LUMiFuge® - Measure Stability Directly

Measure emulsion and dispersion stability across your sample from top to bottom - no dilution is required.

Like the human eye, the STEP-Technology® instantaneously captures the optical scattering profile of your entire sample from top to bottom.

The LUMiFuge® allows you to measure the physicochemical stability of any dispersion without knowing anything about the product. There is no need to make any assumptions or input material constants - place the sample in the instrument and obtain stability results.

The Dispersion Stability Analyzer LUMiFuge® gives you the best of both worlds.

The LUMiFuge® is the marriage of an analytical centrifuge and the STEP-Technology®.

It lets you measure stability directly and obtain results faster than other analytical methods.

Analyze the sample as-is with no dilution required. Do so at different wavelengths.

With the LUMiFuge®, you can

  • Measure Emulsion Stability and Dispersion Stability Directly

  • Measure all physicochemical stability phenomena (creaming, sedimentation, flocculation, aggregation, coalescence, coagulation, phase separation, phase inversion, Ostwald ripening, syneresis)

  • Study sediment caking and re-dispersibility

  • Work with viscous and non-Newtonian formulations

  • Perform filtration and filter-fouling studies

  • Obtain Hansen solubility/dispersibility parameters

  • Verify magnetic strength and magnetization of particles and dispersions

  • Predict and calculate shelf-life

  • Carry out quick quality control tests

  • Optimize formulations

  • Reduce research and development time for new products

Last, analyze up to eight samples simultaneously under a wide range of temperatures.

In other words – do more in less time.

Dispersion Fingerprints

With the LUMiFuge® you can capture the stability of your emulsion and/or your suspension directly. Capture all changes occurring in your sample from top to bottom instantaneously. There is no need to input any material constants or model the data according to some complex theory.

What you see is what you have.

Simple. Fast. Direct.

Dispersed particles settling in a suspension and forming a sediment

Emulsion droplets creaming and forming a creaming layer

LUMiFuge Specifications

Direct emulsion stability and suspension stability analysis and shelf-life prediction.

Conformity: ISO/TR 13097; ISO/TR 18811; ISO 18747-1, CFR 21 Part 11

Capabilities:

  • Phase Separation Rate

  • Creaming Rate

  • Sedimentation Rate

  • Clarification Rate

  • Sediment Consolidation and resuspension

  • Coalescence

  • Coagulation

  • Flocculation

  • Aggregation

  • Phase Inversion

  • Ostwald ripening

  • Particle Magnetization

  • Hansen solubility (dispersibility)

The operating software SepView runs on Windows 7 & 10.

SepView is CFR-21 comliant.

Dimensions (WxHxD), weight 37 x 27 x 60 cm3, 40 kg

Each LUMiFuge is individually UL certified and comes with the UL (Underwriters Laboratory) seal of approval.