How to validate ILI tools for pipeline integrity

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PDA TR-22 (Revised 2025): Process Simulation for Aseptically Filled Products Why This Matters for Industry & Regulators • The updated TR-22 ensures your aseptic process simulations are compliant with today’s standards — regulators are unlikely to accept a media fill plan based solely on outdated TR-22 logic. • It reinforces that APS should not be viewed in isolation — it must integrate with the entire contamination control framework (personnel, environment, equipment, procedures). • By promoting risk-based APS design, the revision helps you focus simulation efforts on the most critical and vulnerable process steps, rather than trying to simulate everything. • The new examples and updated content reduce ambiguity, making it easier for manufacturers — especially those using newer technologies (SUS, isolators, ATMP) — to design robust simulation studies. • Finally, because the 2011 version is now deprecated, any site currently referencing TR-22 (2011) must review, adopt, and validate changes stemming from the 2025 version to maintain compliance. See attached file where I created a comparative table between 2011 and 2025 versions. What do you think? Comments are welcome!!’

There are many methods of non-destructive testing, but which one is the best? Reliable, fast inspection is critical to keeping complex parts moving from the production floor to the field. Here’s our hot take where each method is preferable: ✔️ Resonant Inspection: Whole part, high throughput screening, excellent at detecting changes in mass/stiffness. Easily automated and low per part cost; ideal for high volume quality gates. Limits: not diagnostic (no location), only for parts that resonate, and large/heavy parts or extreme process variability can reduce sensitivity ✔️ Ultrasonic Testing: Highly sensitive to internal cracks and thickness; good for welds and complex materials. Portable and penetrative but requires couplant, skilled operators, and correct scan paths ✔️ Radiography: Produces permanent internal records and finds porosity, inclusions, mis-assembly. Powerful but costly, requires safety controls, and may miss linear defects’ depth ✔️ Eddy Current: Fast, low cost, noncontact for conductive materials; great for surface/subsurface cracks and conductivity checks. Limited penetration and only for conductive parts ✔️ Liquid Penetrant/Magnetic Particle: Low cost, portable, excellent for surface/near surface cracks (MT for ferromagnetic parts; PT for any material with open surface defects). Both need surface prep and are operator dependent ✔️ Infrared Thermography/Visual Testing: Useful for thermal anomalies, assembly issues, and surface/geometry checks; best as complementary methods or for rapid screening Overall, Resonant Inspection takes the cake for many situations, but it can be paired with the other methods when needed or applicable for localization, sizing, or material-specific diagnosis. Have questions about which method is best for your processes? Contact our experts to discuss solutions or DM us! https://ow.ly/3Mr450Xj1Jn

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Positive Material Identification (PMI) starts with the right setup ✅ In industries where material verification is critical, PMI is more than a quality check, it’s a safeguard. In this article, we explore how PMI supports compliance, safety, and performance in sectors like aerospace, automotive, and energy. (https://ow.ly/NvX350XhVhW) Whether you're using XRF, OES, or LIBS, the reliability of PMI data hinges on properly calibrated instruments. Setting-Up Samples (SUS) from LGC Standards are engineered to support: - Daily and long-term drift correction - Cross-instrument calibration performance checks - Reliable instrument setup and recalibration 💡These reference materials are not substitutes for CRMs—but they are essential for maintaining analytical consistency and traceability across PMI workflows. Explore our SUS range: https://ow.ly/W6uN50XhVhY #PMI #SparkOES #XRF #SettingUpSamples #SUS #MetalTesting

A scientifically sound aseptic process simulation should demonstrate that the aseptic process remains robust even at its most challenging (permitted extremes of normal operations), not when it fails. Bad practices, deviations, or equipment malfunctions should never be labeled as “worst-case" in APS.

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Last week, I got a call from a customer who was puzzled. They ran a tensile test on a specimen, and the results looked too good to be true. The test results seemed higher than what the material datasheet claimed. Their first question was, “Is our material that strong? Or is something wrong with the machine?” I smiled because that’s a question every lab faces at some point. So I visited their lab. We ran both tensile and compression tests side by side on their Universal Testing Machine (UTM). Visually, everything seemed fine. The grips were aligned, the specimen was properly prepared. But the numbers kept drifting. When we checked the calibration log — it turned out the UTM hadn’t been calibrated in almost two years. The load cell had started to “creep,” and the machine was over-reporting force readings by 4–5%. That’s when I reminded the team: “Calibration isn’t about fixing what’s broken, it’s about confirming what’s still accurate.” Whether you’re testing in tension (pulling) or compression (pushing), the machine measures force and displacement. Even a small misalignment or sensor drift can make your data meaningless and for industries like automotive, aerospace, plastic, metal or packaging, that can mean a failed audit or rejected batch. At Victor Manufacturing, we always emphasize this during training: ✅ Calibrate your UTM at least once a year under SAMM-accredited procedures. ✅ Verify both tensile and compression modes — because accuracy in one doesn’t guarantee accuracy in the other. ✅ Keep calibration certificates traceable to national standards (MS / ISO / ASTM). Because at the end of the day, a UTM’s real strength isn’t in how much force it can apply, but in how precisely it can measure it. 🧩 Have you ever caught a “too perfect” test result that turned out to be a calibration issue? Drop your story below — I’d love to hear how you handled it. #VictorManufacturing #MaterialTesting #CalibrationMatters #UTM #QualityEngineering #ASTM #ISO #TestingLab #MalaysiaManufacturing

From “drill accuracy” to “data integrity” — a new benchmark for laser-drilled tablets. When laser drilling meets MES, the focus shifts from precision to proof. In our latest GMP project for Doxazosin CR tablets, the Olando K3-2 laser drilling system was integrated with MES for: ✔ Automated parameter recording ✔ Batch traceability across coating → drilling → packaging ✔ Real-time inspection & rejection synchronization ✔ Digital signatures and audit trails per CFR 21 Part 11 This approach transforms a mechanical process into a regulated, validated system — compliant by design. 🔗 Read the full case: https://lnkd.in/gdtGDT5e #PharmaManufacturing #GMPValidation #LaserDrilling #MESIntegration #PharmaAutomation #DataCompliance #HUANGHAI

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