Why glove tester?

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Isolator / Glove Box integrity is an absolute necessity to guarantee an aseptic safe working chamber.

Standard leak tests can be verified with a test on the entire isolator, but the leak test on the full chamber volume is not sensitive enough to detect a pinhole leak in one of the gloves.

Some known facts: 

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• Gloves are the biggest and most vulnerable elastic consumable component in an isolator

   or R.A.B.S.

• Gloves are the most exposed part to punctures or cuts because they are the contact point 

   between the operator's hands and process tools.

• Since the gloves are more likely to be changed frequently, the possibility of incorrect 

   installation can cause leakage problems.

• Statistically, gloves are the first source of leak problems inside an isolator.

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Ravona Glove tester.​

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Highlights:

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A battery-powered glove tester Enables leak testing on gloves installed on isolators or RABS where a strict separation between the isolated area and the external environment is required. The system performs pressure decay integrity tests that comply with the requirements of ISO 14644-7-2004 Annex E.5.

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Being an experienced manufacturer of Isolator /Glovebox and a  role player in the pharmaceutical industry, Ravona Pharma turned to the engineering and development department in order to produce a reliable, sophisticated and user-friendly device, Specifically: an integrity Glove Tester.  

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Once understanding the demands from such a device, the search for the appropriate components took place with the goal of "Synergy" between the components.

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The results are quite remarkable:

A fairly compact, easy-to-use integrated wireless, self-contained glove integrity tester.

Features:

Built-in rechargeable Samsung 9,000  mA 25.2 V  supplied with charger*

Incorporated Unitronics PLC/HMI :

   Superbly compact, 5″ Pro is a highly compact controller, where the PLC, HMI,

   and I/Os are built into a single unit and in a range of built-in I/Oconfigurations.

• Built-in, high-quality 5″  HMI touch panel

• Powerful PLC—expand up to 2048 I/O points

• Built-in COM ports: Ethernet, USB host & device

• Add-on COM modules are available: CANbus, RS232, RS485.

• Complying with FDA - 21 CFR part 11  Electronic Records & Signatures

       installed miniature valves and check valves 

Built-in pressure transducer. 

Employing a miniature high-pressure compressor.

Specially developed software to allow easy operation and measuring results

complying with: 

Positive-pressure glove-leak tester guidelines  EN ISO14644−7:2004 Annex E.5