Axiom Analytical has announced that it will extend the warranty period on its standard near-infrared (NIR) and Raman process analytical probes and flow cells to five years from the date of purchase.
The products covered include the FPT-850 NIR transmission probes, FDR-780 and 790 diffuse reflectance probes, FCT-980 process transmission cells and RFP-500 Series Raman probes.
All of these products utilise the Axiom welded sapphire-to-metal sealing technique.
The Axiom seal is said to have eliminated the failure modes encountered with other seals such as o-rings, energised seals and brazes.
This development provides the level of long-term reliability required for the success of process analytical technology (PAT) in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries.
The Axiom seal employs a high-nickel alloy C-ring compressed and captured in an electron-beam welded Hastelloy or stainless-steel structure.
Since the C-rings used were originally developed for use in jet aircraft engines, the Axiom seal can handle the most extreme temperature and pressure conditions encountered in the chemical process industries.
Except for the five-year period, the terms of the warranty remain the same as those published on the company's website for its previous one-year warranty.
