RFICs
PRODUCTS
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Isolators with product protection as a housing for aseptic processes, e.g., filling, loading and unloading of freeze dryers.
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Autodesk® Info360® Plant is a cloud-based operational analytics solution within the Info360 platform designed specifically for water and wastewater treatment plants to improve real-time data analysis and enable workflows associated with performance, compliance, and improvement planning.
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The AMP50006 is a high-performance solid state pulse amplifier engineered for demanding X-Band applications requiring high output power, ruggedness, and reliability.
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The MMPX-00002PSM is a passive MMIC (Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit) quadplexer designed to multiplex signals across four distinct frequency bands: DC–6 GHz, 8–10 GHz, 12–14 GHz, and 16–18 GHz.
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When AST came to the table on the design for our new fill-finish isolator, one of the first areas AST engineers wanted to address was the usability and accessibility of the isolator and corresponding operations. With our customers’ point of view in mind, we wanted to address specific points of friction routinely encountered by operators and closely examine whether those friction points were necessary.
Does an isolator need to be ergonomically unfriendly to clean?
Should simple mechanisms like isolator doors be challenging to engage? (As much as one can appreciate exercise, no one wants to do “arm day” in cleanroom coveralls).
Does routine maintenance have to be time-consuming and laborious?
Many of these factors are accepted as par for the course in aseptic fill-finish manufacturing. Our question was, why?
WHITE PAPERS AND CASE STUDIES
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What Unified eCOA And IRT Can Unlock
See how real-time scoring and automated eligibility checks helped a global dermatology study reduce site burden, avoid manual errors, and move participants through screening with greater speed.
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Expanding Diabetes-Related Eye Health Equity
20/20 Onsite, American Diabetes Association and Genentech collaborated on an event to provide immediate diagnostic services, including retinal imaging and visual acuity assessments, directly on-site.
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Strategic Pre-IND Consulting For Gene Therapy In Rare Leukemia
Learn about the collaborative efforts of an innovative biotech startup and Ergomed Consulting to overcome challenges in the pre-IND phase for a novel gene therapy targeting a rare form of leukemia.
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Water Disinfection At Feldschlöesschen Brewery In Switzerland
Despite meeting European drinking water standards, contamination levels at a brewery reached as high as 800 CFU/ml, prompting the brewery to seek a reliable disinfection solution to protect the integrity of its production processes.
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Digital Transformation Optimizes Production, Quality, And Compliance
Discover how advanced automation solutions at Fermion's new facility were implemented to enhance production, quality, and compliance in pharmaceutical manufacturing while meeting industry standards.
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Navigating Regulatory Compliance: A Success Story In The Pharma Industry
Reveal how one pharmaceutical facility overcame strict cross-contamination rules and space limits without costly building modifications to ensure operational continuity.
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How eSource Reduced Benchmark's Protocol Deviations By Almost 40%
Explore how a leading vaccine site network selected CRIO to help address the challenges with it's use of paper charts in collecting source data.
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Enhancing Municipal Water Storage With Submersible Mixers: A Case Study
Ice accumulation in water tanks poses serious challenges, compromising operations by trapping volumes of water and potentially costing tens of thousands of dollars in infrastructure damage. PAX Mixers are highly effective in preventing ice formation, even in extreme cold conditions. By optimizing water circulation, we can maintain consistent water temperatures within a tank.
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How Smart Process Automation Cut Wastewater Chemical Costs By $75,000 Annually
Discover how a major wastewater utility transitioned from manual, static dosing to real-time, autonomous optimization software, stabilizing hydrogen sulfide scrubber efficiency above critical targets while slashing chemical operating costs by twenty-five percent.
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The City Of Fayetteville's Flood Resiliency In The Face Of Climate Change: Mapping 15 Watersheds
The city of Fayetteville, North Carolina has always had flooding issues, but it’s been getting worse as weather patterns have been changing. They were hit four years in a row by storms Matthew (2016), Irma (2017), Florence (2018), and Dorian (2019).
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Rescuing A Global Program For NDA Success
Explore the collaboration that enabled FDA approval of a novel chronic-condition therapy, rescued a high-risk program, and demonstrated a unified “one-team” approach by reworking the sponsor's SAP.
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AI Predictive Maintenance Prevents Batch Loss And Production Shutdown
AI-powered predictive maintenance with wireless vibration sensors prevented costly batch loss and production shutdowns in pharma manufacturing by detecting and fixing equipment issues before failures occurred.
NEWS
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Agilitas Energy Expands Into Hydropower With Acquisition Of Two Projects In West Virginia And Maryland6/24/2025
Agilitas Energy, a leading developer and operator of renewable energy and energy storage systems, today announced the acquisition of two late-stage hydropower development projects from Advanced Hydro Solutions.
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PulpFixin Announces Strategic Distribution Partnership With Wildcat Laboratory Solutions To Expand Sustainable Lab Products Across The UK And EU4/14/2025
PulpFixin, an innovator of sustainable laboratory products, announced today a new distribution partnership with Wildcat Laboratory Solutions a leading provider of lab equipment and solutions across the United Kingdom and European Union.
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Smarter Dentistry Starts Here: Muskan.AI Enhances Diagnostics, Imaging & Patient Care5/19/2025
Muskan.AI, a pioneer in the application of artificial intelligence to dentistry, has reached several key milestones in its mission to transform dental care through intelligent, accessible, and clinician-focused technology.
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The Persistence Of PFAS - IDTechEx Covers Growing PFAS Regulations4/24/2025
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a broad group of chemicals that includes both polymers and non-polymers used in many applications, from transport to consumer products.
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Puraffinity Signs First Commercial Agreement For Full-Scale Deployment Of Its PFAS Removal Technology6/2/2025
The agreement was signed with Envytech Solutions, the leading expert in mobile water treatment in the Nordic region and a member of the Sortera Group, which operates across the Nordics and the UK.
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About Nutrient Removal
Nutrient removal from wastewater consists of treating wastewater to remove nitrogen and phosphorus before it reenters natural waterways. High levels of nitrogen and phosphorus in wastewater cause eutrophication, a process where excess nutrients stimulate excessive plant growth such as algal blooms and cyanobacteria. The decomposition of the algae by bacteria uses up the oxygen in the water causing other organisms to die. This creates more organic matter for the bacteria to decompose. In addition, some algal blooms can produce toxins that contaminate drinking water supplies.
As authorized by the Clean Water Act, the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program regulates point sources, such as municipal wastewater treatment plants, that discharge pollutants as effluent into the waters of the United States. In recent years, many of the States’ environmental bodies have lowered nutrient limits to arrest eutrophication. Maryland’s effort to protect the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries is perhaps the most notable example of nutrient removal in the US. Nutrient removal continues to be a growing area of focus for wastewater treatment throughout the world.
The removal of nitrogen and phosphorus require different nutrient removal processes. To remove nitrogen, the nitrogen is oxidized from ammonia to become nitrate through a process called nitrification. This process is then followed by denitrification where the nitrate is reduced to nitrogen gas which is released to the atmosphere and removed from the wastewater.
Nitrification is a two-step aerobic process which typically takes place in aeration tanks. Denitrification requires anoxic conditions to encourage the appropriate biological conditions to form. The activated sludge process is often used to reduce nitrate to nitrogen gas in anoxic or denitrification tanks.
Phosphorus can be removed biologically using polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs) which accumulate large quantities of phosphorus within their cells and separate it from treated water. Phosphorus removal can also be achieved by chemical removal. Once removed as sludge, phosphorus may be stored in a land fill. However, many municipalities and treatment facilities are looking to resell the biosolids for use in fertilizer.