Posts in Deft
Adopting Standardisation in Lab Automation (SiLA) into a Lab-of-the-Future digital network - OCR Imagery Device

In some instances, direct data acquisition from common lab equipment is not possible, such as this thermomixer widely used in R&D in many consumer food and beverage formulation labs. To solve this issue, AST have set up a raspberry pi and camera module along with a bespoke lab-friendly mounting system to record the device display without hindering usability.

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DeftChloe Williams
Introducing a Lab-of-the-Future Landscape

Specialising in Laboratory 4.0, Digital Twins, Collaborative and Autonomous Robots, System Integration, Internet of Things (IoT), SILA and Artificial Intelligence. AST use all the emerging technologies of the digital world available and apply them to the unique challenges faced by laboratory businesses to improve transparency and productivity.

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DeftChloe Williams
Adopting Standardisation in Lab Automation (SiLA) into a Lab-of-the-Future digital network - The ‘Deft’ Digital Enabled Formulation Toolkit – IKA RCT Digital Stirrer/Hotplate

AST are the global specialists for SiLA 2 integration and development and the latest addition to our growing library of laboratory instruments includes a custom SiLA driver for the IKA RCT Digital Hotplate. The IKA RCT is a Hotplate / Magnetic Stirrer unit with a heating element of up to 310 Degrees Celsius and a magnetic stirrer of 50 to 1500 RPM. The IKA Hotplate has a handheld temperature probe for taking point readings for feedback during heating. The probe fits to the rear of the unit and reports the temperature continuously.

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DeftChloe Williams
Adopting SiLA drivers into a Lab-of-the-Future digital network – OHaus Pioneer PX

Applied Scientific Technologies (AST) are the global specialists for SiLA driver development and have linked many standard lab bench equipment to Deft using the SiLA 2 communications protocol. Our latest addition to our growing library is the OHaus Pioneer PX. This is a widely used precision balance which offers communication via RS232 / USB. The OHaus provides a range of transmittable commands and defined responses for remote operation.

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Laboratory Digitalisation – “a paradigm shift in productivity or just another failed experiment?”

Pick up the news today, and we are surrounded by new technological innovations for everything from measuring our heart beat in real-time from a watch while we ‘Work, Rest and Play’, what’s in our fridge and that it can tells us when food is out-of-date or can instantly automate the purchase of new products via the Internet of Things (IoT) and up to and including Industry 4.0 and the next industrial revolution.

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2018 Teesside Business Innovation Award

In 2018, AST attended the North East Business Awards event where there were 12 different categories to compete for. The North East Business Awards is one of the biggest business events in the UK with almost 2,000 people attending from our region. The awards are held in association with the North East Chamber of Commerce and they highlight which organisations within our region are setting the standard.

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