Perten offers NIR process monitoring software

Food manufacturers of powder-based products must consider both weight and volume when packaging their goods. Use of a weight measurement ensures that each package provides the guaranteed portion due ...Read More

Food manufacturers of powder-based products must consider both weight and volume when packaging their goods. Use of a weight measurement ensures that each package provides the guaranteed portion due the customer. Volume of the product during the fill process, however, is oftentimes greater than the perceived amount in the bag once in the customer’s hands. This is due to consolidation of the powder which takes place in the intervening time period.

How do manufacturers know what this shrinkage factor will be? And will it cause a problem for the customer if they think that they are being cheated?

During uncertain times, knowing when and if outsourcing laboratory services makes sense is critical – especially to your bottom line. This white paper focuses
on the steps companies should follow for ...Read More

During uncertain times, knowing when and if outsourcing laboratory services makes sense is critical – especially to your bottom line. This white paper focuses
on the steps companies should follow for deciding whether or not outsourcing is the best option, how to properly evaluate funding an in-house laboratory, and how to use the Celsis Workload Assessment Model to proactively manage labor cost decisions.

More and more companies are looking at outsourcing laboratory services as a business strategy to drive cost savings. An array of services can be outsourced in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries. These include research and laboratory testing as well as manufacturing.

In this white paper, we’ll focus on how to evaluate the costs and benefits of outsourcing lab services -- a key competitive differentiator and a way for companies to deliver greater value to their customers.

With relatively few progressions in conventional optical microscopy during the past decade, pushing through the physical limitations of these systems has proven to be challenging. Despite this ...Read More

With relatively few progressions in conventional optical microscopy during the past decade, pushing through the physical limitations of these systems has proven to be challenging. Despite this stand-still, engineers have recently been able to develop solutions to some of the limitations in modern microanalysis. Using an integrated design approach, digital microscopes have been developed to overcome many of the shortcomings of conventional optical microscopes. Specifically, in regard to ceramics, one of the major difficulties in observing and analyzing these materials is the complete lack of contrast typically associated with them, especially when viewed through a traditional optical microscope. However, by using the advanced features of fully-integrated digital microscopes, coupled with highresolution zoom lenses and digital camera technology, users can now image samples that were previously relegated to the realm of an SEM.

Unlike their fractional and integral horsepower cousins that can be
“Rated” using norms by such organizations as the National Electrical
Manufacturers Association (NEMA) or the International ...Read More

Unlike their fractional and integral horsepower cousins that can be
“Rated” using norms by such organizations as the National Electrical
Manufacturers Association (NEMA) or the International Electrotechnical
Commission (IEC) there are no such standards for rating small
fractional and sub-fractional horsepower dc and stepper motors.