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Econo Prep: Automated Sample CleanUp for DIOXIN, PCB & PBDE Analysis

Economic Sample Cleanup for Dioxins and PCBs

Automated Sample Cleanup for Dioxins and PCBs

Imagine completing the sample cleanup process for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in liquids and solids automatically in as little as 30 minutes. With over 25 years of expertise, FMS, Inc. has developed technology that has processed millions of samples for Dioxin and PCB analysis, delivering exceptional results and unmatched reliability.


Introducing the EconoPrep® System: Streamlined Automation

FMS proudly presents the EconoPrep® System, an integrated and economical solution for automating manual sample preparation tasks. Designed to optimize efficiency, the system consolidates sample cleanup, fractionation, and concentration into one seamless process.

Key Features of the EconoPrep® System:

  1. High-Throughput Processing: Handles up to eight samples simultaneously, completing the workflow in less than 1 hour.
  2. Flexible Operation: Allows for single-step preparation, such as cleanup, fractionation, or concentration, based on laboratory needs.
  3. Touchscreen Control: User-friendly interface for programming and controlling the system with ease.
  4. Method Storage: Saves methods on SD cards for quick access and repeatable setups.
  5. Optimized Performance: Delivers the highest recoveries and superior results for all target Dioxin and PCB analytes.

Benefits of EconoPrep® Systems

  • Enhanced Efficiency: Automates complex manual tasks, significantly reducing labor and processing time.
  • Cost-Effective Automation: Combines affordability with precision, making it accessible to laboratories of all sizes.
  • Reproducible Results: Ensures consistent and accurate performance across multiple samples.
  • Scalability: Adaptable to various sample matrices, including liquids and solids, for diverse applications.

Affordable Solutions for Every Laboratory

The EconoPrep® System offers laboratories a cost-effective way to achieve high-quality results with reduced effort. Its versatility and scalability make it suitable for small labs and high-throughput facilities alike.


New Chemistry Kit Rental Program

To further support laboratories, FMS, Inc. introduces the Chemistry Kit Rental Program for the Industry Standard EconoPrep® Multicolumn Cleanup System. This program offers an economical alternative to capital equipment purchases, enabling laboratories to adopt automation without financial barriers.

Program Highlights:

  1. No Capital Investment: Acquire equipment without the need for upfront capital funds.
  2. Budget-Friendly Options: Designed to fit seamlessly within laboratory budgetary constraints.
  3. Flexible Purchasing: Aligns with laboratory purchasing department policies and constraints.
  4. Rapid Implementation: Enables laboratories to quickly adopt automation without lengthy approval processes.

Why Choose the EconoPrep® System?

The EconoPrep® System revolutionizes sample cleanup for Dioxins and PCBs by offering affordable, automated solutions that save time, reduce errors, and improve reproducibility. With features like high-throughput processingflexible operations, and a new Chemistry Kit Rental Program, laboratories can implement cutting-edge automation without delay.

Whether you’re processing POPs in liquids, solids, or both, the EconoPrep® System ensures precise and reliable results, making it an essential tool for laboratories seeking efficiency and performance.

Product Details:

 

Simultaneously perform eight Sample Cleanups and Concentrations in less than 1 hour
The EconoPrep systems are integrated, economical sample preparation systems that combine the sample cleanup, and evaporation steps into one automated process.

Unattended Sample Preparation
Install the cleanup columns on the system, push the “Run” button and walk away. The EconoPrep systems will automatically load a sample and perform the entire sample preparation process unattended, in virtually one step. The final fraction is ready for analysis by GC, LC, or GC/LC/MS.

Same Day Turn Around for Multiple Samples
Because the EconoPrep can process eight samples in parallel sample cleanup, and concentration. EconoPrep systems are able to turn around up to 64 samples in a day.

Greener Approach Dramatically Reducing Solvent Consumption
The greater efficiency with which the EconoPrep systems perform cleanup reduces solvent consumption.
-Solvent Consumption as low as 120ml

Dramatic Savings in Time and Resources
EconoPrep systems perform the complete preparation of eight samples in just a 30 minutes, instead of days. This results in time and labor savings as well as high throughput.

Low Background Automated Sample Prep
The advanced, closed loop system design combined with pre-packed, disposable columns deliver cleaner backgrounds and eliminate cross contamination.

Wide range of pre-packed, disposable cleanup columns
A wide variety of economical, pre-packed, disposable cleanup columns are available for use with EconoPrep systems. These columns are configured in a variety of sizes and packing material types ? from standard multi-layered ABN silica to custom made columns.

Disposable Columns used for Dioxins and
PCBs, analysis:

1.   Multi-layered ABN silica

2.   Alumina

3.   Carbon

4.   High capacity acid silica (optional used for fatty samples, these column remove 5 to 7 grams of fat

Robust and Maintainable
The modular, flexible design of EconoPrep systems virtually eliminates downtime and makes them the most easily to maintain systems in today’s laboratories. Each system channel operates independently of the other channels, so if one channel malfunctions the others still work. Should a module malfunction, laboratory personnel can replace it on-site and the exposed construction makes parts accessible for easy replacement.

Product Specification

Weights:

Control module = 22lbs

EconoPrep valve module = 31lbs

Control Module Base = 6 lbs

Single Base = 3 lbs

 

EconoPrep2 = 62lbs

EconoPrep4 = 97lbs

EconoPrep6 = 132lbs

EconoPrep8 = 167lbs

 

Small cart = 35lbs

Small tray = 20lbs

Medium cart = 40lbs

Medium tray = 25lbs

Large cart = 45lbs

Large tray = 35lbs

 

Dimensions:

EconoPrep2 = 16”(41cm)W X 26”(65cm) H X 17”(43cm) D

EconoPrep4 = 25”(63cm)W X 26”(65cm) H X 17”(43cm) D

EconoPrep6 = 34”(86cm)W X 26”(65cm) H X 17”(43cm) D

EconoPrep2 = 43”(110cm)W X 26”(65cm) H X 17”(43cm) D

Pump:  

Piston Displacement Flow

Flow rate: 0.2 to 15ml/minute

Electrical Input:

110/220Volts, 50/60HZ

Controller:

Integrated Touch Screen Control

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