PerkinElmer's new Swafer™ micro-channel flow technology is an innovative and user-friendly approach for flow-switching applications - it delivers unparalleled hardware and application flexibility, expanding the capabilities of capillary gas chromatography.
This exciting new technology can enhance most analytical laboratories' productivity - in specific configurations and high-throughput environments, the Swafer can pay for itself in a couple of weeks. From simple techniques like connecting two detectors to one column, and removing unwanted material from a column, to sophisticated multidimensional separations on complex samples, its capabilities cover a wide range of applications, including the detection of pesticides in food products and the analysis of complex matrices (e.g. petroleum or natural products). With tools such as detector switching or heartcutting capabilities, the Swafer delivers better separations of complex samples, yielding additional, more reliable data.
The Swafer platform includes 13 user-interchangeable configurations which deliver over 15 possible modes of operation for unparalleled application flexibility. These configurations are available through the following options:
- D-Swafer - based on the classical Deans' Switch principle
- S-Swafer - a scalable splitting device designed for sample-stream splitting between a range of detectors or columns
Both Swafers can be configured in multiple ways, offering a variety of additional capabilities.
Swafers are inert and easily installed on any existing or new PerkinElmer Clarus® 580 or 680 GC with programmable pneumatics. Plus, Swafers are very easy and quick to configure, exchange and maintain, not requiring service intervention.
Find out more about >D-Swafer and S-Swafer.