Humidity monitoring is essential to controlling moisture levels in the pharmaceutical industry.
Do you need to know the humidity condition in the air? Do CGMP (Current Good Manufacturing Practice) regulations apply to you? The FH400 airflow sensor allows you to continuously monitor humidity levels in CGMP-compliant production areas, while simultaneously measuring air velocity and air temperature. Excessive moisture in the air can cause pharmaceuticals to become viscous, and very dry air can cause them to crumble. Automatically recording measured humidity levels with the FH400 connected directly to your building management system gives your team the data they need to assess humidity control. Problems in production and storage areas can be identified and addressed before equipment and product quality are affected. FH400 sensor data supports compliance reporting as well.
The FH400 is designed with a sealed enclosure and conformal coated electronics. It uses three discrete sensing elements to measure air velocity, temperature, and humidity in real-time. Similar to other airflow sensors from Degree Controls, selections for length, air velocity range, and output style are available. When configuring the FH400, customers generally favor analog output over digital communication. 0 – 5 VDC and 0 – 10 VDC analog signals are scalable to sensor data for the 3 variables measured. For humidity monitoring, RH (relative humidity) is measured from 0 – 100%.
Learn more about how the FH400 airflow sensor with humidity can effectively monitor environmental conditions in pharmaceutical isolators, storage areas, laboratories, HVAC systems, and other applications.
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Title 21 of the CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) regulates food and drugs for the FDA (Food and Drug Administration). PART 211—CURRENT GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE FOR FINISHED PHARMACEUTICALS and Part 110-CGMP IN MANUFACTURING, PACKING, OR HOLDING HUMAN FOOD reference humidity monitoring. In addition, the FDA’s Office of Regulatory Affairs laboratory manual discusses maintaining humidity for occupant comfort and monitoring humidity to protect the integrity of analytical results.