Xcelolab makes light work of weighting tasks
Capsugel, a provider of dosage forms to the pharmaceutical industry, is offering scientists a rapid and reproducible system for precise weighting tasks with the benchtop Xcelolab powder dispenser.
The Xcelolab joins Capsugel's Xcelodose precision powder micro-dosing range and allows pharmaceutical companies to perform method development, powder dispense head selection and powder characterisation studies in the laboratory. The data produced and methods developed can then be directly transferred to their Xcelodose system so they can continue manufacture of clinical trial materials without interruption or unnecessary downtime.
The Xcelolab uses Capsugel's precise powder dispensing technology, which builds "micro-bridges", making it suitable for scientists who repeatedly weigh small amounts of any type of powder by hand or need to dispense amounts too small to be accurately dosed by conventional techniques. This technology makes it possible to dispense any type of powder, whether cohesive, micronised, free flowing or inhalation powder.
Users can dispense powder weights from 100µg up to 230g. A range of interchangeable balances makes it easy to dispense into a variety of receptacles including capsules, vials, beakers and flasks. The simple, touch screen operation, featuring a colour-coded progress bar means scientists can run fully automated dispense cycles as soon as the system is installed, as well as programme and store multiple settings for different samples.
There are many dispense options from a manual one button dispense right through to full method development, making applications such as powder characterisation, sample preparation or stability testing both quick and easy to set up.