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Laboratory Equipment: June 2013
June 4, 2013 11:03 am | by Laboratory Equipment | Digital Editions | Comments
The June issue of Laboratory Equipment continues to celebrate the magazine's 50th anniversary with a retrospective on the 1960s. Additionally, the cover story details efforts to remove sample prep as a common bottleneck in the lab. Other articles discuss ELN lessons for food and beverage companies and the efficiency gains achieved by implementing a direct-to-slide printer. Special product sections include food and beverage and forensics.
Pharma ELN Lessons for Food and Beverage
June 3, 2013 4:49 pm | by Ted Pawela, Sr. Director, Materials Science & Engineering Business, Accelrys Inc., San Diego, Calif. | Accelrys, Inc. | Articles | CommentsElectronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELNs) have become standard fare for most pharmaceutical companies today—so much so that the “early adopter” path that pharma has taken to digitize research and development data has become a model for other industries looking to deploy similar solutions.
Colorimeters Are Rugged, Waterproof
May 30, 2013 10:11 am | Product Releases | CommentsYSI, a Xylem brand, has developed a comprehensive colorimetry line that offers single and multi-parameter colorimeters, thermal reactors and a complete line of reagents.
ICP-OES, Software Streamline Workflow
May 30, 2013 10:07 am | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Product Releases | CommentsThermo Fisher Scientific’s iCAP 7000 Series ICP-OES (inductively-coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer)—driven by Qtegra Intelligent Scientific Data Solution (ISDS) software— is designed to streamline workflows and minimize cost per sample.
Calorimeter Provides High-Sensitivity Analysis
May 30, 2013 10:05 am | Shimadzu Scientific Instruments | Product Releases | CommentsShimadzu Scientific Instruments’ DSC-60Plus Series differential scanning calorimeters offer the high-sensitivity analysis and easy operation required for the development of high-functioning new materials in the food, polymer and pharmaceutical industries.
Website Guides Sample Prep for Microbiological Analysis
May 30, 2013 10:01 am | Seward Limited | Product Releases | CommentsSeward has launched a fully refreshed website designed as a readily accessible point of reference for customers seeking assistance in sample preparation for microbiological analysis in the food, life science and environmental sectors.
Benchtop NMR Has No Special Requirements
May 30, 2013 9:58 am | Oxford Instruments | Product Releases | CommentsOxford Instruments’ Pulsar, an economical benchtop, cryogen-free NMR analyzer, offers convenience without the special requirements associated with superconducting magnets.
Miniature Length Sensor are Easy-to-Use
May 30, 2013 9:55 am | Omega Engineering, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsOmega’s ZMD series of miniature length sensors is compact in size and easy-to-use.
Guide Presents Options for Salt Determination
May 30, 2013 9:53 am | Mettler Toledo | Product Releases | CommentsSalt is one of the key ingredients for almost any food product. Determining the right salt content makes or breaks the quality of food products.
Tester Quickly Measures Whiteness of Powders
May 30, 2013 9:49 am | KETT | Product Releases | CommentsKett’s C130 tester is designed for use in laboratory, near-line process and remote QA/QC applications where quick, accurate determination of whiteness and/or purity is required.
Flat Cables Meet Food Industry Requirements
May 30, 2013 9:47 am | Cicoil | Product Releases | CommentsCicoil’s Highly Flexible Flat Cables are designed for food manufacturing machinery applications where long-term reliability is critical and downtime is not an option.
Laboratory Equipment: January 2013
January 3, 2013 10:46 am | Digital Editions | CommentsThe January issue of Laboratory Equipment features a cover story on how advancing laboratory automation is enhancing productivity, reliability and accuracy. Emerging Fuel Technologies and Food and Beverage labs are the two special product/article sections.
New Instruments Reduce Energy, Water Usage in Food Processes
January 3, 2013 10:24 am | by Jim McMahon for Lyco Manufacturing, Columbus, Wis. | Articles | CommentsRecent developments in continuous-process cooking provide critical reductions in energy and cost savings.
