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LUM Instruments

Adaptive Instruments supplies and maintains LUM analytical instruments for labs in the UK, Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

LUM’s innovative analytical instruments are designed to support particle analysis professionals in the formulation, and development of new and improved products.

LUM instruments are used internationally in research and development (R&D) and quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) departments across a wide range of sectors including:

Chemical
Food
Cosmetics
Pharmaceutical

LUMISIZER

LUMIFUGE

LUMISPOC

LUMIFRAC

LUMIREADER

LUMIREADER X-RAY

LUMIFLECTOR

SEPVIEW

LUM Application Areas

LUM instruments offer the particle science market cutting-edge technology for a number of applications.

LUM GmbH is a leading company in the following fields:

Materials testing
Real-time & accelerated dispersion analysis
Particle sizing & characterisation
Stability ranking & analysis
Optimisation of formulations & process control
Detection of destabilisation phenomena
Adhesion, cohesion & strength determination

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Uses of LUM instruments

LUM instruments are used around the world for a wide range of tests within the particle science sector, and their functions can be applied to many different industries.

Cosmetics, home and personal care

Direct accelerated stability testing of products
Particle property testing of raw materials.

Pharmaceutical products

Milling influence testing
Dispersion stability testing
Particle size distribution testing
Emulsion stability testing

Milk and dairy products

Direct real-time and accelerated stability tests
Ingredient particle property tests
Storage behaviour prediction
Stability prediction.

Beverages, dressings and sauces

Direct real-time and accelerated stability of undiluted products
Settling stability tests
Processing and filtration
Determination of droplet and particle density
Testing of beverage emulsions
Size distribution testing

Paints lacquers pigments and inks

Direct real-time and accelerated stability of undiluted products
Syneresis
Pigment segregation
Coating adhesion and delamination
Freeze-thaw stability testing
Particle size distribution testing
Coating quality testing

Ceramic Materials

Determination of sedimentation velocity rate
Clay characterisation
Syneresis
Characterisation of ceramic slurries
Determination of particle size distribution
Green body homogeneity testing
Profiling sediment concentration

Oil, gas oil and petrol

Crude oil dewatering
Demulsifier selection
Asphaltene stability testing

Polymers and latices, sludges, slurries

Direct accelerated stability tests
Evaluation of flocculation, coagulation and coalescence
Flocculant, emulsifier and demulsifier selection
Inclined settling testing
Determination of particle size distribution

Lubricants and coolants

Direct real-time and accelerated emulsion stability testing
Processing and storage influence testing
Coalescence emulsifier selection
Lubricant ageing testing
Determination of droplet size distribution

All kinds of coatings

Determination of adhesive effectiveness
Shear and fatigue testing
Tensile and pull-off testing
Determination of cohesive and bonding strength of coatings

Cyanoacrylates, epoxy adhesives and polyurethanes

Direct accelerated stability tests of formulations
Particle sizing testing
Testing of tensile strength of bonded joints and multi-layer materials.

Regulations

LUM instruments conform to the following international guidelines:

ASTM D7827
DIN EN 14869-2
DIN EN 15870
ISO/TR 13097
ISO/TR 18811
ISO 13317
ISO 13318-2
ISO 18747-1
ISO 4624
JIS K 5600-5-7
DIN EN 13144
JIS Z 8823-1:2001

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