Food, pharmaceutical and medical device companies will now be able to improve the accuracy of their package headspace oxygen readings via first-of-its-kind instrumentation technology from MOCON, Inc.
The objective is to help brand owners optimise material attributes and improve economics, while meeting shelf life and other performance objectives.
The company’s new OpTech®-O2 Model P test system uses a patent-pending Pressure Needle™ and a sensor to automatically measure internal package pressure and calculate the correct oxygen reading. (Internal package pressure directly impacts the accuracy of the oxygen reading.)
The ability of the instrument to automatically compensate for the internal pressure when measuring headspace gas is particularly important for small packages, such as blister packs.
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