Refurbishing of a Freeze Drying Machine, used in Nuclear Medicine for Radiopharmaceuticals Production
- Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, Carretera Mexico-Toluca s/n, La Marquesa, Ocoyoacac, 52750 (Mexico)
The refurbishing of a freeze drying machine used in the radiopharmaceuticals production, applied in nuclear medicine in the Radioactive Materials Department of the Nuclear Research National Institute in Mexico (ININ in Spanish), is presented. The freeze drying machine was acquired in the 80's decade and some components started having problems. Then it was necessary to refurbish this equipment by changing old cam-type temperature controllers and outdated recording devices, developing a sophisticated software system that substitutes those devices. The system is composed by a freeze drying machine by Hull, AC output modules for improved temperature control, a commercial data acquisition card, and the software system.
- OSTI ID:
- 20888192
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 854, Issue 1; Conference: 9. Mexican symposium on medical physics, Guadalajara, Jal. (Mexico), 18-21 Mar 2006; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2356415; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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