Increasing pressure to bring novel specialty compounds to market has initiated the automation of laboratory reactors to perform controlled experiments at laboratory scale which can be easily scaled-up. Product and process developments in the shortest time to produce the first kilogramme of compound for commercial evaluation is of utmost importance. The LabMax reactor is a computer controlled, automatic lab reactor for the synthesis and kilogramme scale-up labs in chemical research, physical characterization, and process and product development (Figure 1). This compact instrument can be operated 24 hr a day. Basic operations such as stirring, heating, cooling, dosing, pH-stating, distillation and refluxing, as well as crystallization can be pre-programmed and run automatically. The entire experiment is stored and can be reproduced whenever needed.

Main Research:  Dr Chong Chiew Let