Integration of dual autosampler optimises HPLC system
and hardware accessories that ensure sample delivery at a pace that
improves the throughput of its eight-channel HPLC system.
The expanded functionality is expected to double the throughput of Eksigent Technologies ExpressLC-800 rapid gradient HPLC system. This makes it ideal for a range of drug discovery applications that run up to thousands of samples per day.
Eksigent claim that each chromatographic channel can deliver as much as six times the sample throughput of a conventional HPLC instrument and requires only 25 per cent of the bench space. The dual autosampler capability is now a standard part of the ExpressLC-800 offering, and existing systems can be upgraded.
The ExpressLC-800 rapid gradient HPLC system is designed for high-throughput applications such as ADMETox screening and analytical method development. It offers true multiplexed HPLC with independent mobile phases, injectors, and UV detectors. With a footprint no larger than a conventional HPLC system, it provides dramatic savings in analysis time, labour, and laboratory bench space.
"The technology of our ExpressLC-800 offer throughput possibilities that exceed the sample delivery a single autosampler can provide," said Phil DeLand, senior product manager for Eksigent.
"The integration of the Twin-PAL enables sample delivery to keep up with system throughput potential," he added.
With the new Twin-PAL Autosampler integration, the ExpressLC-800 can accept samples in two formats - regular 2ml vials or 96-well microplates, either deep or shallow well.
The system also includes two sample hotels that keep vials and plates ready for analysis, as well as dual wash stations, one for each sampling head. Each wash station uses two wash solvents to prevent sample carryover from injection to injection.
