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FagronLab™ ION-e
Static eliminator
The ION-e is a benchtop ionizer, compact and developed specifically for the daily needs of the compounding pharmacy. It generates positive and negative ions continuously to neutralize the electrostatic charges created during powder handling, so fine powders stop clinging to spatulas, weighing boats and jar walls — the single largest source of material loss and dosage variation at the bench.
How it is used
- Switched on before weighing any powder API, in every powder-containing workflow in the FagronLab™ Formulation Guide.
- Prevents material loss and dosage variation during transfer into PM jars, EMP jars and milling bottles.
- Used across solutions, suspensions, creams, gels, suppositories, sachets and capsules.
- Placed on the benchtop or mounted on an extensor arm so it sits close to the operation being performed — weighing, mixing or encapsulating.
- Negative and positive frequencies can be adjusted independently for a precise charge balance.
Advantages
- Compact and practical
- Calibrated and ready to use
- Easy On/Off operation
- Mobile with a handle
- High neutralization rate
- Efficient negative and positive charge balance
- Long-distance reach
What it delivers
Higher precision during weighing
Charged particles no longer drift or stick, so the weighed amount is the amount that reaches the formulation.
Improved content uniformity
Even API distribution across the batch, with less variation between units.
Reduced particle adhesion to equipment
Less powder retained on jars, spatulas and mills means fewer blockages and less cross-contamination.
Reduced powder agglomeration
Neutralized powders flow freely instead of clumping, improving reproducibility.
Why electrostatics matter in compounding
Electrostatic forces — the Coulomb force — cause particles to attract or repel one another depending on their electrical charge. In pharmaceutical operations these charges are created constantly, because most dosage forms are solids and powders are handled against plastics, glass and acrylic surfaces.
That contact, impact, friction or shear produces charge through a process called triboelectrification. Most pharmaceutical powders are insulators, so they retain the charge generated on their surfaces rather than dissipating it.
The cost of charged powders
Charged powders behave unpredictably: increased agglomeration, adhesion to surfaces and aerosolization. In practice this means equipment blockages, product losses, cross-contamination from particles left in the environment, uneven content uniformity, batch variation, poor reproducibility and imprecise weighing.
An ionizer neutralizes those charges at the source. The ION-e brings that capability into a format suited to the daily routine of a compounding pharmacy, delivering safer, more consistent formulations to patients.
Specifications
Full technical specifications — dimensions, capacity, power requirements — are available from your Fagron representative. Contact us below and we will send the current spec sheet.
Questions about equipment?
Contact your Fagron Equipment Representative, Nicholas Fournarakis
Nicholas can help with pricing, demos, installation, training and service for any FagronLab™ instrument or workflow.
Nicholas.Fournarakis@fagron.usContact Fagron
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