Hudson Botanical Processing, home to the Nimbus Cannabis Co. brand, uses LightLab to make sound purchasing decisions and optimize product quality. Brian Adams, Founder and CEO of Hudson Botanical Processing (HBP), located in Hudson, MA, recently took some time to chat with Mitch Pfeiffer of Respect My Region. Brian shared that the LightLab Cannabis Analyzer …
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Our team is growing! Orange Photonics is proud to welcome the newest member of our team, Technical Sales Manager Justin Adams. Justin, who will be the new manager of our Eastern territory, is a sales and business operations professional who is driven by customer and client success. Both personally and professionally, Justin embraces a servant …
Dylan Wilks, CTO of Orange Photonics, explains the First Principles Methodology used to calibrate the LightLab 3 Cannabis Analyzer. Unlike traditional calibration methods used on typical HPLC lab equipment, LightLab calibration is designed to maximize accuracy and performance by calibrating each component separately. Just like with an HPLC, Orange Photonics (OP) uses certified reference materials …
A chromatogram is the raw data used by LightLab as well as laboratory HPLCs to generate cannabinoid content results. LightLab 3 can provide even more insight into the samples you are testing, for example: Provide raw data for review by scientists familiar with HPLC Analysis Identify minor cannabinoids present below detection limits Identify contaminants or unwanted …
Solar Cannabis Co.’s Director of Post-Harvest, Erin Kinnane, and Vice President of Cultivation, Brendan Delaney, talk LightLab. Watch the video to learn how LightLab Cannabis Analyzer has become an essential and valuable in-house testing tool for this vertically-integrated east coast cannabis company.
NEW LONDON, NH – September 28, 2022 – US Customs Border & Protection Agency has evaluated and selected the LightLab 3 Cannabis Analyzer from Orange Photonics as its field-deployable cannabis testing solution. “Previous to this award, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Laboratories and Scientific Services conducted a multi-phase assessment of LightLab 3 Cannabis Analyzer,” …
Orange Photonics has developed a specific analysis for Δ8THC that allows LightLab to achieve higher accuracy than a more generalized HPLC measurement approach. During our research, testing and validation of Δ8THC for LightLab 3, we found two interesting results…
Amid the first rounds of testing in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cannabis Quality Assurance Program (CannaQAP), Orange Photonics’ LightLab 3 Cannabis Analyzer, a portable HPLC, performed extremely well when compared to the best cannabis testing labs in the world.
Understanding the dynamics at play during an extraction is important for maximizing efficiency and throughput. One key concept of ScCO2 extraction is the kinetic curve. The kinetic extraction curve is a mass transfer dynamic that provides information on the rate of solubilization and recovery of target compounds. It is key in determining how efficient an extraction is.
NEW LONDON, NH – September 20, 2021 – LightLab 3 Cannabis Analyzer by Orange Photonics, is helping law enforcement rapidly identify and remove cannabis plants and products from the illicit market. Year-to-date LightLab 3 has been involved in enforcement actions that have resulted in the confiscation of over $2B of illicit plant and product. Across …
