"Our goal
at the 2012 Pittcon Conference & Expo," says Spectro, Inc. President and
CEO Brian Mitchell, "is to introduce Spectro's broad and analytically
significant technology platforms to a much wider marketplace. The company has built a strong and
differentiated market position in the field of oil and lubricant analysis where
its products are considered the ‘gold standards'. It is evident that Spectro has the potential
to reach substantially larger end user markets with its lab, field portable,
and hand-held analytical tools which are based on emission, infrared, FTIR and
X-ray technologies among others. Coupled
with the company's proprietary calibrations, algorithms, and LIMS software
platforms, Spectro hopes to engage prospective customers and OEM partners in
meaningful discussions as to how its capabilities might provide the same
powerful ROI advantages that it has demonstrated in the tribology markets. My prior experience as the CEO of Polychromix
(prior to its acquisition by Thermo Fisher Scientific, NYSE; TMO in May 2010)
taught me the importance of targeting those particular applications where real
time and actionable information enabled by portable and
hand-held technologies is of great importance and value to the customer. It is in these arenas that Spectro intends on
expanding its business."
Spectro
has invested significantly in developing new innovations to meet the needs of its
customers who have difficult challenges sampling fluids in the field - both lubricating
and process. As an example, Spectro recently
introduced the flip top sampling cell, which is a patented tool that allows
infrared measurement of fluids or solids with the ease of use of an ATR
(attuenated total reflectance) cell and the sensitivity of a transmission
cell. This approach greatly simplifies
sampling for infrared measurement, improves accuracy, and allows chemometrics
to be performed on location at the application site. At Pittcon, Spectro will
demonstrate a direct infrared handheld spectrometer, FluidScan, which uses a patented
optical wedge design, developed for rugged environments where moving parts are
not desired. Infrared measurement is in
the 950 to 4,000 cm
-1 range. The technology optimizes the infrared
measurement into specific regions with high sensitivity within the mid infrared
range. Though currently aimed at
petroleum applications, it is possible to optimize the measurement for other purposes
such as pharma, food and beverage, process control, and industrial chemicals
analysis.
Measuring
viscosity of Newtonian fluids in the field solvent-free has been an industry challenge
that Spectro has overcome with its patent-pending split cell capillary viscometer
technique. The recent introduction of
its "Q3000" viscometer, also to be exhibited at Pittcon, opens up the
possibilities of industries and environments being able to measure kinematic
viscosity at a fixed temperature (40 degrees C) on fluids for quality control
or condition monitoring purposes. "The
number one benefit of the Q3000 is solvent-free kinematic viscosity
measurement," says Dan Walsh, Spectro, Inc.'s Director of Product Management.
This is the clear advantage over other products on the market. Viscosity tests
could never be done on location in a convenient way before because solvents,
and the capabilities to handle them, were required to clean the measuring
device."
For
more information, please visit Pittcon 2012 booth 1573 or contact Spectro, Inc.
Littleton, MA, (978) 486-0123,
www.spectroinc.com.
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