First Validated Electrical Resistance Tomography System

Process consistency and product quality are key top2000 system. ITS has invested in conducting a
the pharmaceutical industry from drug developmentpre-validation exercise with ABB Life Sciences. This
research through to manufacturing scale-up. Toeffectively tests the use of ITS technology against
ensure better quality and efficiency, the validation ofcriteria set out in GAMP 4 and also relates closely to
the equipment used to monitor and control theseGAMP 5.
processes is crucial. Validation relates toThe p2000 is able to help characterise complex
demonstrating that instrumentation has been testedprocesses such as crystallisation. As well as
and that the information reported corresponds todetermining concentration variations through a vessel.
what is being measured.It is also able to provide information on key unit
Industrial Tomography Systems (ITS), as part of itsprocesses such as mixing, filtration and liquid-liquid
commitment to working with the life science andseparation. This offers the benefit of reducing batch
other regulated markets has introduced a validatedcycle times and improving batch to batch consistency.
version of its popular electrical resistance tomography