Made available in two versions, the Visum Palm™ (for Industrial use) and the Visum Palm GxP™ (specific to the Pharmaceutical industry) are the most versatile handheld NIR Spectrometers in the market today. The Visum Palm GxP™ incorporate integrated software compliant with CFR 21 Part 11, GMP, GAMP 5, USP, PE 2.2.40, and PJ18. A solution designed for regulated environments that demand maximum traceability, accuracy, and safety.
The Visum Palm™ handheld NIR analyzer is the only device in its category offering true dual functionality, allowing use both as a handheld device and in benchtop mode, with full operational autonomy, as it does not require any external device to operate.​ Visum Palm™ stands out for its high spectral resolution, low instrumental noise level, and a highly efficient optical collection design, making it an ideal solution for critical applications requiring precision and repeatability.
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Visum Palm™ is especially useful in regulated environments, such as the pharmaceutical industry, enabling raw material identification (RMID), loss-on-drying (LOD) analysis, and quantitative assays of APIs and excipients, even in product release applications.
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The Visum Palm™ is a self-contained, easy-to-use, handheld and benchtop NIR analyzer designed for real-time chemical composition analysis of a wide variety of materials and mixtures across a variety of industries. Available in two versions, the Visum Palm™ and the Visum Palm GxP™, which incorporate integrated software compliant with CFR 21 Part 11, GMP, GAMP 5, USP, PE 2.2.40, and PJ18. A solution designed for regulated environments that demand maximum traceability, accuracy, and safety.
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Thanks to the Visum Master™ PC software, any analyst can easily develop calibrations and methods without the need for advanced technical knowledge with its automatic Model Builder. ​​​​​
Raw material identification or verification analysis is a critical process in the pharmaceutical industry, as it ensures the identity and quality of all materials that will be used in production. A practical and efficient way to perform it is through the Visum Palm GxP™ portable NIR analyzer, which allows the test to be carried out directly in the warehouse and provides accurate results in less than 3 seconds, avoiding laboratory overload and reducing production cycle times.
NIR technology is especially effective in the identification of organic compounds, although it can also be applied to certain inorganic materials under very specific conditions, such as in the case of hygroscopic substances (salts), hydrated compounds or those dissolved in aqueous solution.
The Visum Palm™ handheld NIR analyzer is the only device in its category offering true dual functionality, allowing use both as a handheld device and in benchtop mode, with full operational autonomy, as it does not require any external device to operate.​
Visum Palm™ stands out for its high spectral resolution, low instrumental noise level, and a highly efficient optical collection design, making it an ideal solution for critical applications requiring precision and repeatability.
The Visum Palm™ analyser covers the wavelength range between 900 nm and 1700 nm and is characterized by energy absorption due to overtones and combinations of the vibrations of molecular bonds.
This feature/property is particularly useful in the quantification of active ingredients and excipients in solid, liquid or powdered pharmaceutical formulations and content uniformity is undoubtedly one of the most relevant applications of NIRS technology in this industry, replacing or complementing traditional analytical methods in specific applications with real-time process monitoring technologies, a new paradigm called Process Analytical Technologies or PAT.
Plastics analysis and classification have become more critical than ever, driven by new regulations and environmental practices across various sectors, from material manufacturers and waste recovery operators to recyclers, scrap dealers, and companies processing recycled plastics.
The portable NIR Visum Palm™ analyser stands out as an ideal tool for fast and accurate real-time plastic analysis identification, regardless of the sample type: waste, sheets, virgin or recycled pellets, flakes, and more.
Visum Palm™ is a self-contained analyser, meaning it includes a built-in computer, software, and touchscreen, and does not require any connection to external devices such as a PC, tablet, or smartphone.​
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The device comes preloaded with a free plastic analysis identification library containing 39 classes, covering the most common polymers (PMMA, PE, PC, PETG, EVA, PVC, PET, PU, PS, ABS, PA, PP, VIN, PLA, PBT, PMP, POMC, PPS, PVA, PPSU, EMA, PHBV, PAEK, PBAT, PBS, TPES, TPS, MABS, HIPS, MBS, SBC, PCL, PEEK, PHB, SAN, PI, PB, HDPE, LDPE.. It can be used as a handheld device for direct contact analysis or as a benchtop instrument in a laboratory or material reception area, with different sample holders available to suit various sampling needs and sample types.
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FORAGE AND FEEDS
Forage and feed analysis with NIR spectroscopy
Alfalfa is a legume that is grown all over the world because of its high protein content and rapid digestibility for animal feed, mainly for livestock. Nowadays, due to the nature of the primary activity itself, various controls are carried out to determine the quality of the product, especially for export to the Chinese and Persian Gulf markets. One of the main parameters determining the quality of alfalfa is crude protein (CP), but other parameters such as acid detergent fibre (ADF) and neutral detergent fibre (NDF) determine the nutritional value of the fodder and the terms of trade in its commercialisation.
