New workstation reduced risk of process development failures

Published: 9-Dec-2010

Realistic small-scale production minimises failure risk at full production scale

Mettler Toledo has introduced the semi-automated RC1su Scale-up Workstation, aimed at increasing productivity and reliability in process development by reducing consumption of reagents and sol-vents and improving data quality leading to more robust processes. Realistic small-scale production optimises chemical processes safely, which effectively minimises failure risk at full production scale.

Development and scaling of chemical processes requires profound knowledge of the individual processes and all parameters involved. Unlike standard technologies, RC1su Workstations permit the swift collection of relevant process information and optimisation of process parameters online, the company says.

iControl (iC) software, together with the RTCal reactor technology for online heat flow measurement, allows instant collection of heat release data and control of desired process variables. Running the process under plant-like conditions requires comprehensive knowledge about mass and heat transfer, which are collected simultaneously.

Analytical tools, such as real time in situ measurement by ReactIR 45m or particle characterisation by FBRM, can be integrated seamlessly providing additional information on the composition of the reaction mixture.

The iC Software Suite integrates the entire experimental workflow making it simple to visualise, interpret and report data or to compare different experiments. A powerful thermostat and the latest reactor technology help define critical process parameters in real-time.

‘More efficient tools, such as the RC1su Work-station, achieve significant, measurable and sustainable productivity increases in process development and scale-up and are key to making chemical processes commercially successful,’ says Urs Groth, marketing communication manager, reaction engineering, Mettler Toledo.

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