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- Constant Kaizen Delivers Major Win for Taiyo Yakuhin
- Airborne Dust Containment and Worker Health
- Sealing Challenges In The Pharmaceutical Industry


Editor's Choice:
- Mill Is Ideal For Glove Box Applications
- Silicone Tubing Designed For Long Life
- Flush Valve Offers CIP Capability


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- UV Disinfection System For Industrial Process Water
- X-Ray Inspection System Employs Two Beams For Maximum Accuracy
- Sanitary Lock-Out Clamp Limits Access to Hazardous Piping




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Featured Articles
Constant Kaizen Delivers Major Win for Taiyo Yakuhin
The combination of the time-honored Japanese operating philosophy of kaizen (constant improvement) with value engineering (VE) and value analysis (VA) principles has proven to be a potent formula for success at Taiyo Yakuhin, a privately-held company located in Takayama City, Gifu, in central Japan, where it has been producing generics and OEM products for some four decades now...  continue

Airborne Dust Containment and Worker Health
In recent years, the pharmaceutical industry has seen a growing number of products that pose potential health risks to those working with them. Airborne dust, in particular, can put the equipment operator at risk, when a formulation containing a high percentage of a potent, active drug substance is used...  continue

Sealing Challenges In The Pharmaceutical Industry
The acronyms may be short in the pharmaceutical, chemical processing, and food industries, but they pose big sealing challenges. CIP, Cleaning in Place, uses chemicals lethal to the majority of elastomer seals, while SIP, Sterilization in Place, employs superheated steam up to 140°C with an even greater deteriorating affect. In addition to this, for some applications, the seals must meet the strict requirements for FDA approval...  continue

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    Editor's Choice
    Mill Is Ideal For Glove Box Applications
    The Comil® is ideal for containment milling due to several key design features. These features include; the generation of less fines than higher energy mills and the generation of an insignificant amount of airflow resulting in the elimination of air handling equipment...  continue

    Silicone Tubing Designed For Long Life
    APSPG pump tubing is designed for the unique demands of peristaltic pumps. APSPG is made to withstand repeated compression and release for consistent, dependable performance. It is ideally suited for pharmaceutical, biomedical, biotech, chemical, laboratory, and R&D applications...  continue

    Flush Valve Offers CIP Capability
    Clean valve is a glass-lined, CIP flush valve for glass-lined reactors that features a flush port that allows sanitizing, sampling, back flushing of the tank and other functions without dismantling of the valve. The self-draining port has a 5° downward pitch...  continue

     
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    Focus On
    UV Disinfection System For Industrial Process Water
    Designed for process water disinfection the AF3 amalgam UV disinfection system offers a high microbial kill rate with low power consumption and low hydraulic pressure drop. Designed using CFD modeling tools, it is extremely flexible and can be installed either horizontally or vertically...  continue

    X-Ray Inspection System Employs Two Beams For Maximum Accuracy
    The ScanTrac DUO X-Ray Inspection System uses two x-ray beams to achieve dual detection for maximum inspection accuracy and superior product quality. ScanTrac DUO inspects packaged products for foreign material contamination while also detecting packaging imperfections and underfills...  continue

    Sanitary Lock-Out Clamp Limits Access to Hazardous Piping
    Lock-out clamp is designed for use with otherwise hazardous high-temperature piping lines often associated with steam and CIP/SIP cleaning processes. The new locking clamp is an adaptation of the shrouded clamp – a standard product in the broader SH safety clamp line...  continue

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