Perkin Elmer has introduced Swafer, a micro-channel wafer technology platform for flow-switching applications in capillary gas chromatography (GC).
The Swafer technology provides Clarus gas chromatograph users with additional application flexibility, while delivering richer sample information, increased sensitivity, lower maintenance costs and increased sample throughput.
The technology can enhance productivity for most analytical laboratories.
From simple techniques like connecting two detectors to one column and removing unwanted material from a column, to sophisticated multidimensional separations on complex samples, Swafer's capabilities cover a range of applications.
Two versions of the Swafer are now available.
The S-Swafer is a scalable splitting device designed for sample-stream splitting between a range of detectors or columns.
The D-Swafer is based on the classic Deans' Switch principle.
Both the S-Swafer and the D-Swafer can be configured in multiple ways, offering a variety of additional capabilities.
Many applications will benefit from the use of the Swafer, including the detection of pesticides in food products and the analysis of complex matrices (for example, petroleum or natural products).
With tools such as detector switching or heartcutting capabilities, the Swafer delivers better separations of complex samples, yielding additional, more reliable data.
The technology integrates all paths in contact with samples into a single circular disk only 20mm in diameter and 3mm in thickness.
The Swafer is inert and easily installed on any existing or new PerkinElmer Clarus 500 or 600 GC with programmable pneumatics.