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Integrated and Compatible Chromatography Network Announced Waters Corporation and Dani Instruments have announced that Waters®
Empower®
Chromatography Data Software now provides control for Dani Headspace and Gas Chromatography instruments.
Through this partnership, customers will now be able to take advantage of the full potential of both companies. Empower Software enables laboratory-based organisations to protect their original instrument investment by controlling a vast range of chromatographic modules, connecting them to arguably the most powerful data management system and reporting tool in the industry. For scientists who use these systems, it is far easier and preferable to master one data management tool versus multiple software packages. For these organisations, implementation of a single solution for instrument control and documentation has many compelling benefits, including lower maintenance, training, and validation costs. Dani now joins the many vendor systems controlled by Empower Software.
According to Umberto Saini Fasanotti, President at Dani Instruments, “The cooperation between Dani and Waters will provide Empower Software users with access to the unmatched productivity and reliability of a multitude of Dani products, including the best-in-class HS-GC System. For example, this configuration is the ideal solution for the challenging analysis of residual solvents in pharmaceuticals, in compliance with USP <467>.”
Waters is committed to working closely with companies, such as Dani, to ensure support of the newest firmware for analytical instruments. The quality management approach and testing regimens for new instrument control drivers and software features ensure their customers success and optimise the software system support provided.
For over 25 years, Waters has provided the analytical world with networked data solutions. Today, over 250,000 chromatographers are using Empower or Millennium® Software, connecting and controlling their MS, IC, GC, SFC, CE, LC and UPLC modules.
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New GC Platforms Configured to Safely and Reliably Utilise Hydrogen in Place of Helium
At Pittcon 2013 Bruker announced new configurations of its SCION™ 436 and SCION 456 gas chromatographs supporting the use of hydrogen carrier gas. The continued instability in supply and rising cost of helium has renewed interest and use of hydrogen as the carrier gas for capillary GC applications. Bruker has answered the concerns and calls for help from its customer base to deal with this disruption and significant increase in cost, by delivering GC systems capable of utilising hydrogen safely with no impact on data quality or system robustness.
“While using hydrogen as a carrier gas is not new to gas chromatographers, the safer choice of helium has prevailed,” commented Hans van den Heuvel, GC Product Manager. “However, as we saw the supply problem intensifying and cost for helium rising, we knew we needed to step in and provide a safe, reliable, and easy alternative for our customers. Today we launch SCION GC packages that fully support hydrogen as a carrier gas”.
Hydrogen has been used as an alternative to helium, where users are looking for the benefit of increased column flow and reduced analysis time – without a reduction in separation efficiency. This is clearly another driving factor in users’ desire to switch from helium to hydrogen. “Our customers are looking at hydrogen carrier again as they see benefits from reduced analysis time and now lower operating costs. In some regions customers are reporting helium prices increasing as much as 200 percent, while supply reliability decreases substantially,” noted Meredith Conoley, Marketing Director for Bruker CAM.
The SCION GC systems have been certified for use with hydrogen carrier by a third-party certification agency. Special firmware, software and hydrogen sensors allow laboratories to confidently operate these systems with hydrogen carrier gas.
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INTERNATIONAL LABMATE - APRIL 2013
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