Automated sample preparation workstation for content uniformity testing
Streamline your laboratory workflows with automated equipment that minimizes manual intervention, maximizes resource allocation, and enhances accuracy in critical sample preparation tasks, from weighing to analysis, while ensuring utmost safety and efficiency.
Automates Sample Weighing, Extraction, and Filtration
The TPW Automated Sample Preparation Workstation from SOTAX stands out with its ability to efficiently automate tasks such as weighing, extraction, and dilution, essential for high-throughput laboratories. It employs a high-shear homogenizer to ensure consistent wet grinding, crucial for reproducible sample extraction across varied dosage forms, from tablets and API powders to injectable suspensions and gels. The integrated fluid metering pump facilitates precise filtration and dilution, accommodating up to 1:100,000 dilutions. With built-in HPLC and UV spectrophotometer interfaces, it enables seamless integration into analytical workflows. Designed for pharmaceutical, biotech, and chemical industries, the TPW improves safety and efficiency by reducing solvent use and minimizing hazardous exposure. Constructed from materials suitable for corrosive environments, it supports both efficiency and compliance with industry standards, streamlining cleaning and maintenance with programmable cycles. The TPW also offers customization for specific laboratory needs, supported by SOTAX’s expert engineering teams.
Benefits
- Enhances laboratory efficiency by automating repetitive sample preparation tasks, freeing personnel for critical analysis.
- Increases precision and consistency in sample processing, reducing the risk of human error.
- Minimizes solvent usage and hazardous waste production, optimizing operational sustainability.
- Ensures integration with analytical instruments like HPLC and UV spectrophotometers for streamlined analysis.
- Customizable for diverse applications, from pharmaceutical tablets to injectable suspensions, supporting broad laboratory needs.
- Applications
- Medical devices,Gels,Pellets,Granules,Microspheres,Catalysts,Stents,Food,Nano suspensions,Fine chemicals,Coated lenses,Soft-gelatin capsules,Implants,Animal health,Capsules,Powders,Washtabs,Transdermal patches,Creams,Suppositories,Semi-solids,Bottles with screw caps,Apis,Tablets,Injectable suspensions
- End products
- Anti-inflammatory gel,Catalytic converters,Fertilizer pellets,Protein powder,Hydrocortisone cream,Veterinary vaccines,Vitamin granules,Insulin syringes,Glycerin suppositories,Dishwasher tablets,Nanoparticle suspensions for cancer treatment,Anti-reflective coated lenses,Ibuprofen tablets,Omega-3 fish oil capsules,Nicotine patches,Fish oil soft-gel capsules,Nutritional pet food,Influenza vaccine microspheres,Paracetamol active pharmaceutical ingredient (api),Coronary artery stents,Knee implants,Epinephrine injectable solution,Vitamin bottles with screw caps,Lithium battery electrolytes
- Steps before
- Sample weighing,Sample averaging,Sample collection
- Steps after
- Data analysis,Reporting,Notebook documentation,Sample storage,On-line HPLC analysis,On-line UV analysis
- Input ingredients
- tablets,capsules,pellets,API's,powders,granules,soft-gelatin capsules,suppositories,medical devices,stents,implants,microspheres,nano suspensions,injectable suspensions,semi-solids,gels,creams,transdermal patches,washtabs,fine chemicals,catalysts,food,animal health products,coated lenses,bottles with screw caps
- Output ingredients
- extracted samples,diluted samples,HPLC vials,sequences for Empower™,prepared sample records,analysis-ready samples
- Market info
- Sotax AG is renowned for its expertise in manufacturing high-quality pharmaceutical testing equipment, including dissolution testing systems, and has a strong reputation for reliability, precision, and innovation in laboratory and industrial applications.
- Automation
- Automated Sample Preparation
- Extraction volume
- 20 – 520 mL
- Assay and content/blend uniformity
- Up to 100 samples
- Filtration type
- Volumetric,confirmed gravimetrically
- Dilution ratio
- Up to 1
- Sample types
- Solid oral dosage forms
- Cleaning method
- Programmable between samples
- Video monitoring
- VideoLink™ with specific event triggers
- HPLC integration
- Built-in injector for on-line analysis
- Sample storage
- Sealed HPLC vials
- Software interface
- Waters Empower™ Interface
- Homogenizer type
- High-shear
- Error handling capabilities
- Advanced error handling
- Data management software
- TPWsoft
- Process control
- TPWsoft – Software for data capture and reporting
- Working mechanism
- Automated sample weighing,extraction,filtration,and dilution
- Integrated steps
- Weighing,extraction,filtration,dilution,and transfer
- CIP/SIP principles
- Programmed cleaning between samples
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- Automation level
- Automated / Manual
- Error handling capabilities
- Advanced error handling
- Audit trail
- Comprehensive record of preparation process
- Video monitoring
- VideoLink™ with event-triggered cameras
- Homogenization
- High-shear homogenizer
- Cycle time reduction
- Enhanced for efficiency
- Solvent usage
- Reduced
- Safety
- Improved analyst safety by reduced exposure
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Sample type compatibility
- Tablets,capsules,powders,granules
- Footprint
- Compact
- Sample Capacity
- Up to 100 samples
- Initial Extraction Volume
- 20 – 520 mL
- Discharge Method
- Automated Transfer to Analysis Devices
- Control Panel Type
- TPWsoft Interface
- Video Monitoring
- VideoLink™
- High-shear Homogenizer
- Included
- Control panel type
- Touchscreen HMI
- Integration possibilities
- Waters Empower™ Interface
- Video monitoring
- VideoLink™ with event-triggered cameras
- Automation level
- Fully automated sample preparation
- Sample transfer methods
- HPLC injection,UV autosampler