The AA500 is the next step in the evolution of the original world-class Technicon AutoAnalyzer, following the SEAL Analytical AA3 segmented flow analyzer. With compact, all-in-one housing, the system delivers up to six channels with total automation of startup and shutdown, as well as full digital control of digestion, distillation, and air injection. Focused on maintaining the AutoAnalyzer’s long standing reputation for high quality and reliability, the AA500 brings unequaled performance, flexibility and productivity enhancements to the laboratory.
The AA500 incorporates the same principles employed in a basic segmented flow analyzer (SFA) system: an autosampler, a peristaltic pump, a chemistry manifold,a detector and data acquisition software. Sample and reagents are pumped continuously through the chemistry manifold. Air bubbles are introduced at regular intervals forming unique reaction segments which are mixed using glass coils. Glass is ideal as it is inert, stays clean and enables easy visual checks.
In SFA, reactions run to completion and the ratio of sample to reagents in the detector reaches a constant, stable value. This results in ultra-low detection limits and exceptional reproducibility. Variations in reaction time, temperature and sample matrix do not affect the results as they do in other colorimetric techniques, such as flow injection analysis, where the reaction is not brought to completion.
The AA500 is the top-of-the line AutoAnalyzer incorporating the latest innovations to deliver your laboratory the freedom of total automation while achieving very high precision and the lowest detections levels. It is the AutoAnalyzer you’ve been waiting for.