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Environmental test chambers are suitable for numerous applications: product shelf life, stability and package testing, light exposure and temperature evaluation studies, electronic component burn-in, plant growth, and many more.

They feature precise control of parameters such as temperature and relative humidity.

In microbiology an incubator is a device for controlling temperature, humidity, and other conditions under which a microbiological culture is being grown.

More advanced incubators may have the ability to lower the temperature (via refrigeration), and/or the ability to control humidity or CO2 levels. This feature is specifically designed for cell growth.

Freeze drying (or lyophilization) is a technique used to remove water from a solution to leave behind a more stable ‘dry product’. This technique involves freezing the product on a shelf using extremely low temperatures, applying a vacuum and then slowly heating the product to ensure the ice turns into vapor in order to remove the water content.

The critical parameters for this process are temperature (product and shelf) and pressure/Vacuum.

Stability Chambers in the pharmaceutical and medical industries rely heavily on validating critical temperature and humidity parameters in order to accurately measure the effect of these variables on individual drug products. This can help establish vital product degradation information.

Autoclaves in the pharmaceutical and medical industries must comply with established standards and norms (EN 285 and ISO 17665) to ensure that their process continues to provide safe and sterile results.

In order to do so, autoclaves require periodic qualification and validation to prove that they can sterilize within their qualified parameters.

Washer disinfectors are used in both medical and pharmaceutical applications to either prepare goods for future autoclaving (for example surgery instruments to remove residues such as blood and protein) or to disinfect (semi sterilize) goods for later use.

Cold Storage is used to avoid further biological activity such as decay in food and medical products. The critical parameter during storage is temperature, but often humidity is also monitored for dry conditions.

Retort Sterilization in the food industry refers to any closed vessel or other equipment used for the thermal processing of foods. Typically, the sterilization temperatures vary from 110 to 135°C.

Both static and rotary steam/air retorts, and water immersion/cascade/spray retorts require temperature validation.

UHT and HTST Pasteurization are highly regulated thermal processes that revolve around sterilizing liquid products (typically food) prior to packaging. The goal of the thermal process is to sterilize foods and beverages such as milk, juice, dressing and yogurt, while ensuring that they keep their sensory appeal and become shelf-stable products.