Advanced dissolution tester for pharmaceutical laboratories
Achieve consistent and reproducible dissolution results with a fully automated system that streamlines testing, sampling, and cleaning, ensuring reliable data integrity and operational efficiency.

The ATF Xtend™ UV Online Dissolution Tester from SOTAX combines full automation with precise UV-Vis analysis, transforming dissolution testing for pharmaceutical manufacturers and R&D laboratories. This system uniquely integrates media preparation, filling, degassing, sampling, and cleaning, ensuring accurate and repeatable results. It suits a wide range of applications, including formulations of tablets, capsules, and semi-solids. The system seamlessly handles tasks like automated vessel filling and filtration, with customizable cleaning routines to support high throughput operations. Material options ensure compatibility with aggressive media, while meeting compliance standards like GMP. With in-built q-doc® software, it guarantees data integrity and regulatory compliance.
Benefits
- Enhances productivity by operating fully unattended, allowing your team to focus on other critical tasks.
- Ensures data accuracy with real-time UV-Vis analysis, providing immediate dissolution results.
- Guarantees consistent quality with repeatable test conditions and integrated cleaning, eliminating cross-contamination risks.
- Facilitates regulatory compliance with built-in data management and traceability.
- Adapts to diverse applications, supporting various pharmaceutical and chemical product testing needs.
- Applications
- Medical devices,Gels,Pellets,Granules,Microspheres,Catalysts,Stents,Food,Nano suspensions,Fine chemicals,Coated lenses,Soft-gelatin capsules,Implants,Api's,Animal health,Capsules,Powders,Washtabs,Transdermal patches,Bottles with screwcaps,Creams,Suppositories,Semi-solids,Tablets,Injectable suspensions
- End products
- Cardiac stents,Medical bottles with screwcaps,Hip implants,Ethanol fine chemicals,Dishwasher washtabs,Dexamethasone microspheres,Scratch-resistant coated lenses,Nicotine transdermal patches,Enzyme catalysts,Sirna nano suspensions,Glycerin suppositories,Protein supplements for animal health,Hydrocortisone cream,Insulin injectable suspensions,Fish oil soft-gelatin capsules,Pain relief tablets,Vitamin capsules
- Steps before
- Media Preparation,Degassing,Vessel Filling,Method Setup
- Steps after
- Data Analysis,Cleaning,Report Generation
- Input ingredients
- dissolution media,tablets,capsules,pellets,API's,powders,granules,soft-gelatin capsules,suppositories,medical devices,stents,implants,microspheres,nano suspensions,injectable suspensions,semi-solids,gels,creams,transdermal patches,washtabs,fine chemicals,catalysts,food,animal health products,coated lenses,bottles with screwcaps
- Output ingredients
- real-time UV-Vis results,dissolution results,immediate release results,delayed release results,modified release results,dissolution test report
- Automation
- 100% Automated
- Dissolution results generation
- Real-time with integrated UV-Vis analysis
- Media preparation
- Highly repeatable with degassing and automated pH change
- Cleaning process
- Clean in place with customizable washing routines
- UV-Vis integration
- Seamless with double beam or diode array spectrophotometers
- Media degassing
- Complete,cost-efficient deaeration
- Vessel volume verification
- Gravimetric
- Data management
- q-doc® software with built-in 21 CFR part 11 compliance
- In-vessel monitoring
- CenterView™ video monitoring
- Compliance
- Data integrity requirements
- Automation level
- Fully automated
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- Cleaning method
- CIP
- Media preparation
- Automated degassing and preparation
- Real-time analysis
- UV-Vis spectrophotometry
- Data traceability
- 100% traceable
- Integrated steps
- Preparation,degassing,cleaning,analysis
- Workflow
- Unattended test runs
- Program customization
- Customizable washing routines
- Discharge method
- Self-cleaning system
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Container size and shape
- Standard dissolution vessels
- Machine footprint
- Compact / Large
- Vessel size
- Standard USP 1/2/5/6 Sizes
- Shape
- Round vessels
- Feed/discharge method
- Automated vessel filling and emptying
- Control panel type
- Touchscreen interface
- Automation level
- Fully automated
- Cleaning method
- CIP (Clean-In-Place)
- Module integration
- Modular setup with various modules
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Control panel type
- q-doc® software
- Integration possibilities
- Seamless UV-Vis spectrophotometry integration
- Automation level
- 100% Unattended operation
- Data management
- q-doc® software,21 CFR part 11 compliance
- Modular design
- Xtend™ Modules
- Market info
- Sotax AG is renowned for its expertise in manufacturing high-quality pharmaceutical testing equipment, including dissolution testing systems, and has a strong reputation for reliability, precision, and innovation in laboratory and industrial applications.