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Automated formulation

Explore Labman's advanced solutions for automated formulation control, including liquid & powder handling, integrated mixing, advanced environmental condition control, and parameter monitoring.

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Key services

Bring the precision, speed and safety of Labman's automated formulation technologies to your laboratory.

Advanced liquid handlingWe are pioneers in advanced material processing solutions focused on achieving stability and quality goals in formulation across a wide range of industries. Our precision liquid handling solutions, from automated pipetting systems and syringe pumps to robust peristaltic pumps, ensure accurate dispensing of almost any material, no matter how viscous, for meticulous formulation.

Mixing and stirringWe excel in the integration of mixing components, including vortexers, centrifuges, and orbital shakers, coupled with robotics-assisted mixing techniques. This ensures consistent and reproducible mixing, not only crucial for stability outcomes but also catering to various functional, chemical, and biological objectives within the formulation process. Labman's capabilities extend to stirring, including precise control during heating or cooling, providing researchers with a comprehensive solution for almost any product goal.

Powder handlingLabman leads with the integration of specific precision instruments including powder feeders, augers, and automated dispensing systems from pico to multi-gram, elevating the technical aspects of powder handling and feeding in the formulation process. Researchers benefit from unparalleled control and manipulation of powder components, ensuring accuracy and repeatability.

HomogenizationWe're experts at integrating advanced homogenization technologies into the automated formulation process. Our specialized instruments, ranging from high-pressure homogenizers to ultrasonic processors, ensure uniform particle size and distribution.

Environmental controlsConsistent environmental conditions throughout the formulation process can often be critical. Our advanced technologies encompass temperature control using equipment such as thermostatic baths and heating mantles, pressure regulation through reactors, and the establishment of inert gas atmospheres via mass flow controllers. This comprehensive approach guarantees meticulous control over key parameters, fostering a stable and reproducible environment for researchers.

Parameter control and monitoringIntegrated analytical instruments such as spectrophotometers and chromatographs ensure meticulous automated analysis of chemical compositions during the formulation process. Additionally, Labman can easily integrate viscometers and pH monitoring systems to enable maintainance of optimal viscosity and acidity levels. This comprehensive suite of technological tools allows researchers to fine-tune and monitor key parameters with very little manual intervention, ensuring the highest standards of quality, reproducibility, and adherence to formulation goals across a range of industries.

Our approach

No matter what industry you're working in, when it comes to formulation, Labman's technologies can bring signifcant gains to your lab workflows. We have many standard products that can be quickly and easily integrated into your laboratory setup with minimal onboarding time. If you need something more bespoke, our custom projects allow for total freedom of workflow automation, integrating a wealth of instruments and novel modules that fits your exact needs.

Custom projects

Labman has long been known as the go-to provider of custom technologies. We're experts at developing and integrating technologies that fit the exact specifications of even the most unique workflows ensuring that labs can enhance their existing workflows, instead of fighting with automation that doesn't quite fit. When it comes to formulation, we know that your workflow is driven by your product goals, so a custom project is often the best fit when it comes to automating this process.

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Off-the-shelf products

Whilst there are a lot of custom workflows, there are also plenty of components withing processes, such as formulation, which simply require a standard product that can get the job done. We develop robust, industry-defining products that can radically transform your lab workflow; helping to eliminate tedious tasks.

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Process skids

If you're working at manufacturing scale, or considering ramping up your product to this next step, our process skids team develop skids for modular flexibility and high throughput. We design them to integrate seamlessly into your processing flow connecting your applications into a continuous manufacturing stream.

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Software

Labman's hardware all runs our BaseApp software, a fully modular app that allows for total freedom and even white labelling, whilst maintaining all of the inbuilt connections to hardware devices that we have developed over 40+ years of engineering. It's the best of both worlds, offering customisability, but without the hassle or the cost of starting software from scratch. Our software team can also assist in developing mobile apps, data analysis tools and our solutions are fully compliant with many industry standards for data.

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“The detection part of the technology is quite complex, its electrochemical detection. Labman have developed this really fantastic potentiostat that is able to measure 64 different markers within 6 seconds. That doesn’t exist. There is no other potentiostat on the market that can do that. It’s more than impressive.”

— Ciara O'SullivanICREA Research Professor

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