Malvern Link II

Malvern Link II is a powerful software package that simplifies the integration of analytical devices for optimal, automated process control. Using standardized OPC protocol Malvern Link II:

• Provides one single interface for remote control and reporting
• Utilizes a flexible building block concept that allows multiple and unlimited configuration of automated devices and analyzers
• Complies fully with pharmaceutical industry requirements

This simplification returns significant cost benefits by reducing the initial outlay in implementing expert automated control. Furthermore, Malvern Link II essentially ‘future proofs’ the control architecture. Using this innovative software, maintenance and upgrades are straightforward and inexpensive, making it much easier to retain peak performance by adapting the control system to changing operational requirements.

Streamlining analyzer integration
Analysis generates information that forms the foundation of precise process control. In- and on-line analyzers are especially valuable for process monitoring. They deliver relevant and reliable data in a time-frame that matches the demands of the process. If, however, data from different sources are not easily integrated, the result is often the development of isolated, unconnected ‘data islands’. Most manufacturers of analytical instrumentation have customized solutions to enable integration of their own systems, but this diversity makes the development of automated control systems a complex, bespoke task.

Malvern Link II replaces the historical model of each device or analyzer interfacing with the control system via a discrete driver or server with a simplified single interface approach

Malvern Link II sweeps aside this problem, providing a single interface between all relevant analyzers and the control system. All Malvern systems and many other analyzers and devices can both report, and be controlled, through this one streamlined link. The best operators implementing manual control make decisions using every bit of available information; the best expert control systems should do the same. Malvern Link II makes this possible, providing an essential tool for system integration engineers.

A choice of three versions

Straightforward to use, with simplified sequencing operation, Malvern Link II allows the user to create limitless process scenarios using simple ‘drag and drop’ procedures. Data presentation can be fully customized with live displays. The software is available in three different versions: Malvern Link II, Malvern Link PRO and Malvern Link ULTRA. The table below summarizes the key features of each.

Package Summary

Features		Malvern Link II		Malvern Link II - PRO		Malvern Link II - ULTRA
Automation cabinet OPC server		•		•		•
Device configuration		•		•		•
Multiple instrument control		•		•		•
SOP studio		•		•		•
Alarm email notification		•		•		•
Modbus OPC server				•		•
Malvern Link II OPC server				•		•
Remote control				•		•
Data export (Fieldbus, Wired I/O, OPC)				•		•
LIMS integration				•		•
SOP versioning						•
Change tracking						•
Advanced security						•
21 CFR Part 11						•

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More Information:

	Malvern Instruments welcomes new OPC specification for analyzer device integration
	What is OPC? - The OPC Foundation
	Harnessing the potential of process analysis – the need for standardization Malvern Instruments and the OPC ADI group developped a common method for data exchange and an analyzer data model for process and laboratory systems.