Instrument Database:
Horiba - VULCAN - Automated Workstation
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Year of introduction |
2013 |
Status |
available |
Company |
Horiba
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Categories |
Automation: Workstation Sample preparation: Wet Digestion |
Vulcan is the first automated workstation combining the two essential steps of sample preparation -Digestion and Work-up. It is the only true automation accepting samples and returns prepared autosampler racks ready to be analyse.
Features:
- Freedom from manual acid handling and exposure to acid fumes
- Substantial cost savings in sample analysis expenditure
- Contamination free environment for trace level sample preparation
- Overcomes inconsistencies and uncertainties introduced by repetitive and tedious process
- Increase in laboratory throughput
- Saves prime lab space with smart inbuilt fume hood
- Documentation of sample preparation processes
- Effective use of skilled manpower through unattended operations
- Provides safe and healthy work environment
- Processing of 84 samples in 50 ml vials
- Automatic and precise addition of corrosive acids, reagents and internal standard
- Multistep heating of hot blocks.
- Makeup volume at the end of digestion
- Stirring of sample during the process
- Cooling digestion vials between reagent additions
- Transferring and diluting samples to autosampler racks
- Can handle two digestion recipes at same time
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Specifications |
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- Capable of heating up to 400º C
- Hot blocks available to accommodate 15, 25, 50 and 100 ml digestion vials
- Vials available in Teflon, Glass and Polypropylene material
- Customise hot block available to accept specific size and shape of digestion vessel
- Teflon® coated graphite block and housing to prevent contamination
- Anodised Aluminum Block for higher temperature applications
- Choice of All-plastic housing for extreme corrosion resistance
- Unparalleled Temperature homogeneity of 1.50 C across the block
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