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Your Lab on Autopilot
HPLC/SFC laboratory automation
Gary Yanik
We at PDR-Chiral began automating our contract HPLC/SFC method development and preparative purification laboratory many years ago. This article briefly describes our procedural and developmental efforts in the automation of method development and preparative peak collection.
Operating procedure
We view our contract HPLC/SFC laboratory as a “job assembly line” running coordinated methods and processes. The laboratory is set up as a continuous aisle with systems on either side. Laboratory personnel can walk or roll chairs up and down this aisle to easily monitor and control multiple systems. We can log on to all laboratory computers via the Internet using encrypted software and enjoy remote control of those systems from inside our facility and around the world. Remote control is especially comforting when we are enjoying a three-day weekend but have automated method screening and prep jobs running 24/7. We can not only remotely monitor jobs, but we can stop and start any run and change as many parameters as we wish. By using this arrangement and the appropriate automation, it is possible for a few people to operate many systems on a nearly continuous basis.
Due to the graphs in this article a PDF has been made available for download.
PDR-Chiral Inc.
1331A South Killian Drive
Lake Park, FL, 33403
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