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PAMAS AS3Autosampler for fully automated Oil Contamination Analysis

Fully automated Particle Analysing System for unattended batch sampling of several hundred samples per day

Application:

Contamination analysis of a continuously high number of oil samples • Fullyautomatedanalysis

� Up to 200 samples within 8 hours (i.e.upto600samplesperdayincaseofconti-nuous operation

� Data transfer in universal file format (.xml)

� Handlingviscositiesupto200cStokes

� Excellentreproducibility

� Freeprogrammabletimesavingflushingcycles

� Automaticpreparationand filtrationofflushingliquid

� Adaptabletoanyapplication

� High resolution sensor with 4 µm(c) sensitivity accordingtoISO11171

� Automatedultrasonicsample preparation before measurement

� integratedautomaticdilutiondevice

REV09/2018

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PAMAS AS3 Autosampling systemfor almost every applicationThefullyautomatedPAMAS AS3 autosampling system ana-lyseshighquantitiesofsamples.Thisnewsystemisdesignedtoprovidesampleanalysisofseveralhundredsamplesperday,withunattendedoperation.Thesystemoffersamultitudeoffea-turesregardingsampleprepara-tion,samplehandling,flushingandsampledilution.

Sample preparationThePAMAS AS3 system inclu-desasamplepreparationprobethatbreaksallagglomeratesinthefluidbeforeanalysis.Theultrasonic probe prepares the subsequentsamplewhilstthecurrentsampleisbeinganalysed.Thesamplepreparationdeviceiscleanedbetweensamplestominimise cross contamination.Sample handlingThenewsystemhasaXYZstage,operating with samples on trays asthesearethemostwidelyusedmethodinhighquantitylabo-ratories.RFID(RadioFrequencyIdentification)orbarcodesystemscanbeusedoptionallytoauto-maticallyidentifythetrays.Thesystemisservomotordriven.Thisincreasesthespeedofoperationandreducesthenoiselevelbelowthat of stepper motors.

Seamless integration to lIM systemThesystemcanbelinkedtoanexistingLIM(LaboratoryInforma-tionManagement)system.IftheexistingLIMsystemcanforwardsampleIDsbasedontraynumberandx/ypositionwithinthetray,noindividualsampleidentificati-onprocedureisnecessary.IfthesamplescarryRFIDorbarcodelabels,samplescanbeidentifiedwithanattachedreader(optio-nal). AcloselinktotheLIMsystemhelpstorequestinformationaboutsamples.ItispossibletotransferspecialconditionoptionsforsamplesusingtheLIMsystem.

FlushingThePAMASAS3autosamplingsystemisequippedwithanintel-ligentflushingdevicewhichopti-mizesthesequenceofsamples.

Technical data

Particle counter: � Particlecountsin8channels � 32-bithighperformanceCPUwith sophisticatedprogrammabledigital domainsignalconditioningand 4096 internal channels Datatransfer:8bitASCIIcode throughRS232port(57600baud)Powersupplyviaalternatingcurrent(110V,115V,220V,240Vor50-60Hz)

Volumetric Sensor PAMAS HCB-lD-50/50:Calibrationrange:4-70μm(c)accordingtoISO11171

Software: � TheAutosamplingsoftwareisindivi-duallydevelopedforthecustomer‘sspecificapplicationandthuscanbespecifiallyadaptedtoindividuallabo-ratoryinfrastructuresandtoexistingLIMsystems.

� Withtheaidofthesoftware,thePAMASAS3Autosamplerreportsmeasuring results in full compliance withcommoncleanlinessstandardsincludinge.g.ISO4406,NAS1638andSAEAS4059.

Sample bottle volume: upto250ml

Viscosity: upto200cSt relative humidity:0-95%,noncondensing Size:varioussizemodelsavailable,e.g.195cmx114cmx182cm

Weight:268kg

Sample dilution Somesamplesmayeitherbetoodirtyortooviscousormaycontainundissolvedadditivesorundissolvedwater.Inthiscase,sampledilutionwithlowviscoussolvents helps to get reliable measuringresults.Thenewsystemhasanautomaticdilutionsystemthataddsaprogrammab-le amount of solvent online to the raw sample.

OptionsThePAMAS AS3 autosampling system can be built to match existingtrays.Largesystemswithseveralhundredsamplestoanaly-se,allowcontinuousunattendedoperation (three shifts within 24 hours).Thesystemoptionallycanbeequippedwithanintegrateddraintrapthatcollectsanyspil-lage.Adrainagesystemcanbeconnectedtofeedthespillagetoa central collection system.