Formulas get developed in a lab, using lab equipment, in sample sizes of 100 – 200g. It is a BIG jump to take a formula from 100g up to 1000kg:
- the machinery is incredibly different
- different batches of materials get used,
- heating, cooling and mixing times differ significantly
- the process goes from skilled lab technicians/chemists to production staff relying on a method
Normal scale up steps involve 10-20x increases in batch size, and one of the most difficult jumps is from a 1-2 kg large lab batch, to a 20 – 40kg pilot batch – because the equipment used in a lab, and the processing steps, differ dramatically from the large lab batch to the small production batch…. Until, the IKA LR1000.
The IKA LR1000 is amazing lab scale up equipment. Instead of relying on large lab equipment and skills of the formulation chemist, it replicates small batch equipment and can test and validate your method steps before proceeding to a pilot batch. In doing so, it replicates the way a pilot batch would be prepared, but much smaller, and less reliant on Chemist skill – validating the method in a lab size scale before being handed to production staff.
The results:
- an easy way of producing large lab batches that better test and validate your pilot batch before proceeding to pilot batch production.
- almost entirely ‘fool proofs’ pilot production – making more successful and predictable pilot batch scale up steps for less error, issues, and faster scale up steps to full scale production
- less large batch failures and less time demands on your chemists in ensuring scale-able formulas and methods
- large lab batches of product able to be replicated in pilot and production batches with greater certainty
Watch this video which shows the features of the IKA LR1000 and how it makes scale up steps easy, reliable and fast – validating your scale up steps, method and product with a high degree of certainty.
This video also features an organic skin whitening formula and method to COSMOS Certification standards. Find out how easy it is to scale up with the IKA LR1000 – watch now!
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