membraPure Amino Acid Analyser
The amino acid analyzer ARACUS with its modular concept is the ideal instrument for the analysis of amino acids in research, quality control and in the clinical laboratory.
It combines innovative technologies with the classical routine analysis of amino acids by the post- colum derivatisation with ninhydrin.
This produces on the day by day use results with the highest precision, reproducibility and accuracy.
The setup of the instrument allows the continuos analysis of up to 192 samples (4 x48 vials) or 384 samples using micro plates.
The samples are stored at 8OC in the autosampler. The mechanics of the patented xyz- robot allow the injection of the samples in 1μl steps without sample loss. A washing routine of the injection valve and syringe pump guarantees zero cross-contamination.
Innovative chemistry
The concept of the ready-to-use eluent and reagent kits allows the reproducible analysis of the amino acid samples. Each kit is produced under standardized procedures, tested and certified before shipping it to the customer.
Depending on the application, each kit contains the necessary amount for 500 or 1000 analysis runs.
ARACUS is operated with the user friendly, self-explaining software iControl. Implemented, optimized separation programs are correlated with each sample for the analysis. Correlation with new samples can be done when the instrument is analyzing a sample.
The current status of important instrument parameters is shown as well as the fluid volumes of each eluent and reagent bottled. As soon as a minimal value is reached, different alarm levels inform the operator.
All operation parameters and events of each analysis are documented in a log-File.
The data acquisition and data analysis system aminoPeak records simultaneously 2 analogue channels (570 nm, 440 nm). Chromatograms are shown on-line.
Internal data banks allow the fast peak identification. Quantitative calculations are performed with internal or external standards, dilution and/or multiplication factors.
Several analysis runs can be compared using compiler programs. The results of each analysis is documented in an individual report.