Description
The AOC-30 automatic sample injection system automates analysis, reduces an operator's workload, and enables continuous analysis with a high degree of accuracy that cannot be achieved by manual operation. Shimadzu's unique injection method achieves high reproducibility while preventing septum damage and liner contamination. The structure of Shimadzu's Xtra Life Inlet Septa results in excellent injection durability and enables continuous analysis that is approximately ten times that of conventional systems – up to 1000 injections before replacement.
Advanced sample washing functionality provides continuous analysis without the worry of running out of solvent. Four 4-mL vials can be used in a single tower, and twelve 4-mL vials can be used with the full tower and sampler system. Users can customize cleaning solvent types and cleaning sequences to optimize the cleaning effect for each analysis.
Additional features:
- Single tower system provides automated analysis of up to 30 samples, covering a wide range of analysis needs
- Additional sample towers and/or samplers can be added to increase analysis capacity and flexibility; for example, a dual-tower system increases capacity to 60 samples while a dual-sampler system increases capacity to 150 samples (1.5 mL vials)
- Housing structure is designed to make the installation area and the sampler as compact as possible, even as the system expands
- Built-in Sampler Navigator – reduces guesswork by letting users choose from a carefully curated list of optimized injection methods, prepared by experts in gas chromatography. Analysts simply enter the injection volume and solvent type and choose a preset, which can be finetuned for a more optimal sequence.
- Overlap feature – allows users to initiate preprocessing operations for the next sample injection at specified times, such as during or after GC analysis. The pre-treatment operation immediately before sample loading/injection is overlapped to increase throughput during continuous analysis.