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Visit Instrument Solutions at WoTS 2024

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The World of Technology & Science trade fair will open its doors! To be precise, the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht will host the WoTS trade fair from Tuesday 24 to Friday 27 September 2024.

Together with sister organisation SALM AND KIPP, we will present ourselves as an exhibitor with a stand. You are welcome to visit our stand in hall 7, stand B046!

Click here for your free ticket!

What we show you:

      • ICP-OES and ICP-MS standards from Inorganic Ventures
      • Sample introduction systems for ICP-OES and ICP-MS from Glass Expansion
      • Katanax X-300 Fusion Fluxer from Environmental Express – for accessing samples for XRF and/or ICP analysis
      • New! SNRG Block™ System for Digestion (open digestion) from Analytichem (formerly SCP Science) – for open digestion.
        heating block for digesting 48 DigiTUBEs of 50mL at a time as sample preparation for your ICP analysis. The temperature course of the digestion is recorded in the specially developed Go2Temp software.
      • GPC set from Knauer – The AZURA® SEC provides solutions for the analysis, separation and fractionation of sample components based on size and molecular weight. This system is useful for industries such as polymer, food, biochemistry, pharmaceuticals and research.
      • New! Nanoscaler from Knauer – The IJM NanoScaler system is designed for laboratory-scale formulation of lipid nanoparticles. It allows scientists to optimize process parameters for formulating API-containing lipid nanoparticles.
      • puriFlash 5,250 from Advion Interchim Scientific – This system enables rapid purification with normal or reverse phase chromatography, collecting fractions by mass. Ensuring safety and accuracy, the system confirms the mass and purity of collected fractions using UV/VIS, ELSD or in combination with MS.
      • New! SPE-LV6 from Advion Interchim Scientific – a compact, automatic system for sample preparation by solid-phase extraction. It makes the process more reliable and safer, and is ideal for analytical chemists seeking automatic solutions instead of manual work.
      • Freezer Mill and Cryo-Blade™ by Cole Parmer-Especially for grinding/pulping difficult to grind and tough samples!
      • Heracles E-Nose – This instrument is both electronic nose and Ultra Fast gas chromatograph and makes an overall odor profile and chemical composition analysis in one run.
      • New! Polarimeter P8000 from Krüss Optronic
      • New! Vasco Kin from Cordouan – NanoParticle Characterization system for remote, in-situ DLS measurements in any transparent container via an Optic Fibre. With interchangeable external accessories for concentrated suspension (DTC) measurements and In-Line Millifluidic measurements under Continuous Flow.

Our team of product specialists is ready to explore if our solutions fit your needs!

Laborama 2022, May 19 and 20

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For the Belgian market, this normally annual Expo is the meeting place for the laboratory industry. After an absence of 2 years due to the Corona pandemic, this event is fortunately back on the agenda!

Instrument Solutions participates as an exhibitor at Laborama Expo that takes place in Brussels on May 19 and 20, 2022.

Where? Brussels Expo – Hall 1 – Belgium

Meet us at booth C26

What to expect at our booth:

  • Discover the capabilities of the Electronic Nose, Tongue and Eye from Alpha MOS
  • BWB’s flame photometer that measures all 5 elements Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Calcium and Barium in one analysis
  • Inorganic Calibration Standards from Inorganic Ventures
  • ICP-OES and ICP-MS accessories and consumables from Glass Expansion
    HPLC systems from Ecom
  • Cryogenic grinding with the Freezer Mill, GenoGrinder bead-beater and Katanax electric Fusion Fluxer from SPEX SamplePrep
  • CRM for UV-VIS spectrometry from Starna
  • Evoqua Ultra Pure Water systems
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Webinars on sensory properties of plastic packaging and cosmetics

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Consumers are very critical when it comes to the sensory properties of plastic packaging and cosmetic products. Think, for example, of plastic bottles for drinking water and the smell of creams. Producers anticipate this as much as possible by matching their products as closely as possible to the scent preferences of the consumer.

For this purpose, they work with scent panels to randomly test products on scent and visual attractiveness.

However, there are limitations to panel surveys:

  • Hundreds of test persons are needed for a representative study
  • A human being can do a limited amount of testing; after a while, noise appears in the data, even in sensory-trained persons
  • It is not possible to compare data from surveys over time

Our partner Alpha MOS is specialised in instrumental solutions that analyse the sensory profile of plastic packaging and cosmetics, among other products. A scent profile is made of the products and special software is used to correlate it with the consumer’s preferences. In this way, the instrument can learn what the consumer likes and dislikes. Reversed engineering is also possible to analyse competing products.

Webinars

Alpha MOS is organising 4 webinars to give you insight into how you can easily optimise the sensory characteristics of your products with E-Nose and E-Tongue. Below you can read the topics and dates for the webinars. Register via the buttons below!

Subject: ‘Plastic Packaging’

When:

  • Tuesday 30th March 2021 at 14:00h
  • Thursday 1st April 2021 at 14:00h
Sign up for Plastic Packaging Webinar

Subject: ‘Cosmetics’

When:

  • Tuesday 6th April 2021 at 14:00h
  • Thursday 8th April 2021 at 14:0oh
Sign up for Cosmetics webinar

Interview Intertaste over e-Nose

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Intertaste logoBegin 2014 heeft onze klant Intertaste geïnvesteerd in de aankoop van een Heracles II E-Nose van Alpha MOS.

Ruim een jaar later vertelt Marc Jansen, Spices Flavourist van Intertaste, over de omslag naar kwaliteitsbewust denken die de organisatie  doormaakt, de rol die de E-Nose daarin speelt en de eerste commerciële successen die zij hiermee hebben behaald. Lees in volledige interview hoe Intertaste de omslag gerealiseerd heeft. Enkele quotes uit het interview:

Quote 1

“Wij zochten een instrument waarmee de aromacomponenten, de meest kostbare elementen uit een product, correleren aan de sensorische waarnemingen van het smaakpanel.”

Quote 2

“Het fijne van de E-nose is dat je veel kennis opbouwt en vastlegt. Op het moment dat de analist vertrekt, huur je een andere analist in die verder kan gaan op basis van alle data die je al hebt. Als je alleen werkt met een sensorisch panel is dat anders. Als je daar verloop in hebt, kun je weer opnieuw beginnen met het opbouwen van kennis.  Met de E-nose kun je op de lange termijn beter de continuïteit van  de organisatie waarborgen.”

Quote 3

“Ik zocht een systeem dat een bibliotheek in zich heeft, zodat je altijd snel toegang hebt tot alle gegevens. Dit is de belangrijkste reden geweest dat ik ben uitgekomen bij het systeem van Alpha MOS. Daar zagen wij de combinatie van aan de ene kant een instrument met een in de markt bewezen en omarmde techniek, een degelijke Fast GC-techniek, maar wel gekoppeld aan een bibliotheek die goed in elkaar zit en die direct gebruikt kon worden. Zeker de vertalingen van de smaak die ik zag waren correct en gebaseerd op gedegen literatuuronderzoek. Dat onderzoek hoefden wij dus niet te doen.”

Lees het volledige interview.