On-demand webcast - The power of particle analysis: From pharma to factories

Particle analysis is used to evaluate the size, shape, distribution, and concentration of particles in materials and environments. It’s an important process across multiple industries to ensure product quality, safety, and compliance with regulatory standards.

Applications for this technology are many and varied, from identifying contaminants that could impact product quality in industrial manufacturing, to assessing air and water for pollutants in environmental monitoring. In food and beverage production, it is used to detect unwanted particles that could compromise product integrity, and in pharmaceutical development, it helps to ensure that the size and distribution of drug particles are safe and effective. Particle analysis has even been used to understand the universe around us with the analysis of dust particles in space.

The semiconductor diode laser is one of the critical optical components behind particle analysis. The laser’s ability to generate coherent light with specific wavelengths makes it ideal for techniques such as laser light scattering and spectroscopy. In particle counters, semiconductor diode lasers work with sensors to detect and count particles with high sensitivity and accuracy, which is essential for quality control in manufacturing, environmental monitoring, and ensuring the purity and efficacy of pharmaceuticals.

Who should attend this webcast?

This webcast is ideal for professionals in pharmaceutical and biotechnology, medical devices and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, quality control and assurance, environmental monitoring and research and development. If you are an engineer, scientist, researcher, or quality assurance professional, this webinar will offer valuable knowledge and practical examples of how semiconductor diode lasers for particle particle analysis could enhance your work and industry standards.

Speakers

Jeremy Lane

Managing Director of ProPhotonix UK

Jeremy Lane joined ProPhotonix in 2009 and is responsible for product development and
operations for its laser modules and other electro-optical sub-assemblies and
optoelectronics devices. He has two technical degrees (B.Sc. in Chemistry and Ph.D. in Polymer Science). Prior to joining ProPhotonix, Jeremy was Managing Director – International Sales, at Brewer Science, a $100 million supplier to the global semiconductor industry and has held senior sales and technical appointments at multi-national specialty chemicals and engineering materials companies.

Jeremy will reveal the broad range of applications for semiconductor diode lasers in detection, characterisation and analysis of particulates and dispersion droplets. Laser light scattering is often used in combination with other techniques such as spectroscopy, some types of which also employ lasers. In combination, these methods may be used to verify the quality of the output from industrial manufacturing processes, to detect and measure contamination in the atmosphere or to assist in the development of new pharmaceuticals or food products. Specific examples will be used to demonstrate the versatility of semiconductor diode lasers for these applications.

Jesse Layman

Engineering Manager at Climet Instruments

Offering a real-life example is Jesse Layman, the Engineering Manager at Climet Instruments - a manufacturer of cleanroom environmental monitoring and validation equipment. Jesse has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of California Riverside. He works with pharmaceutical customers worldwide to meet their cleanroom monitoring needs.

Jesse will present a brief history of Climet and its particle counters, which are used across the world in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and life science industries. He will also introduce registrants to the company’s laser alignment lab, and reveal how the company’s sensor works with a laser and photodiode to count particles. Viewers can find out how particle counting has become integral in aiding the wellbeing of humankind across the world, and in particular, how Climet’s products are used throughout the biopharma industry.

Third speaker to be announced!

Moderator 
Moderated by a member of the Electro Optics editorial team

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