Critical Utilities

Combustible gas safety monitoring: Infrared vs. catalytic gas detectors
By General Monitors Inc.
White paper
This white paper from General Monitors Inc. guides you through the process of choosing the gas sensing technology, either infrared or catalytic gas detectors, that are right for your company.

Fundamentals of combustible gas detection
By General Monitors Inc.
White paper
This handbook from General Monitors Inc. is a guide to the characteristics of combustible gases and applicable detection technologies including characteristics, applications and classifications.

Breakthrough Medical Device Uses Fab-Tech Inc.'s PermaShield Pipe
By Fab-Tech Inc.
Case study
In this case study, Fab-Tech Inc.’s PermaShield Pipe helps Boston Scientific’s medical device factory filter its corrosive fume exhaust.

Process gas venting
By Fab-Tech Inc.
Case study
In this case study, Fab-Tech Inc.’s PermaShield Pipe is installed in a Pfizer Inc. facility in Ireland, abating highly corrosive gas in a cost-effective manner.

Process vent handling hydrochloric acid vapors
By Fab-Tech Inc.
Case study
In this case study, Fab-Tech Inc.’s PermaShield Pipe is installed in a Roche Vitamins Inc. facility, offering a permanent fix to the original vent system, which previously had to be replaced at least every year.

Importance of Class 100 air in a CO2 incubator
By Thermo Electron Corp.
White paper
This white paper by Thermo Electron Corp. describes the development of the HEPA (high efficiency particulate air) filter method designed to handle the primary sources of contamination found in most laboratory settings, and explains the benefits of Thermo Electron's Thermo HEPA.

MET ONE 3400 Series Portable Airborne Particle Counters
By Hach Ultra
Product collateral
MET ONE 3400 Series airborne particle counters offer faster sampling and simple portability for ease of use and reduced technician time. Dual hot-swappable batteries minimize downtime and, thanks to its Long Life Laser technology, the 3400 performs reliably, promoting low-cost, long-term ownership.

AMC measurement and control
By Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions
Application note
In this application note, Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions explains airborne molecular contamination (AMC) and provides key insights on AMC monitoring and control.

Pelletizer P50-200
Application note
In this application note, Glatt Air Techniques Inc. provides technical data on the Pelletizer P50-200, a production unit for the continuous process of spheronizing moist extrudated products or pre-formed extrudates.

ISO quality standard more than met
By Kaeser Compressors Inc.
Case study
In this case study, Handok Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. helps pharmaceutical companies in attaining air purity by a finely matched system consisting of centrally installed microfine filters, a desiccant dryer, an activated carbon adsorber, an after filter and local sterile filters.

Smartpipe: Compressed air distribution system
By Kaeser Compressors Inc.
Product collateral
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SX HS Series: Premium rotary screw compressors
By Kaeser Compressors Inc.
Product collateral
<P>Developed by Kaeser in conjunction with Siemens AG, this compressor control features a PC with an Intel microprocessor inside.</P>

SFC Series 11 to 110S: Sigma frequency control
By Kaeser Compressors Inc.
Product collateral
<P>Kaeser SFC Series 11 to 110S compressed air controls offer an integrated system design and allow for retrofitting existing compressors.</P>

High-temperature refrigerated dryer
By Kaeser Compressors Inc.
Product collateral
Kaeser High Temperature Refrigerated Dryers are specifically designed for use with 5-25 hp piston compressors. The HTRD contains and aftercooler, refrigeration unit, filtered separator and drain to remove moisture and contaminants to a level suitable for most shop tools. <P> </P>

Regenerative desiccant dryers
By Kaeser Compressors Inc.
Product collateral
Kaeser desiccant dryers emply the principles of adsorption and desorption to produce a continuous supply of dry compressed air.

Wall-mounted desiccant dryers
By Kaeser Compressors Inc.
Product collateral
For small applications that need very dry air, Kaeser offers a wall mounted version of its heatless adsorptive desiccant dryers, the KADW. These dryers are based on a counterflow design. Towers dry air as it flows up, and purge air on the way down.

Clean air treatment
By Kaeser Compressors Inc.
White paper
This white paper by Kaeser Compressors Inc. explains clean air treatment products to prepare compressed air for many applications.

Air compressor investment
By Kaeser Compressors Inc.
Application note
In this application note, Kaeser Compressors describes types of air compressors, and how to evaluate, select and maintain them.

