Formulation Equipment

Instrumented tablet press (Riva model Piccola 10 station B-type) - Capable of measuring main compression force, pre-compression force and ejection force
Digital calipers
Hardness tester (Key model HT-500)
Friability tester (Key model FT-400)
Disintegration tester (GlobePharma ELECTOLAB model ED-2L)
Capsule filler (Tarpac)
Carver press (Model 3851-0)
Magnum Tablet Press (model D-23)

Fluid bed (Mendel model FBP-1) – Capable of processing 0.2 – 3 kg with top spray, bottom spray and Wurster column
Extruder Spheronizer (Mendel model MES-350)
Drying oven (Lindberg/Blue Model MO1450 GPAA-1)

Flodex powder flow tester (Hanson 21-101-050)
Bulk density tester (Scott Volumeter)
Tap density tester (GlobePharma model EDT-1020)
AutoSiever (Gilson) - Sieve sizes: US-std. 16, 18, 20, 30, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 170, 200, 325 and 500
Precision sieve sizes: 10μ, 20μ, 30μ, 40μ, 60μ, and 80μ
Steel sieves (8”) - Sizes: US-std. 12, 18, 20, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 60, 70, 80, 100, 120, 140, 170, 200
Tyler Ro-Top Test Sieve Shaker/fractionator (model Rx 29-E)

Comminuting mill (Quadro model U5-0371) –speeds 1000 to 6500 RPM Round hole screen sizes (inches): 0.020, 0.033, 0.065, 0.093, 0.109, 0.125, and 0.156
Fitz Mill (model L-1-A perforated screen sizes 0.5mm to 3.96mm)
Frewitt Ocillating Mill (model GLT-001) Screen sizes 18, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 mesh

Analytical Equipment

HPLC System No. 1 (Hewlett Packard model 1050 with ChemStation version A.09.00) - Equipped with a 100 vial tray autosampler, quaternary pump, column heater, and 1100 series variable wavelength detector
HPLC System No. 2 (Hewlett Packard model 1050 with ChemStation version A.09.00) - Equipped with a 100 vial tray autosampler, quaternary pump, column heater, diode array detector and 1047A refractive index detector
HPLC System No. 3 (Hewlett Packard model 1050 with ChemStation version A.09.00) - Equipped with a 100 vial tray autosampler, quaternary pump, column heater, and variable wavelength detector

Dissolution System (Distek model 2100A) – Equipped with apparatus 1 or 2 and 900 mL standard or amber vessels, Hewlett Packard spectrophotometer (model 8453) with ChemStation version A.10.01, Vankel Autosampler (model VK 8000)
Dissolution System (VanKel model VK 7000) – Equipped with apparatus 1 or 2 and 900 mL standard or amber vessels, Hewlett Packard spectrophotometer (model 8453) with ChemStation version A.10.01, Vankel Autosampler (model VK 8000)

Class A glassware
Water purification system (Barnstead model E-Pure)
Heating Bath/Circulator (Neslab model RTE 7)
Wrist action shaker (Burrell model 75)
pH meter (Denver model Ultra Basic)
Microscope 40x, 100x, 400x and 1000x (AmScope model 120) – Equipped with digital camera and image software
Microscope 15x and 30x (Fisher Scientific model Stereomaster)
Oven (Fisher Scientific model Isotemp)
Table-top centrifuge (eppendorf model 5415)
Sonicators (Branson models: 1210 and 2200)
Sonicator (Fisher Scientific ULTRASONIC BATH 20.8L)
Vacuum-Pressure pump (Millipore)
Stir-Hotplates (Corning models PC-351 and PC-520)

Digital Stir-Hotplates (Fisher Scientific model IsoTemp)
Viscometer (Brookfield Model DV-E)
Vortex Genie2
Multi-Tube vortexer (Baxter)
Test-tube temp-blocks (Lab-Line Instruments)
Desiccator cabinets
Refrigerator
Pipetters (Fisher Scientific models Finnpipette)
- Volume ranges: 0.5 -10 μL, 20 -200 μL, 100 -1,000 μL, and 2,000 – 10,000 μL
Pipetter (Eppendorf Series 2100)
- Volume range: 500 -5,000 μL
Repeater pipetter (Eppendorf)
Pipet pumps
- Volumes: 2, 10, and 25 mL