NIR analysers offer improved usability

Thermo Electron has announced the extension of its award-winning Antaris near-infrared analysers.

Thermo Electron has announced the extension of its award-winning Antaris near-infrared (NIR) analysers.

The Antaris II offers a common platform of method, procedure and data transferability of analytical quality control methods along product development and scale-up processes.

Thermo's Antaris MX and EX FT-NIR process analysers are specifically designed for extending the Antaris offering into process control applications.

These Antaris systems address the analytical needs of process engineers and plant managers working in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, food, chemical, and pulp and paper industries.

Thermo's Antaris analysers benefit from a common platform design and are specifically suited for method development, raw materials analysis, batch reaction monitoring, on-line and off-line moisture analysis, real-time blend uniformity analysis, and tablet analysis.

Additionally, they are ready for implementation as process analytical technology in the pharmaceutical industry.

They are all available with a choice of software packages, including the latest version of Result software featuring corrections for transferring data across sampling techniques and fibre optics; the Omnic software that complements the automation power of the Result software with spectroscopic analysis tools for method developers; and the Unscrambler software from Camo for chemometric modelling and method development.

The newly-designed Antaris II is a reliable analyaer that solves a broad range of industrial manufacturing quality problems by providing timely measurements in the laboratory, at production point-of-use, or in real-time processes.

This instrument is capable of performing true simultaneous reflection and transmission analysis of tablets via a patent-pending detection system.

Lims, barcode and RFID compatibility allow integration with inventory management systems and minimise the risk of operator data error or paper handling inefficiencies.

A high-speed USB communications port and an integrated panel PC computing option are also among the system's features.

The Antaris MX and EX are the first high performance FT-NIR analysers to be offered in complete, integrated process packages ready for application.

The MX is optimised for raw material and mobile trigger probe operation requiring only minimal training and minimising possibility for error.

Designed for unmanned process control, the EX is optimised for on-line analytics-based control of processes such as drying, batch reaction control and fermentation.

The Antaris EX is the only FT-NIR process analyser to come complete with speciality fibre-optic probes, integrated analogue and digital I/O, hazardous environment readiness and certification, and method transfer from laboratory development.

True patent-pending simultaneous multi-point measurements without mechanical multiplexing, internal referencing and internal qualification testing completely eliminate some of the key challenges previously associated with online near infrared spectroscopy.

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