Thermo Fisher Scientific will showcase a portfolio of new instruments, accessories, consumables and software at Achema 2009, to be held in Frankfurt, Germany, from 11 - 15 May.
The Exactive, for example, is an LC-MS system that improves workflows in pharmaceutical, food, environmental and industrial laboratories.
The Thermo Scientific TSQ Quantum GC is a sensitive triple quadruple GC-MS/MS designed for increased selectivity in complex matrices for lower analyte detection limits.
The Thermo Scientific TITAN 4000, which will make its European debut at Achema 2009, is a combustion elemental analyser designed for demanding petrochemical laboratories.
The TITAN 4000 can analyse total nitrogen/total sulphur (TN/TS) in less than two minutes and provides consumable savings of at least 10 per cent a year.
Thermo Scientific Connects is a program that bridges the gap between laboratory-generated data and the enterprise-level information required for mission-critical management decisions.
Connects leverages Thermo Fisher's LIMS and Chromatography Data Systems (CDS) capabilities, as well as expertise in enterprise-systems integration to help streamline and improve transfer between laboratory-generated data and enterprise-level information systems.
Connects allows organisations to integrate application-specific workflows, thereby transforming laboratory data into relevant business information and maximising a company's enterprise system investments to better support critical management decisions.
Thermo Fisher will also display established products at Achema, including the Samplemanager LIMS for industrial process laboratories, which increases productivity and improves data access.
It also ensures compliance with regulatory requirements such as ISO 17025 by providing evidence and documentation that it meets the management and technical requirements outlined in ISO 17025.
Samplemanager LIMS provides management with a centralised system to access data and extract information, allowing them to more effectively manage laboratory operations.
The Thermo Scientific TGA Versatherm thermogravimetric analyser allows scientists to study sample weight-changes under extreme conditions such as sample size to 100g, volume up to 35ml and vacuum to 10-5torr.
The Thermo Scientific Versatherm units can be coupled to an evolved gas analyser such as the Nicolet 6700 FTIR spectrometer, to pass over the most concentrated sample effluents for identification, helping scientists to understand reaction mechanism and optimise products.
Thermo Scientific will also display the Aquakem, a discrete photometric analyser for easy and cost-effective water and environmental testing; and the Arena automated photometric system, for food and beverage analysis.
Thermo Fisher has used the Arena analyser to develop a simple and effective method for determining asparagine levels in raw and processed foods.
Asparagine reacts with reducing sugars such as glucose at temperatures above 160C to produce acrylamide, a suspected carcinogen.
Acrylamide can form when producing fried, baked or roasted processed foods such as potato crisps, French fries or baked cereals.
Thermo Fisher will also display the Orion Aquafast AQIII series of metres for colorimetry and turbidity measurements, the Orion Dual Star meter and the Orion Ross Ultra Low Maintenance Triode.
