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ease-of-use to answer the need for laboratories to get increasing need for laboratory productivity.
more out of their investment in analytical technology Chromera also extends Flexar’s flexibility by
(Fig. 1). supporting multi-detector system configurations often
“According to our customers, the effects of the world’s used in environmental and food safety applications. For
economic, resource and globalisation challenges are example, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons can be
felt in the laboratories as much as any other part of an determined in food and environmental samples using
organisation’s mission-critical operations,” said Brian a Flexar system combining UV/VIS and fluorescence
Smith, vice president of mass spectrometry operations for detectors. Laboratory managers and bench
the Waters Division. “These challenges put even greater chemists in the environmental, food safety
burdens on labs to answer complex questions faster with and quality, chemical, and pharmaceutical
greater confidence using fewer resources than ever before. industries, as well as academia in
Consequently, today’s laboratory technology should be environmental, biotech and chemical
measured on its ability to improve lab productivity and research can benefit from the flexibility
decision-making if our customers are to be successful.” that the Flexar UHPLC Systems and
PerkinElmer used Pittcon as the launch vehicle for its Chromera offer.
new Flexar liquid chromatography (LC) platform, which “PerkinElmer is invested in
is controlled by the new Chromera chromatography data ensuring that our liquid
system (CDS). chromatography offerings
Flexar incorporates a new ergonomic industrial design continue to demonstrate more
and delivers a wide range of pressure options intended robust and powerful designs than
to address the increasingly demanding application any other offerings on the market,” said
needs of high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) Eric Ziegler, vice president, chromatography
laboratories. The company’s new multi-tiered platform business unit, analytical sciences, PerkinElmer.
offers solutions from semi-prep to ultra high pressure “The new Chromera design is the first in a line of
liquid chromatography (UHPLC). products under development
Chromera has been built from the ground up, that will continue to support
Fig. 2. Omnian is ideal for the
offering an easy approach to LC instrument control additional instruments and
characterisation and analysis of
and chromatographic data processing. The instrument provide increasing levels
unknown samples.
platform and software build upon PerkinElmer’s of functionality from the
commitment to superior reliability in LC product design workstation to enterprise-wide,” he added.
and control, providing a platform that covers a wider Pittcon also saw the launch of PANalytical’s new
performance and pressure range. standardless analysis package, Omnian. This latest
“These new systems mark our commitment to module in the company’s proven SuperQ software suite
delivering innovation and greater productivity to this is designed to be used with the Axios sequential X-ray
market,” said Richard Begley, president analytical fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer.
services, PerkinElmer. “We are also focused on addressing According to the company, Omnian provides the ideal
the important concerns of laboratory professionals, which answer for characterisation and analysis of unknown
include both materials costs and waste-disposal.” samples (Fig. 2), or in situations where certified standards
The Flexar UHPLC Systems feature the new FX-15 that match specific sample characteristics are not
UHPLC system, which can provide as much as a ten-fold available.
gain in productivity, while reducing mobile phase solvent Omnian can handle a wide variety of sample
consumption by as much as 15-fold, depending on the types such as solids, pressed powders, fused beads,
application. Smaller particle size (<2um) columns offer loose powders and liquids. The software is adaptable,
new possibilities for resolution and separations, as well depending on user experience or the desired mode of
as allow for faster analysis time. operation. With its problem-solving power it deals with
According to the company, this introduction to the analytical challenges including sample quantification,
market is timely, as HPLC laboratory managers are faced screening and failure analysis, as well as the comparison
with a shortage of the key HPLC solvent, acetronitrile, and of different materials.
are increasingly focused on reducing solvent consumption PANalytical says Omnian is set to become the new
to drive more environmentally sound operations and benchmark in these important applications. It is designed
reduce the cost of waste disposal. to provide fast, reliable quantification in the default ‘black
The new Chromera CDS provides an extensive box’ mode. However, the data collected is comprehensive
suite of powerful tools designed to allow users to more and can be reviewed more extensively.
easily control instruments, rapidly visualise data and The system adjusts automatically to sample and
efficiently communicate results through an accessible matrix effects as well as sample thickness, volume
worktop. The platform uses a patented technology for and ‘Dark-Matrix’ composition. It can be fine-tuned
instrument control that allows flexibility of configurations for increased accuracy by using adaptive sample
and multiple detection capabilities to help address the characterisation (ASC). u
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