Malvern Instruments will demonstrate its latest applications for the Morphologi G3 high-sensitivity particle characterisation system at Powtech 2008 in Nurnberg, Germany.
Launched last year, Morphologi G3 delivers information about particle size and shape.
The addition of a statistical data analysis tool allows quicker and easier analysis of batch-to-batch variation in a powder feed or product.
Powtech also sees the introduction of a new feature for the measurement of particles on filter paper.
This enables foreign particle detection in, for example, pharmaceuticals, hydraulic fluids and for component cleanliness in the automotive and other industries.
Malvern will also participate in the newly formed OPC Analyser Device Integration Working Group.
The group has been formed to develop a common method for data exchange and an analyser data model for process and laboratory analysers.
It comprises interested members of the OPC Foundation, an organisation dedicated to ensuring interoperability in automation through open standards.
Both instrument manufacturers and industrial users of analytical instrumentation are represented.
The Working Group is adopting OPC-UA (Unified Architecture) as the basis for the Analyser Device Integration standard and aims to define a compatible data model.
OPC-UA has the advantages of being a platform-neutral standard.
Designed to support complex data types and object models, it can achieve high-speed data transfers and has broad industry support beyond process automation.
