Cutting Edge Technologies

Monday, April 16, 2012

The best testing in the industry requires more than just bright minds adn willing hands- it means giving those great researchers the machinery they need to be successful. Synergy WorldWide has invested heavily in state-of-the-art testing equipment to maintain our position as the quality leader.

QA Labs
For quality assurance labs-herb, vitamin, mineral and microbiological testing-each contains millions of dollars worth of equipment that is contantly being upgraded whenever new, pertinent technology arises. We purchased a new Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP/MS)-at a cost of nearly $190,000-that features a temperature-controlled spray chamber and an octopole reaction system (ORS). The new ICP/MS easily handles our large sample volume, including finished product, in-process, raw material and Prop 65 sample testing. It also requires less solvent and generates less waste for a more favorable environment impact.

Bin System
Our production facilties feature an L. B. Bihle bin mixing system. The bin system consists of four conical mills, 40 mixing bins, a PM 2000 bin mixer, an HS 2000 bin hoist, a pilot bin mixer with 300-L abd 50-L bins for development purposes, and a two station bin washing system with HEPA-filtered bin drying rooms.

This pharmaceutical-grade bin system is designed to help eliminate the possibility of direct and cross contamination. The stainless steel bins reduce exposure and the need to transfer materials from one container to another, and they reduce the amount of handling our products experience.

We employ two sizes of bins, 800-L and 1800-L. After use, each bin is cleaned in special bin-washing rooms. Using filtered water, we wash each bin with detergent and pure water rinses. Clean bins are then taken to a specially constructed drying room, which is heated to 140 degree Fahrenheit. HEPA-filtered air eliminates the chances of contamination as the bin dry.

More cutting-edge technologies in the next post!