A. Introduction
Phase One Disintegration Tester User Guide—40-108-001 Rev. A—14 November 2016
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Phase One Disintegration Tester Overview
The Phase One Disintegration Tester is a two-basket system
designed to facilitate testing of tablet disintegration in
conformance with USP Chapters <701> and <2040> and other
harmonized international standards. The unit consists of a
waterbath, two beakers, two basket assemblies, one
heater/circulator, a set of two reciprocating arms driven by a
single electric motor, and other components as shown in the
illustration below.
The tester supports methods requiring two baskets running
simultaneously; the baskets are not independently controlled.
The standard tester configuration comes with two beakers and
two baskets pre-configured for 6-tube (USP Apparatus A) with
plastic disks. 3-tube baskets for Apparatus B are available
separately. The quick-connect basket assemblies snap onto the
basket shaft clips on the ends of the reciprocating arms that
provide the dipping action. The waterbath is easily removed
without tools for periodic cleaning.
