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Developing an instrument for characterizing pharmaceutical materials, to bring safe medications to patients
- 制药
- Raman
Ocean Insight and Malvern Panalytical collaborated to engineer a particle analyzer powerful enough to help customers better understand and utilize materials, yet flexible enough for a diverse array of industries
Challenge
通过更好地了解提供其业务的材料，制造商可以提高产品性能，提高流程效率并为客户提供更好的价值。使用精确的分析工具为材料的化学，物理和结构特性提供了关键的见解。
For example, in the pharmaceuticals industry, determining critical material characteristics in drug ingredients allows better control of formulation and processing. Also, validating active pharmaceutical ingredients (the biological components of drugs) is necessary to ensure that formulations match the original drug as patents expire, or can be used to develop generics that are still safe but don’t entail the typical clinical testing costs required with new (innovator) drugs.
Our technologies are used by scientists and engineers in a wide range of industries and organizations to solve the challenges associated with maximizing productivity, developing better quality products and getting them to market faster.
Insight
Malvern is an industry leader in scientific instrumentation that characterizes the length, width and shape of particles in samples ranging from building materials to pharmaceuticals. In recent years, particle analyzers have been enhanced by adding on Raman spectroscopy, which provides chemical identification capabilities. This adds another level of material analysis previously unavailable.
Ocean Insight was confident in providing for Malvern a smaller, more flexible alternative to its previous Raman system, which was large, unwieldy and not fully integrated with the Malvern Morphologi-brand particle analyzer. This also represented an opportunity to improve the Raman system performance, as Ocean’s approach is more flexible and easily optimized.
All system components were selected, designed, and assembled synergistically. Ocean has remained engaged with Malvern throughout the project, strengthening our relationship on the Morphologi ID system.
Solution
Ocean Insight worked closely with Malvern to define the technical scope of the project. By drawing on our shared expertise in applications, optics, software, testing and commercialization, we overcame the technical challenges of integrating a Raman subsystem with the particle analyzer into a single platform. This involved developing an optical design capable of making maximum use of laser light, optical pathways and calibration procedures, as Raman can be a challenging technique to master.
Each component of the subsystem – spectrometer, laser, optics and software -- was designed, selected and assembled in synergy with Malvern to optimize the result. Ocean Insight and Malvern Panalytical remain engaged as the project further evolves, aligning service, support and supply chains to meet future needs.
系统设计中的灵活性将使海洋和Malvern能够使系统适应不断变化的行业需求，从创建诸如水泥（水泥）到从地质矿床中提取更有意义的信息到预测未来的环境条件。
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