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Focus
Focus on Analyzers
Raman spectroscopy capability
with bioreactor platforms
BioPAT Spectro (photo) is a Quality
by Design (QbD) tool for use with
this company's ambr automated
micro and mini bioreactor systems
and with Biostat STR single-use production
bioreactors. The new tool offers
access to Raman spectroscopy
analysis in high-throughput process
development, supporting
faster
Raman model building and accelerating
scaleup into commercial manufacturing.
Raman spectroscopy is
non-invasive and can measure multiple
analytes, making it suitable as
a process-analytical technologies
(PAT) method for process control
and monitoring of cell cultures. The
new BioPAT Spectro tool, can be retrofitted
into ambr 15 cell-culture and
ambr 250 high-throughput systems.
It enables quick and simple sampling
for integrated at-line analysis of a
large number of analytes by Raman
spectroscopy in a design-of-experiments
(DoE) approach. - Sartorius
AG, Göttingen, Germany
www.sartorius.com
Switch for analyzer verification
in hazardous environments
The Model FS10A (photo) is a universal
flow switch and monitor designed
for gas and liquid processanalyzer-sampling
systems.
The
FS10A is a fast-responding, highly
repeatable sensor that installs easily
into a standard tube tee fitting or the
SP76 (NeSSI) modular manifold. The
FS10A utilizes proven thermal-dispersion
flow-measurement technology
with this company's proprietary
equal mass sensing to achieve outstanding
sensitivity and repeatability.
The instrument's wetted parts are
corrosion-resistant 316L stainless
steel with Hastelloy C-22 sensor
tips. - Fluid Components International,
San Marcos, Calif.
www.fluidcomponents.com
Raman spectroscopy products
with advanced features
Last September, this company unveiled
the next-generation DXR3
family of Raman spectrometers and
microscopes (photo). This new generation
features advanced imaging
and workflow capabilities to provide
users with Raman analysis at their
required speed. Advanced particle
analysis and 3D confocal visualization
software delivers answers faster
while the automatic x-axis calibration
eliminates time-consuming
manual calibration. Additionally, the
DXR3 family is more flexible with an
expanded offering of lasers and detectors.
The DXR3 family of Raman
products accelerates productivity in a
broad range of industries. - Thermo
Fisher Scientific, Hillsboro, Ore.
www.thermofisher.com
These fixed-gas analyzers
are now CSA-certified
The Landtec Biogas 3000 and the
Biomethane 3000 (photo) fixed-gas
analyzers have received certification
by the CSA Group. The CSA safety
mark signifies that the equipment
has been independently tested for
compliance with North American and
Canadian safety standards. The two
analyzers are a.c.-powered products
that measure biogas and landfill gas,
and can be installed in potentially explosive
areas. The CSA certification
ensures that the equipment can be
safely used and will not be the cause
of an explosion. These products also
have ATEX and IECEx certifications
for use in potentially explosive atmospheres.
- Q.E.D. Environmental
Systems, Inc., Dexter, Mich.
www.qedenv.com
Water analyzer quantifies total
hydrocarbons and VOCs
The Model 204 Hydrocarbon VOC
in Water Analyzer (photo, p. 24) has
an enhanced method of analytically
quantifying total hydrocarbons and
volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
in cooling towers, heat exchangers,
holding ponds, run-off water and
wastewater. Utilizing an exclusive
sample-transfer stripper and solidstate
sensor, the water analyzer
measures oil and VOCs directly in the
water, as opposed to the air around
the water - a method that misses
VOCs and results in non-alarm
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