Unit Uses Gentle Conditions to Extract Flavors
January 2, 2013 11:13 am | Supercritical Fluids Tech. | Product Releases | CommentsThe SFT-150 Supercritical Fluid Extractor was developed to investigate the application of supercritical fluid techniques to processing applications, such as the extraction of peppermint flavor from peppermint leaves.
Chemistry Analyzer Offers Automated Performance
January 2, 2013 11:09 am | Randox Laboratories | Product Releases | CommentsProviding high-quality testing on a compact and easy-to-use clinical chemistry analyzer, the RX daytona plus from Randox ensures enhanced performance in the laboratory.
Customized Plastic Tubing Eases Installations
January 2, 2013 11:07 am | NewAge Industries, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsNewAge Industries offers eight ways to customize tubing. These products, made to an engineer or buyer’s specifications, offer a variety of benefits, including improved ingredient compatibility, lower procurement and inventory carrying expenses, a refined appearance and reduced assembly time and labor costs.
Pipette Filter Sleeve Offers Ease-of-Use
January 2, 2013 11:04 am | Nasco Whirl-Pak | Product Releases | CommentsNasco’s Sterile Pipette Filter Sleeve is made of polyethylene, with one side a filter and the other a solid. Liquid passes through the filter into the pipette.
CO2 Sensor Meets FDA Goals
January 2, 2013 11:02 am | Mettler Toledo | Product Releases | CommentsThe in-line monitoring and subsequent control of CO2 during fermentation processes can be of great value. METTLER TOLEDO’s InPro 5000i is a fully sterilizable and autoclavable in-line CO2 sensor, developed to achieve and met the goals of the Food and Drug Administration.
Efficient, Rapid Concentrator is Portable
January 2, 2013 10:49 am | Labconco Corporation | Product Releases | CommentsThe RevElution Bio-Concentrator from Labconco uses patented technology to rapidly and efficiently concentrate liquid microbial samples for further analysis.
Platinum Thermometer Has Enhanced Memory, Alarm
January 2, 2013 10:45 am | Control Company | Product Releases | CommentsControl Co.’s Traceable Platinum High-Accuracy Freezer Thermometer displays min/max temperatures for the previous 24 hr (for each hour), preceding 7 days (for each day) or prior 30 days (for each day).
Laboratory Equipment: October 2012
October 1, 2012 4:12 pm | Digital Editions | CommentsThe October issue of Laboratory Equipment features a cover story on microscopy technologies that are quickly moving the industry forward. Developers are pushing the limits of existing imaging technologies to create systems with three times the measurement speed, resolution and consistency. Other articles include LIMS and ultrapure water. Special sections this month include forensic science and food & beverage laboratories.
Automated Dispensing Modules Enhance Analytical Balances
September 27, 2012 10:38 am | Mettler Toledo | Product Releases | CommentsMETTLER TOLEDO’s Quantos powder and liquid dispensing auxiliary modules can be added to any 0.1 or 0.01 mg XP Excellence Series analytical balance.
Five-in-One Package Testing Instrument
September 27, 2012 10:35 am | MOCON, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsMOCON’s MultiCheck 425, a combination testing system for packages with one-way degassing valves, measures headspace carbon dioxide, in addition to oxygen. The unit also measures leak detection, seal strength and one-way degassing valve performance via the company’s Valve Test Unit (VTU).
Inlet Lets GCMS Systems Accommodate Multiple Tasks
September 27, 2012 10:23 am | Shimadzu Scientific Instruments | Product Releases | CommentsShimadzu UK has released the OPTIC-4 Multimode Inlet for gas chromatograph mass spectrometers to address the growing R&D demand for a single GCMS system that can accommodate multiple analysis tasks.
Blenders Suited for Large-Volume Food Microbiology
September 27, 2012 10:14 am | Seward Limited | Product Releases | CommentsSeward’s Stomacher 400 Circulator laboratory blender processes more than eight million food samples daily worldwide and uses patented curved-shaped paddles to create a washing effect.
Freezers Run Cooler, Last Longer
September 27, 2012 10:11 am | NuAire, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsNuAire’s Glacier -86 C Ultralow Temperature Freezers provide laboratory professionals with safe, reliable freezers they can depend on. The freezers are designed with advanced features and benefits for research, laboratory work, clinical and industrial applications, and have enhanced economical storage.
