The BEP2 from Copley Scientific provides a range of options for testing pharmaceutical powders, using the methods in the US and European Pharmacopoeias (USP Chapter 1174 and PhEur Chapter 2.9.36)
Powder flow testing is an important issue in the industry as many materials are handled in powder form.
"Now that the USP and Ph.Eur chapters on powder flow are harmonised the industry has four well-defined methods for powder testing," said Mark Copley, sales manager for Copley Scientific.
"The BEP2 offers three of these four methods - flow through an orifice, angle of repose and shear cell - in a single, cost effective unit".
The BEP2 is an easy to use, small footprint instrument with interchangeable cylinder, funnel, angle-of-repose and shear cell attachments.
In addition to providing the test methods detailed in the harmonised pharmacopoeia chapters it is also suitable for flowability testing, as described in Ph.Eur chapter 2.9.16.
An optional balance/timer simplifies time vs mass testing.
For compressibility index and Hausner ratio testing, the fourth specified methodology, Copley Scientific offers a series of tapped density testers and the bulk density tester (Scott Volumeter), detailed monographs for which feature in USP Chapter 616 and Ph.Eur Chapter 2.9.15.
