Growing SCION Family of Instrumentation at ACHEMA 2012

Visitors to the Bruker (USA) exhibition stand (Hall D 4.2 stand L35) at ACHEMA running 18 - 22 June 2012, Frankfurt am Main, Germany- will have the opportunity to view the latest additions to the SCION range of instrumentation. The revolutionary SCION solution range of products deliver innovative and practical features providing chromatographers with the power of mass spectroscopy detection without the worry of MS method set-up. New technologies from recent acquisitions have enabled Bruker to develop additional, complimentary high-performance analytical instrumentation and develop new compact, easy-to-use and affordable turn-key solutions.

Six months after introduction into the market place, the double award winning SCION triple quadrupole (TQ) and single quad (SQ) formats have been accepted by the market. Features that are appreciated by analytical laboratories is that both the SQ and TQ occupy the same amount of bench space. Other key innovations include auto-focusing q0 ion optical element, multi-axis chemical noise reducing design and increased sensitivity. One of the most important innovations is industries first ‘lens-free’ design, making it easier to use and decreasing instrument downtime.

In conventional mass spectrometers, lenses function to refocus the beam at critical points along the ion path. The disadvantages of lenses are that they need to be tuned, retuned, cleaned and sometimes even charged to provide optimal performance. The new ‘lens-free’ technology by Bruker offers benefits over traditional mass spectrometers, where downtime for maintenance no longer applies. No additional power is required to control the lenses and the overall productivity is improved as well as robustness and enhanced sensitivity. The lens-free technology adopted by Bruker’s SCION family of instruments is unique.