Metered Dose Inhaler Testing

As a manufacturer of pharmaceuticals, materials testing is key to ensure safe and easy-to-use products that adhere to the international standards.

Whether you need to test the crush strength of pills, needle insertion and extraction, actuation forces of metered dose inhalers or push-through for blister packs, Lloyd Instruments provide materials testing equipment that is customised to fit your exact needs.

The Metered Dose Inhaler System is a specialized test system to perform automatic quality testing of MDIs. The test detects the firing load and the valve breakdown load of ‘one shot’ pressurized MDI canisters using operation and overload sensing systems.

The Metered Dose Inhaler System consists:

• Single Column Machine LS5 with loadcell
• Material Testing Software NexygenPlus
• Customised sample holding fixture