In the world of partIcles pamas counts
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
PAMAS HEAD OFFICEDieselstraße10,D-71277Rutesheim,Phone:+49715299630,Fax:+4971529963-32,Email:[email protected] USA1408SouthDenverAvenue,Tulsa,OK74119USA,Phone:+19187436762,Fax:+19187436917,Email:[email protected] BEnElUxMechelenCampus,Schaliënhoevedreef20T,B-2800Mechelen,Phone:+3215282010,Mobile:+32477424862,Email:[email protected] FrAnCERouteduTailleur210/136,F-40170Saint-Julien-en-Born,Mobile+33625332041,Email:[email protected] PAMAS lATIn AMErICACuritiba-Paraná,Brazil,Phone/Fax:+554130225445,Mobile:+5541999722173,Email:[email protected] InDIANo.203,Ifloor,OxfordHouse,#15RustamBaghMainRoad,Bangalore560017,India,Phone:+918041150039,Email:[email protected] HISPAnIACalleZubilletaNo.131°B,ES-48991Algorta,Mobile:+34677539699,Email:[email protected] PAMAS UKSci-TechDaresbury,KeckwickLane,Daresbury,CheshireWA44FS,Mobile:+447917713366,Email:[email protected]
®Registeredtrademarksarepropertiesoftheirindividualowners.Allspecificationsaresubjecttochangewithoutnotice.
P l e a s e v i s i t o u r w e b s i t e a t w w w . p a m a s . d e
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.