The purpose of stability testing of cosmetic products is to ensure that a new or modified product meets the intended physical, chemical and microbiological quality standards as well as functionality and aesthetics when stored under appropriate conditions. Testing is required for regulatory purposes and should be performed in order to assure stability and physical integrity of cosmetic products under appropriate conditions of storage, transport and usage, chemical and microbiological stability as well as compatibility of the contents and the container.
HyveTM, a dedicated, new, autonomous, automation system employing a collaborative Techman robot at its heart has been designed to discover advancements in formulation chemistry and subsequent testing in laboratory environments. HyveTM has been purposed for the complete automation of lab processes around stability testing in the cosmetics R&D and production environment. HyveTM is unique in the turnkey, laboratory automation marketplace with its collaborative robot and extreme modularity offers a paradigm shift in flexibility. The HyveTM can be used as a stand-alone system or can operate together in a Beehive-like architecture to form a production line or multiple testing set-up. Its unique, extreme modular concept allows it to be adapted and redeployed easily so as your requirements change and a new process is developed, the HyveTM can change with it!
HyveTM allows AST to offer the first ‘off-the-shelf’ modular, collaborative robotic system for stability testing of cosmetic and consumer products reducing production costs, improving reliability and ultimately increasing speed to market. The HyveTM has been developed specifically to work alongside humans without the need of a cumbersome safety cage and the versatility of the robot means it can be configured easy with hand gestures for programming position.
