamination isn't immediately obvious.

The outcome of any contamination event is the same — the disposal of the contaminated media and decontamination of equipment used in the process — but the…

As the benefits of single-use became clear and the technology became established in the 2000s, there was a drive to utilize it in more process steps. Single-use was being utilized in steps where process data would normally form part of the batch record…

A biopharmaceutical customer was reviewing its process for tryptone soya broth (TSB) and vegetable soya broth (VSB) production. The existing process incorporated five-step filtration, using three different media (glass fibre, cellulose and PVDF) at four…

When compared to bacterial contamination, Mycoplasma contamination isn't immediately obvious.

The outcome of any contamination event is the same — the disposal of the contaminated media and decontamination of equipment used in the process — but the…

Mycoplasma contamination poses a serious threat to biopharmaceutical manufacturers. But it's the specific characteristics of Mycoplasma that make it such a challenge.

Mycoplasma characteristics differ from those of bacteria, or a virus, in a way that…

Mycoplasma contamination can have a devastating effect on drug manufacturers but what are the factors make a bioprocess vulnerable to Mycoplasma contamination and what measures can be put in place to mitigate risks?

Mycoplasma was first isolated in cell…

Although bulk filtration of a product prior to shipping was one of the first bioprocessing steps to benefit from single-use technology, it has been one of the last to benefit from single-use automation.

Indeed, for many biopharmaceutical manufacturers…

Single-use solutions have been widely adopted on a global scale within the biopharmaceutical industry due to the many advantages and process improvements they offer.

Key applications for single-use assemblies include the creation of process fluid flow…

In the biopharmaceutical industry, extractables and leachables have come under the spotlight as stainless steel manufacturing systems have given way to single-use assemblies in manufacturing operations. 

Yet, there is some confusion as to what the terms…

Reliability is the quality of being trustworthy or of performing consistently well. Here at Parker, we’ve made reliability the focus of our products since the company was established; this has made Parker’s products synonymous with reliability. The…

Clinical and analytical laboratories are under constant pressure to increase throughput. Throughput is the amount of material or items passing through a system. In this case, it’s the analyzing a higher volume of samples per day. This brings several…

Medical-care settings are often stressful, making it hard to rest or sleep—both of which are important for healing and recovery. And, as the portability of medical technology continues to rapidly evolve, an increasing number of medical devices and instruments…

Point-of-care testing (POCT) is a rapidly expanding segment of the healthcare industry, especially for at-home care and disease management. This expansion is driven by an increasingly diverse array of advanced medical diagnostic equipment that can be used…