The Edgewood Chemical Biological Laboratory (ECBC) recently acquired a new machine that improves the efficiency and safety in processing orders of dilute chemical agents used for research and testing.
埃奇伍德化學生物實驗室（ECBC）最近獲得了一種新機器，可以提高用于研究和測試的稀釋化學制劑處理訂單的效率和安全性。
 
Brandon Bruey, chemist at ECBC’s Chemical Transfer Facility (CTF), said the dilute samples contain a high-purity sample of chemical agent dissolved in solvent that has been analyzed and certified so that other research labs know what concentration with which they are working.
ECBC化學轉移設施（CTF）的化學家布蘭登·布魯伊（Brandon Bruey）說，稀釋樣品中含有溶解在溶劑中的高純度化學試劑樣品，這些樣品已經過分析和認證，以便其他研究實驗室知道它們的工作濃度。
 
He added that most customers utilize the dilute agent solutions as standards to ensure they can identify and quantify chemical agent material on analytical instrumentation.
他補充說，大多數客戶使用稀釋劑溶液作為標準，以確保他們能夠識別和量化分析儀器上的化學試劑材料。
 
After dilute solutions are certified by ECBC, they must be injected into open-ended glass ampules, which are heat-sealed closed for safe transport and handling. Until recently, each ampule had to be sealed using a hand torch and glass rod, which, according to Bruey, was a time-consuming and labor intensive process.
稀釋溶液經ECBC認證后，必須注入開放式玻璃安瓿中，瓶口玻璃瓶蓋應熱封，以確保安全運輸和搬運。直到最近，每個安瓿都必須用火焰噴槍和玻璃棒密封，據布魯伊說，這是一個耗時費力的過程。
 
ECBC’s CTF will now use a new bench-scale ampule sealer that automatically closes each vial. First, the ampules are loaded onto a circular carousel, which individually pass in front of a fixed torch. The machine then evenly melts glass seals without the issues seen with hand- sealing, such as glass bubbles or leaky vials.
ECBC的CTF現在將使用一種新的臺式安瓿封口機，自動熔封每個小瓶。首先，安瓿被裝載到一個圓形樣品載具上，旋轉載具盤在一個固定的火焰噴頭前面輪換傳遞小瓶。然后機器均勻地熔化玻璃密封件，而不會出現手工密封時出現的問題，例如玻璃氣泡或玻璃瓶泄漏。
 
“This gives every one of our vials a uniform seal and speeds up the process immensely,” Bruey said.
布魯伊說：“這使我們的每一個小瓶都有一個統一的密封，大大加快了這個過程。”。
 
According to ECBC, the new machine provides consistent heating with a gas mixture of oxygen and propane that is control to ensure the best flame temperature.
根據ECBC的說法，這臺新機器提供持續加熱的氧氣和丙烷混合氣體，這是控制，以確保最佳火焰溫度。
 
“Once the flame temperature and weld times are set, the ampule sealer will produce a more uniform seal for all ampules,” Bruey said. “It takes human error out of the equation.”
布魯伊說：“一旦火焰溫度和焊接時間設定好，安瓿封口機將為所有安瓿生產更均勻的密封。”。“它將人為錯誤排除在等式之外。”
 
While the machine does ensure a safer process, it still takes a team of four to complete a production run — one to fill ampules, one to operate the ampule sealer, one to ensure vials are fully sealed, and one to correctly label each ampule.
雖然這臺機器確實確保了一個更安全的過程，但仍然需要一個四人小組來完成生產運行——一個負責灌裝安瓿，一個操作安瓿封口機，一個確保小瓶完全密封，一個負責正確標記每個安瓿。