Cost savings with air compressor maintenance
By Kaeser Compressors Inc.
Application note
In this application note, Kaeser Compressors describes maintenance required for an air compressor to maintain performance and efficiency.

Compressed air treatment needs
By Kaeser Compressors Inc.
Application note
In this application note, Kaeser Compressors describes how to choose the type of air treatment needed by determining the air quality needed in an application.

Understanding rouging: Rouge performance effects and rouge cleaning in an ...
By Hach Ultra
White paper
This white paper investigates the sources of rouge formation in a Hach Ultra ANATEL TOC instrument, and demonstrates that an effective cleaning solution has been developed that can be employed as part of routine preventive maintenance.

USP acceptable TOC levels for pharmaceutical water: How to achieve them?
By Shimadzu Scientific Instruments
White paper
This white paper attempts to classify compliance with acceptable TOC levels in pharmaceutical water regulations through preparation, production and waste discharge.

Milli-Q Biocel system: Optimized ultrapure water quality for PCR
By Millipore Corp.
Application note
This application note by Millipore Corp. describes how its Milli-Q Biocel system can be used in polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a widely used technique for amplifying DNA molecules from a few DNA strands.

Technical note: U.S. Pharmacopoeia setpoints
By Mettler-Toledo Thornton
White paper
This brief white paper, a technical note by Mettler-Toledo Thornton Inc., discusses U.S. Pharmacopoeia 645, which addresses pharmaceutical water.

USP Acceptable TOC Levels for Pharmaceutical Water: How to Achieve Them?
By Shimadzu Scientific Instruments
White paper
Several specific and non-specific analytical techniques exist that may help the industry monitor the pharmaceutical water used and also help achieve the required cleaning validation.

Static electricity causes and cures
By Meech Static Eliminators USA
White paper
This white paper by Meech Static Eliminators Ltd. describes static electricity, how it occurs, how to counteract it and how Meech uses these methods in a variety of industrial applications.

A guide to laboratory water purification
By Labconco Corp.
White paper
This white paper by Labconco Corp. is a basic guide in the selection of water purification equipment and reviews water quality standards and other issues.

New particle monitoring strategies in UPW for 300 mm Fabs
By Particle Measuring Systems
White paper
This white paper by Particle Measuring Systems discusses particle monitoring strategies in ultra pure water (UPW) and opportunities to improve performance, track data trends and reduce cost. It also details the impact of size sensitivity, sample volume and zero count level on particle counter performance.

Understanding rouging: Rouge performance effects and rouge cleaning in an ...
By Hach Ultra
White paper
This white paper investigates the sources of rouge formation in a Hach Ultra ANATEL TOC instrument, and demonstrates that an effective cleaning solution has been developed that can be employed as part of routine preventive maintenance.

Measuring samples per USP 26 using Shimadzu TOC-VW
By Shimadzu Scientific Instruments
White paper
The TOC-VW analyzer utilizes three forms of oxidation (heat, UV, and persulfate) to provide a low maintenance instrument with a detection limit of 0.0005 mg per liter.

Smoothing the way for high-purity process systems
By A&B Process Systems Corp.
White paper
This white paper by A&B Process Systems Corp. explains high-purity process systems, which require smooth interior surfaces, and the process of obtaining smooth surfaces.

Dual purpose total organic carbon analysis: Pharmaceutical water for ...
By Teledyne Tekmar
Application note
In this application note, Teledyne Tekmar demonstrates how a dual-function TOC analyzer, which has low detection limits but can recover high levels of organic contamination without carryover between samples, was designed for implementation into a cGMP environment.

How to gain reliable, fast, precise and accurate TOC results for PW, WFI, ...
By Teledyne Tekmar
Application note
In this application note, Teledyne Tekmar discusses current methods of total organic carbon (TOC) analysis, including their advantages and limitations in the analysis of purified waters (PW), water for injection (WFI), ultra-high purity waters (UHPW) and clean in place (CIP) applications.

Single TOC analyzer serves dual role: WFI and cleaning validation sample ...
By Teledyne Tekmar
White paper
This white paper from Teledyne Tekmar shows how a single, specially designed TOC instrument was able to accurately analyze both WFI and cleaning validation samples, thus boosting sample throughput and reducing instrument performance qualification, training and method development times.