CEM Launches New Platform for Microwave Digestion

Matthews, North Carolina — CEM Corporation, a leading global provider of microwave laboratory instrumentation, is pleased to announce the introduction of a new platform for pressurized microwave digestion that can process a typical 0.5g sample of organic material in 10 minutes or less, including cool down, in a sequential format that allows individual method programming for each sample. The Discover SP-D Pressurized Microwave Digestion System incorporates automated pressure control and a novel vessel design for superior performance and ease of use.

“ Discover SP-D is revolutionary,” said Michael J. Collins, PhD, president and CEO of CEM Corporation. “It’s the first major breakthrough in microwave digestion in 25 years. Discover SP-D is an entirely new platform for digesting samples that is safer, much easier to use, and more flexible than any other system available. With Discover SP-D, laboratories can now interrupt the sequence of samples that are being processed to run a priority sample and then begin processing the remainder of their samples again without reprogramming.”

The compact Discover SP-D uses 10- or 35-mL glass or quartz vessels with disposable snap-on caps designed to work with CEM’s patent-pending ActiVent™ Technology, the most advanced pressure control device of any microwave digestion system. Optional Teflon® liners are also available. Discover SP-D features individual sample programming, so that samples with different parameters, methodologies, and even vessel sizes can be run in any sequence. Automated sample decks are available, which recognize different vessel sizes without operator intervention, and can run unattended overnight.

About CEM

CEM Corporation, a private company based in Matthews, North Carolina, is a leading provider of microwave laboratory instrumentation. The Company has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and France, as well as a global network of distributors. CEM designs and manufactures systems for life sciences, analytical laboratories and processing plants worldwide.

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