Stability Chambers – PH Series

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About Stability Chambers

What Are the Types of Stability Chambers?

Stability chambers are built to regulate precise temperature ranges from -20°C to 94°C (-4°F to 201°F) and humidity control. At Darwin Chambers, we prioritize these specifications when constructing and installing custom stability chambers tailored to your installation and stability testing requirements.

Our range of stability chambers includes:

• Walk-In Chambers
• Temperature-Humidity Chambers
• Environmental Chambers
• Photostability Chambers
• Thermal Shock Test Chambers
• Anechoic Stability Chambers
• Vacuum Chambers
• Vibration Chambers

Learn more about our stability chambers and stability refrigerators, and how we create a controlled and consistent environments for product testing and research experiments.

What Are Stability Chambers Used For?

Pharmaceutical companies would use these chambers to pass FDA/ICH regulations. Having complete control over temperature, humidity, and light exposure is key for companies researching and developing new drugs. We're able to replicate real-world situations where your drugs operate under direct testing. For pharmaceutical companies, this might include:

• Packaging Integrity
• Compliance Testing
• Quality Testing
• Product Development Systems
• Heat and Light Exposure
• Product Lifespan and Shelf Life Testing

Other industries might use stability chambers for:

• Quality Assurance Testing
• Purity / Potency Testing
• Product Development
• Aging Studies (Expiration Dates)
• Compliance Testing
• Packaging
• Potency

How Does Stability Testing Work?

Accelerated stability and ICH testing entails subjecting a product to heightened stress conditions, such as elevated temperatures and/or humidity levels. By doing so, degradation patterns under recommended storage conditions can be anticipated by utilizing established correlations between the acceleration factor and degradation rates.

The key word here is accelerated. Products that are stored in stability chambers "age" and are affected by various controlled conditions. This testing is incredibly important in the pharmaceutical industry. Your drugs could degrade or be compromised by environmental hazards like air pressure, humidity, and sunlight. It's important to meet particular guidelines in order to safely produce and sell drugs at retail. Drug manufacturers are often required to show shelf life results that come from stability tests in order to pass FDA/ICH regulations.

The standard order of operations of stability chamber tests includes:

• Sample Selection
• Stress Conditions
• Monitoring and Analysis
• Data Collection
• Establishing Shelf Life
• Meeting Regulatory Compliance