Symyx Technologies Europe has revealed how its Powdernium workstation has helped a finished goods group establish an automated system for repackaging bulk reference standards into individual vials.
The customer's manual process for repackaging bulk reference standards into individual vials created a production bottleneck and suffered from occasional cross-contamination problems.
Symyx provided the customer with a CFR Part11-compliant workstation for accurate dispensing of a range of bulk reference powder standards into smaller individual vials.
Using separate dispensing heads and capping, the Powdernium workstation has eliminated cross-contamination.
The Powdernium workstation has also reduced the potential for staff exposure to toxic and bioactive materials.
The automated system has enabled the finished goods group to achieve improvements in the throughput and accuracy of repackaging their bulk reference standards into individual vials in parallel with an overall reduction in operating costs.
In future the customer is looking to also use its Powdernium workstation to repackage reference standards into 96-well microplates.
Combining balance weighing, a software algorithm and GMP-compliant dispensing heads, Powdernium technology enables laboratories to precisely dispense and record the transferred weight of a range of materials from low density to free-flowing, cohesive, and micronised materials.
The Powdernium workstation enables precise, traceable and reproducible dispensing of sub-milligram (0.05mg) to gram quantities of materials into a range of containers including capsules, bottles, vials, tubes, microplates, reactor blocks and crucibles.
Automation including robust XY and two Z-axis controls, allows the Powdernium workstation to run unattended operations.
The Powdernium Easy-Dose software provides real-time data display and record storage (supports CFR Part 11 compliance) about the dispensing cycle, including batch conditions and operating parameters.
Using optimisation algorithms the Powdernium workstation is able to monitor and automatically control any variability in powder properties during the filling process.
