FOSS NIR-Systems, Inc. has announced that the Lighthouse Probe™, provided
by GEA Pharma Systems, has been successfully connected and tested with a FOSS
Near-Infrared Process Analytics™ analyzer.
The Lighthouse Probe can be
used for real-time monitoring of chemical and pharmaceutical processes and
provides in-process window cleaning at any time, recalibration during the
process, full CIP (cleaning) of wash housing and seal, and a clear view inside
- even in difficult conditions.
Please contact us for more information
or download a brochure.
More information about FOSS
NIR-Systems: www.foss-nirsystems.com
Optical methods like UV/Vis-, NIR-, IR- or Raman spectroscopy are
applied in many areas in chemical, pharmaceutical and food industry for a long
time, mainly in off-line applications.
The biggest hurdle to use optical
methods online is the problem of “window fouling”. The observation window is
covered with material (bulk solids, sticky, pulpy type products etc.) and needs
to be cleaned from time to time.
After assisting multiple tests with various customers and suppliers of
optical measurement techniques in its labs, GEA Pharma Systems has recognized
this and developed the Lighthouse Probe™ (patent pending) in cooperation
with J&M Analytik AG. The combination of GPS’s expertise in containment,
automation and pharmaceutical processing and J&M’s expertise in optics has
resulted in a robust and reliable probe with in-line calibration and cleaning
capabilities.
The Lighthouse platform ranges from manual to fully automated design,
suitable for (and upgradable from) R&D up to (continuous) production. It
stretches from a stand-alone on-line LOD sensor to a complete integrated
solution capable of using online multivariate models.