IMPACT Laboratory

In 2004, the IMPACT Laboratory was opened at 88 Jackson Road, Devens, MA. The laboratory, with up to 2500 sq. ft of space available, is used to conduct process research, scale-up & development, and equipment application experiments for clients.

The facility complements our hands-on process development consulting services and allows us to better serve our clients by effectively expanding their laboratory space on an as-needed basis and providing access to specialized equipment and expertise.

The facility is equipped for small to mid-scale development activities that target chemical and pharmaceutical technology development, scale-up, troubleshooting, and optimization; including reaction kinetics, mixing, separations, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, materials testing, and automation. The laboratory also has access to quick and efficient onsite analytical capabilities.

Typical examples of development work performed at the IMPACT laboratory and associated equipment include:

Separations Application and Development Powerfuge, Viafuge, TFF, Chromatography Fine Particle Science Liquid Phase (Emulsification/Precipitation/Size Reduction) Gas Phase (spray dryer coming soon) Coulter LS-230 Particle Size Analyzer Lyophilization Cycle Development 4.7 ft2 R&D Lyophilizer Mixing Scale-Up & Optimization Non-Newtonian mixing Mixing vessels up to 100 liters Haake Rheometer CFD VLE data development Custom small volume VLE instrument developed by IMPACT

The IMPACT laboratory is available to all clients for both standard and most custom process research, development, or scale-up testing requirements.