MEMS Mass Flow Controller for Biopharmaceuticals: RedySmart™ : Get Quote, RFQ, Price or Buy

Jul 06, 2023

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In the biopharmaceuticals sector, engineers have to precisely regulate the gases utilized in bioreactors to improve microbial growth and assure accurate mixing and distribution of biomass.

Moreover, precision burner control is required to create bottles, vials, and glass ampules that are used to package the resulting biopharmaceuticals properly.

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The RedySmart™ is different from other competitive systems since it offers high reliability, excellent physics, and unprecedented flexibility. In addition, the RedySmart™ thermal mass flow meters and controllers are micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS)-based technology specifically developed to complement the SmartTrak® capillary-based mass flow meters and controllers available from Sierra Instruments.

The RedySmart™ thermal mass flow devices are not affected by pressure fluctuations and upstream temperature, and do not contain any moving parts. These features lead to excellent repeatability and accuracy.

The RedySmart™ offers a true OEM mass flow control solution to customers, thanks to its modular design, versatile digital communications options (Modbus included without any additional charge), cabling system, and effortless incorporation into a gas mixing block.

Sierra Instruments offers lifetime no-drift sensor warranty because the RedySmart™ employs high-precision MEMS (Micro-Electro Mechanical Systems) technology using a state-of-the-art, ultra-stable no-drift complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) sensor.

In addition, the MEMS no-drift sensor warranty provides a huge competitive benefit in OEM applications, where it is important to have long-term stability. Sierra Instruments defines no-drift as less than 1% of full scale across the lifespan of the instrument.

This means, if a drift of greater than 1% of full scale takes place over the sensor’s lifetime, the sensor and/or the whole instrument will be replaced or repaired, and recalibrated without any additional charge.

Using MEMS methods, both mechanical devices and electronic circuits can be produced on a silicon chip, just like the process employed for built-in circuits.

RedySmart Meter. Image Credit: Sierra Instruments

RedySmart Modular Design. Image Credit: Sierra Instruments

RedySmart Industrial Ethernet. Image Credit: Sierra Instruments

RedySmart Digital Communications. Image Credit: Sierra Instruments

Precision Control Valve. Image Credit: Sierra Instruments

RedySmart in OEM Bioreactor Application. Image Credit: Sierra Instruments

RedySmart in Gas Mixing System. Image Credit: Sierra Instruments

MEMS Sensor- No Drift Guarantee. Image Credit: Sierra Instruments

Calibration System. Image Credit: Sierra Instruments

Thermal Mass Flow Meters & Controllers for BioPharm OEMs. Image Credit: Sierra Instruments