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Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Food Packaging Helium Leak Testing
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visit Leak Detection Associates
Inc. Time-Honored Technology with a New Application.
Leak Detection
Associates manufactures high sensitivity leak detection systems
for the pharmaceutical, medical device, and food industries.
Using helium as a tracer gas, packages can be
quantitatively tested to levels far exceeding vacuum bubble or dye
penetration tests.
LDA has been in the business of developing,
manufacturing and installing integrated helium leak detection
systems for more than ten years.
Helium leak detection technology is used to confirm
the presence or absence of channels and/or holes in packages; in
effect, provides verification of package integrity.
The detection of these defects involves the use of
a light tracer gas which is capable of locating even the smallest
leak quickly. The turnkey SIMS 1282+ unit, offered by LDA, Inc.,
measures the helium flow rate escaping from the test package through
any and all leaks that are present thanks to a calibrated
helium-specific mass spectrometer. The rate at which helium escapes
from a package can be closely correlated to the rate at which water vapor,
oxygen or other gasses may enter or escape from a package.
Packages are filled with helium on-line, or
off-line, and then placed in a Vacuum Test Fixture Module to measure
the rate at which helium escapes from the package. A Head-Space
Analysis Module is then used to measure the concentration of helium
in the package, and provide an Actual Helium Leak Rate.
The technology and equipment can be
used for package design, failure analysis, tooling qualification,
line setup and validation, and product quality monitoring. LDA also
provides package testing and consulting services. Pharmaceutical,
contract packaging, and medical device companies in thirteen
countries around the world are presently employing our testing
machines and utilizing our technical support and testing services.
Leak
Detection Associates Inc. also offers the following services:
In Plant (onsite) equipment rental available,
including technical assistance on a project or contract basis.
 Laboratory testing
services available on a project or contract basis.
Package design &
development.
Staff with over 50
years combined experience in packaging development, design and
testing.
 
Customers
include:
Merck, Pfizer,
Schering-Plough, Johnson & Johnson, and Novartis.
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