PTWS 130

User Friendly Interface and User Management System

PTWS 130 is equipped with a wide 7-inch color touch screen, designed to enhance usability. The user interface incorporates rich graphical elements, smooth animations, and clear explanatory texts to guide users through every function. The flexible user management system allows for the inclusion of an unlimited number of users, ensuring secure and customized access. Additionally, the system supports an unlimited number of test methods, providing adaptability for a wide range of laboratory needs.

Regulatory Compliance and Audit Trail Features

The audit trail system records all events and changes within the instrument, providing a detailed account with both before and after information, fulfilling the regulatory requirements of 21 CFR Part 11. The audit trail can be filtered using criteria such as date & time, user, method and type of event.

Touch Screen Operation

All instrument interactions are carried out via a capacitive touchscreen interface, engineered to remain highly responsive even when operated with laboratory gloves. This design not only enhances user convenience but also supports strict hygiene standards in laboratory environments.

Instrument Design for Ease of Use and Reliability

The instrument head features a robust housing constructed from powder-coated stainless steel, ensuring exceptional durability and ease of cleaning. Integrated into the head is a 7-inch touch display, protected by a solid glass plate. This design not only offers a sleek appearance but also provides reliable protection for the display in demanding laboratory environments.

Quick Connector System

The Plexiglas water bath features a quick-connector system ensuring secure, leak-free attachment of the heater module to the water bath.

Convenient Water-Draining Design
The water bath is designed for convenient emptying and efficient cleaning. The tap connection has been enhanced for increased stability and repositioned to optimize drainage, facilitating more thorough removal of water. Additionally, both the cover and the water bath are removable, allowing for detailed and intensive cleaning when required.

Sturdy Water Bath Cover System

The water bath cover is constructed from protected Aluminum, offering dimensional stability. Dissolution vessels are inserted into rings fixed to the water bath cover and secured using centering rings equipped with a 3-way bayonet catch mechanism.

Convenient and Precise Electronic Lifter System

PTWS 130 is equipped with a centrally located electronic lifter. It offers the ability to program up to 16 working positions.

Heater and Circulation Pump Module Design

The pump and heater are combined into a single external module with a durable, powder-coated stainless-steel housing. The heater module’s internal components have undergone significant advances, incorporating a fully self-contained heating system. This innovation removes the need for a control sensor inside the water bath, simplifying maintenance while ensuring precise and reliable temperature control.

Temperature Sensor and Probe

In addition, an external temperature probe is provided for monitoring the temperature within the vessels or the water bath. The heating system’s safety is maintained through an array of internal temperature sensors positioned at both the inlet and outlet of the heater, as well as a resettable thermal cutoff switch.

MonoShaft Stirring Tools and Staggered Start

PTWS 130 uses the Pharma Test MonoShaft design with a main shaft and interchangeable tool heads. The shaft stays fixed in the instrument, keeping tool clearance consistent after initial installation. Each stirrer can be manually lifted for easy vessel access.

PTWS 130 also supports staggered start across its 6 positions, useful in manual mode.

PTWS 130S Variant with Individual Stirring Speed

This instrument version offers individual stirring speed control for each of the six testing stations by means of a dedicated stepper motor for each stirrer. This makes this model ideal for R&D purposes and dissolution method development.

Connection to DSR-M Dissolution Sampling Robot and PTFC Fraction Collector

For offline automation PTWS 130 can be connected to the DSR-M dissolution sampling robot. DSR-M features the capability of sample dilution and media refilling. It offers excellent sampling and refilling accuracy via the fully integrated valve-less piston pump module.

Connection to PTFC Fraction Collector

Alternatively, the PTFC-2/8SP fraction collector with PT-SP syringe pumps can be used. No external software is necessary to control either of these systems.

ADS-L Closed Loop Online Automated Systems using Diode Array Spectrometer

For an online automated closed loop system the J&M TIDAS L UV/VIS spectrometer with an 8-position multi-cell-changer is the ideal choice. This system is controlled by the powerful WinDiss ARGUS Dissolution software running on the integrated PC of the TIDAS L spectrometer.

Dissolution Software WinDiss ARGUS

The WinDiss ARGUS Dissolution software is a scientific dissolution data management software for instrument control, data acquisition, data management, processing and reporting – designed by users for users. Whether you perform dissolution tests occasionally or several times each day WinDiss ARGUS Dissolution will make you more productive in running tests and analyzing results.

PT-Node Network Adapter for Printing and Data Transfer

PT-Node is an adapter that connects up to two Pharma Test instruments simultaneously to a network using a wired LAN connection. This way you can print test results from the instrument via your web browser on any local or network printer. Furthermore, it is possible to transfer the test results from the instruments to external systems in the same network. PT-Node supports PTWS 130.