The following types of laboratory equipment are distinguished:

The General. Filters and distillers, sterilizers, grinders, loggers, mixers, homogenizers, dispersants, reactors, scales, centrifuges. Other devices whose task is to carry out preparatory operations before starting the research. Plants belonging to this category are separated, mixed, crushed, transferred to another state of aggregation, or the temperature of the sample is changed for subsequent analysis.

Special. Devices with increased accuracy and high requirements for storage and operating conditions, designed for narrow-field research.

Measurement Instruments. Analytical scales, refractometers, infrared spectrometers, and other devices for determining the physical characteristics of the material under study.

Analytical. The task analytical lab equipment is qualitatively or quantitatively, characterizes the parameters of the sample. Today, with the help of such devices, the composition of the test substance is determined: elemental, isotopic, phase, and functional.

Research using laboratory equipment

Comprehensive research for industrial, scientific, and medical purposes involves various types of Science Testing Equipment in three subgroups:

• A or devices involving visual assessment - pipettes, thermometers, shredders;
• B or equipment, the operating principle of which is contained in the supplied instructions;
• C - Equipment requiring verification of the obtained values.

Any laboratory equipment is required to qualify. It is crucial to comply with the rules governing not only the final quality of the products but also the production process itself to obtain a certificate of conformity with the international GMP standard. GLP, in turn, contains requirements for the methodology for researching in the laboratory

Testing various types of laboratory equipment

In addition to the general classification, laboratory Science Testing Equipment is tested for compliance with standards, depending on the purpose:

• installation certification (IQ) - assessment of assembly quality and identification by basic parameters;
• operational validation (OQ) - launch, verification of functioning and controllability;
• Executive control (PQ) - the creation of boundary permissible extreme conditions for assessing the quality
of work at critical loads in sophisticated devices is carried out in stages for each node.

The result of tests is the provision of documentation on the fact. The equipment meets all the requirements and standards stipulated by its purpose. Revalidation is carried out annually.