ATMI triples shelf life of powder transfer bags
Equipment and Supplies | Material Transfer | Powder Dispensing |
The company says the bags exhibit anti-static properties that improve powder recovery and prevent build-up of electrostatic charge, resulting in significant process efficiency and safety benefits. They also extend shelf life to 36 months, compared with 12 months for other anti-static powder transfer vessels.
ATMI LifeSciences developed the PSD film technology using animal-derived component free (ADCF) materials. The film is extruded in-house by ATMI in HEPA-filtered air under cleanroom conditions. Newsafe PSD bags are manufactured in an ISO Class 5 environment.
‘The shelf life increases the container's usefulness for long-term storage or shipping. Customers can even purchase and store powders that are delivered in pre-measured amounts, which facilitates quick, clean, and less expensive addition of critical powders to their processes,’ said Richard Bhella, global product manager for single-use storage & delivery technologies at ATMI LifeSciences.
The light weight of the Newsafe PSD products makes them appropriate for transfer, storage, shipping, and dispensing media, buffers, filter aids, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), and excipients, among other dry powders. www.atmi.com
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