Best Practice Guide For Pharmaceutical Water Systems

Producing water for pharmaceutical production is a
critical process.

Pharmaceutical production operations utlizing water are common. The process and regulatory requirements for the water and the procedures employed for production and quality assurance are extensive and complex.

Mettler Toledo, through its Thornton brand, has a long history of involvement in pure water quality measurement. The company's sensors, analyzers and transmitters are found throughout many industrial settings where precision pure water quality measurements are the essential part of the operation.

Thornton recently published a helpful guide for best practices in pure water measurement. It is entitled "Compliance by Design in Pharmaceutical Water Systems". The document provides a summary of water sources and contaminants, then continues with an outline of industry requirements for bulk waters. The production of pure water is dicussed, and recommendations for pharmaceutical water system instrumentation are provided.

A copy of the document is provided below. Share your process analytical challenges with the application experts, leveraging your own process knowledge and experience with their product application expertise to develop effective solutions.

Pharmaceutical Water Instrumentation Guide from Alliance Technical Sales, Inc.

Alliance Technical Sales Wraps Up a Good Year

Alliance Technical Sales, like every other business, is finishing out 2017. Everyone at ATS is thankful for the support and opportunity provided by our customers and suppliers.

The company made some changes to its product lineup during the past year, expanding the range of application solutions available.

• Industrial process heating applications are now part of the ATS solutions lineup.
• The  company's water quality measurement and instrumentation offering was expanded.
• Portable and in-line Process refractometers were added to the ATS product mix.

We also continued our program of product training and education to maintain top flight competence in recommending solutions to our customers' process measurement and control challenges.

Thank you, again. We look forward to the upcoming year and providing service to our customers at all levels.

Sight Flow Indicators

Armored flow indicator provides direct visual reading
of process media flow.
Image courtesy Jogler, LLC

In the operation of an industrial process, there may be instances where a visual confirmation or assessment of fluid flow is useful or necessary. In those cases, a direct reading sight flow indicator is just the thing needed to fill the requirement.

The sight flow indicator is essentially a clear tube with an encasement and appropriate connections that facilitate the indicator's installation into a process piping system. It is installed in a manner that provides an operator visual access to the inside of the piping at that location. Further details about construction materials, armoring, and more will round out the product selection that best accommodates the industrial environment, the media, and the visual inspection needs.

Jogler manufactures a range of flow, level and analytical instruments for industrial use. Their sight flow indicators, with line sizes from 1/2 to 4 inches and lengths up to 60 inches, enable a process operator to get that all important look at the liquid media as is passes through the flow indicator. The presence, color and character of the media can be assessed visually through the flow indicator, delivering visual confirmation of some targeted aspect of the process.

Share your process flow and level measurement challenges with instrumentation specialists, leveraging your own knowledge and experience with their product application expertise to develop an effective solution.

Level Gauges and Flow Indicators from Alliance Technical Sales, Inc.

Host Device Transmitters for Interchangeable Sensors

Indigo 200 Series Transmitters accommodate an array of
smart sensors.
Image courtesy Vaisala

Our previous post was about Vaisala's new interchangeable humidity sensors in their Indigo line. The Indigo sensors, and other smart probes, are designed to work with the Indigo series transmitters to provide top flight performance in process measurement and control applications.

Transmitters enable plug-and-play setup with the smart sensors. Output options include analog, relay and Modbus. The browser based wireless interface allows configuration and viewing access to the transmitter. The LCD color display enables easy viewing on location.

Share your process measurement challenges with process instrumentation experts, leveraging your own process knowledge and experience with their product application expertise to develop the best solution.

Indigo 200 Series Transmitters from Alliance Technical Sales, Inc.

Interchangeable Humidity Probes Open Up Application Possibilities

The Vaisala Indigo series of humidity measurement probes
encompasses variants for a wide range of applications.
Image courtesy Vaisala

The Indigo family of smart sensors and transmitters, from Vaisala, has been expanded with some newly released humidity probes. The five new probes can be used with an Indigo host device or another using Modbus protocol. Previously available sensors measured concentrations of gaseous carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide. The new offering expands the Indigo functionality into humidity measurement, a mainstay of Vaisala for many years. Humidity can now be measured in:

• Pressurized or high pressure environments, up to 100 bars, with two probe offerings covering differing pressure ranges
• High temperature ovens and similar applications
• High humidity applications where probe heating is required

There is also a new version available for temperature measurement. 

The Indigo family of sensors and host devices are interchangeable, and all can interface with Vaisala's Insight PC software. More information is available from the process measurement specialists at Alliance Technical Sales. Share your process measurement challenges with experts, leveraging your own knowledge and experience with their product application expertise to develop the best solutions.

Laser Level Transmitter Technology

LLT-1000 Laser Level Transmitter is rugged,
accurate, and easy to use.
Image courtesy Jogler LLC

Jogler, manufacturer of level measurement instruments, provides a laser level transmitter for industrial process measurement and control applications. The rugged instrument provides continuous non-contact level measurement for process automation and inventory management across an array of industrial applications.

A laser level transmitter can provide reliable measurement of solids or opaque liquids with little interference from granular or foaming surfaces. The technology provides for very long measuring distance, enabling a large standoff from a hazardous location or measuring within a very large vessel. The narrow beam emitted by the transmitter can be easily located to avoid false readings from mixers or other purposeful obstructions within a vessel. The long measuring range, narrow beam, easy installation and high accuracy make the laser based level measurement technology suitable for application in silos, tanks, hoppers, chutes, and bunkers. In addition to being a non-contact measuring method, a laser level transmitter can function effectively through a transparent sight glass installed on a vessel. The complete isolation of the instrument from the process media can be beneficial in many applications.

The data sheet below provides more detail on the LLT-1000 Laser Level Transmitter. Share your level and process measurement requirements and challenges with a product application specialist. Leverage your own process knowledge and experience with their product application expertise to develop effective solutions.

Laser Level Transmitter for Process Measurement and Control from Alliance Technical Sales, Inc.

New Portable pH and ORP Measurement Instrument

The Pro2Go portable pH meter provides top flight
measurement capability in a handheld portable package.
Image courtesy Mettler Toledo

Mettler Toledo has combined a broad range of user-friendly features in an industrially rugged, versatile, accurate instrument for pH and redox measurements. The Pro2Go is light weight and designed for single-handed operation. With compatibility among analog and Mettler Toledo's ISM sensors, along with a graphic LCD display and intuitive menu operation in 10 languages, the unit will provide superior service throughout many industrial process operations.

A data sheet, included below, provides more detail on the robust pH and redox measurement system. Measurement data can be accumulated in the field, with up to 2000 readings stored in the unit available for simple transfer via USB connection.

For more detailed information, contact the process measurement specialists at Alliance Technical Sales. Share your process measurement challenges of all types with application specialists, leveraging your own knowledge and experience with their product application expertise to develop the most effective solutions.

Portable pH Meter for Process Measurement from Alliance Technical Sales, Inc.