Top 7 Signs That You Should Service or Replace Your Mass Spectrometer
![]() | The user could improve their overall ROI by replacing their current technology. |
![]() | The system needs too much maintenance to run at peak performance. |
![]() | The instrument doesn’t meet the user’s expanding research requirements in terms of detection limits, linearity, speed of analysis, robustness, reporting and regulatory requirements. |
![]() | Known standards and blanks are not correct when tested. |
![]() | Service and training costs are becoming too high. |
![]() | Replacement parts are too difficult to find. |
![]() | Growing business necessitates a new or additional MS system to meet demand. |
Top 6 Questions You Should Ask When Buying a Mass Spectrometer
![]() | What factors come into play when determining the MS specifications you require in terms of throughput, sensitivity, robustness, software control, ease of use, and ease of maintenance? |
![]() | What differentiates the vendor’s MS from others offered, in terms of performance and how easy it would be to upgrade? |
![]() | How do you validate the specification claims presented by the vendor? |
![]() | Has the data processing software been designed for enhanced analytics, with lab workflow in mind and does it support critical compliance requirements? |
![]() | What are important price points to keep in mind when selecting an MS? |
![]() | Laboratories need fast and effective services, including an effective distribution of spare parts, instruments, service personnel and education/ training. How does the company serve these needs globally? |
Recently Released Mass Spectrometers
Prima BT Benchtop Mass Spectrometer
- Incorporates a magnetic sector analyzer designed for continuous operation in process development laboratories
- Delivers excellent analytical performance with high reliability and minimal maintenance requirements
- Includes a 16-port rapid multi-stream sampler (RMS), and a 6-port automatic calibration manifold
- Designed for 20 Million translations between face seal replacement
- Features a zero-dead-volume design
Thermo Fisher Scientific
www.thermoscientific.com
IMPACT HD™ Mass Spectrometer
- Features patented low-noise Captivespray nanoBooster™ ionization coupled with record high-speed digitization Qq-TOF technology
- Steered by intelligent acquisition software
- Sharply defines complex samples
- Boasts extreme sensitivity broad mass-transfer ion optics and fastest ever 50Gbit/sec sampling technology
- Achieves a dynamic range of 5 orders of magnitude in one second of LC time
Bruker
www.bruker.com
SYNAPT® G2-Si Mass Spectrometer
- Integrates a third dimension of resolution and separation power into a new suite of untargeted and targeted LC/MS/MS workflows
- Now combines the unique power of Travelling Wave (T-Wave) Ion Mobility Separations with new data acquisition and informatics technologies, and collision cross section (CCS) measurements
- Can separate individual isomers, conformers, and isobaric compounds
Waters
www.waters.com
Master GC/TOF GC/MS System
- Features an acquisition rate up to 30,000 spectra/s
- Provides fast detection capability over the full mass range
- Acquires 30,000 mass spectra over the entire mass range, compared to the fastest quadrupole MS which only provides about 10 mass spectra at 10,000 amu/s in the same mass range (1 – 1,000 amu)
- Also features linearity of 5 orders of magnitude
GenTech
www.gentechscientific.com
Mass Spectrometer Manufacturers
AB Sciex | www.absciex.com |
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Agilent | www.agilent.com |
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Applied Biosystems | www.appliedbiosystems.com |
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Bruker | www.bruker.com |
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GenTech Master | www.gentechscientific.com |
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Hitachi High Technologies | www.hitachi-hta.com |
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JEOL | www.jeol.com |
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LECO | www.leco.com |
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PerkinElmer | www.perkinelmer.com |
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Shimadzu | www.shimadzu.com |
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Thermo Fisher Scientific | www.thermoscientific.com |
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Waters | www.waters.com |
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