Gasporox hosts Training Day for advanced TLM trace gas CCIT inspection

Online webinar and live technical workshop

Lund, Sweden – Laser-based inspection technology specialist Gasporox AB is inviting packaging and quality control professionals to its first open training workshop for advanced trace-gas based non-destructive container closure integrity testing (CCIT).

The Training Day will be held at Gasporox headquarters at Lund on June 22 (10:00 to 15:00 CEST) and will focus on the Trace Gas Leak Method (TLM) that is revolutionizing CCIT for the pharma and other industries.

Trace gas advantages

Up to now, the standard deterministic CCIT method has been blue dye ingress, which is often destructive of contained product and less reliable for detecting small leaks. It is also subjective and labor intensive in relying on visual inspection and increasingly seen as inadequate to meet the latest regulatory standards due to its probabilistic nature.

In contrast, trace gas testing places containers in a carbon dioxide rich atmosphere under pressure and then uses laser spectroscopy for machine detection of raised CO₂ presence in the container headspace.

This is a deterministic test that is non-destructive, highly sensitive even for microleaks, and capable of machine reading on an instrument such as Gasporox’s range of GPX1500 benchtop tunable diode laser assisted spectroscopy testers. It therefore aligns more closely with USP <1207>, EU GMP Annex 1, and other CCIT regulatory expectations.

Raising TLM awareness

Gasporox is staging the one-day training session as its contribution to increased industry awareness of the new quality control possibilities enabled by new TLM technology.

The session will include theoretical overviews, technical briefings, and demonstrations of TLM techniques, hosted by Sales Director Roland Koch, Gasporox CEO Marta Lewander Xu, and technical expert Jennifer Wong. These will also be live streamed as a free-to-register online webinar (see Resources).

A limited number of places are available for those attending in person, for whom the theoretical sessions will be followed by hands-on training on using the GPX1500 Vial CO2 instrument, to test pharma containers, along with a tour of the Gasporox Laboratories, lunch, and networking sessions.

About Gasporox

Gasporox, based in Lund in southern Sweden, develops and manufactures laser-based sensors for integration into in-line inspection and production lines for Headspace Analysis and Leak Detection. Gasporox sensors are also available in various instruments ideal for quality control and at-line inspection of packaging and support many different package formats as highly effective tools for more efficient sample testing and greener production.

The VialArch™ is a unique laser-based solution for vials to be installed on the production line for 100% quality inspection for residual oxygen and container closure integrity testing. The laser beam is passing the headspace of the moving vials to perform laser-based headspace analysis (HSA), non-destructive and with precise measurements of the residual oxygen in the headspace.

The GPX1500 Film Pharma is a compact and easy to use instrument to measure accurate the headspace of pharmaceutical bags and pouches. It’s designed to operate parameter free to have a reliable and accurate use in the pharmaceutical production and lab. The GPX1500 Vial is the Film Pharma’s sibling for rigid containers, like vials and ampoules.

The available Headspace Analysis sensors work with many types of containers like vials, ampoules, bottles, bags and trays and are available for measuring O2, CO2, H2O, or the pressure inside the inspected container and are suitable for Leak Detection on packages like trays, bags. These sensors can be integrated into production machines or form the basis for stand-alone instruments.

Gasporox technology has been proven for performance and robustness over more than a decade in the pharmaceutical industry in the testing of parenteral drugs. It is integrated and used in machines, systems and instruments for total lab and production testing of vials and ampoules in many parenteral packaging lines.

Gasporox testing technologies are non-destructive and deterministic and recommended by <USP1207>.

Learn more at: www.gasporox.com

Resources

See Trace Gas Leak Method (TLM) For Deterministic CCIT for registration for in-person attendance or webinar registration.
Contact Gasporox Marketing Lead & Business Developer Loke Blaabjerg for event liaison and further information.
Learn more about CO2 Trace Gas on GPX1500 for CCIT
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