Agfa-Labs has recently installed a new TGA 5500 Thermogravimetric Analyzer from TA Instruments with additional FTIR evolved gas analysis. Key features Hi Res™ TGA (improved resolution) Modulated TGA (decomposition kinetics) Max. temperature = 1200°C Simultaneous DTA-signal (non quantitative DSC-signal) IR-furnace allowing for very high heating rates (500°C/min !) Autosampler with ‘pan punching possibility’ enabling measuring […]

Markes International (Llantrisant, UK) has announced the release of a suite of improvements to its world-leading ‘xr’ series of thermal desorbers for the analysis of volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds (VOCs and SVOCs). These enhancements further extend the capabilities of Markes’ fully automated TD100-xr thermal desorber and of all the modular systems based on the modular UNITY-xr platform – […]

—World-class High-Sensitivity Measurements for Testing and Component Analysis of Minute Sample Quantities— Tokyo, Japan—Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TSE: 8036, Hitachi High-Tech) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary and analytical instrument manufacturer and marketer Hitachi High-Tech Science Corporation (HHT Science) has developed the new “NEXTA STA Series” of thermal analyzers. The NEXTA STA Series enables high-sensitivity […]

Discovery™ TMA 450 Thermomechanical Analyzer Offers Breakthrough Performance and Advanced Capabilities to Materials Scientists   New Castle, Delaware – TA Instruments announced today the introduction of the Discovery™ TMA 450 Thermomechanical Analyzer which precisely measures dimensional changes of materials from -150 to 1000°C with unparalleled sensitivity and reproducibility. Outfitted with a wide range of fixtures and […]

ADVANCE RIKO, Inc. (Head Office: Yokohama, Kanagawa-Pref., President & CEO: Narishi Gonohe) of CHINO Group has developed Polymeric Thermoelectric Sheet Evaluation System in Thickness Direction (ZEM-d), based on the know-how owned by National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).This new system can evaluate Seebeck coefficient and electric resistivity in thickness direction of thermoelectric […]

New Castle, Delaware, USA. – TA Instruments today announced the acquisition of certain assets related to the thermophysical property measurement business of Theta Industries, Inc. Theta Industries is a premier developer and manufacturer of instrumentation for the measurement of high temperature thermophysical properties. The company’s product offerings covered a broad range of instruments including dilatometers, […]

METTLER TOLEDO is pleased to introduce the new Flash DSC 2+–the only commercially available chip calorimeter. With even higher heating and cooling rates, this instrument is ideal for carrying out polymer analysis. The Flash DSC 2+ also permits measurements under oxygen-free conditions and at temperatures up to 1000 °C. METTLER TOLEDO has released a new […]

Connection Capital, the specialist private client investment business, has raised £5.9m from its private investor clients to invest in a specialist laboratory equipment manufacturer with a global blue chip client base. HEL Ltd (HEL) designs and supplies a range of custom-made modular lab instruments and testing equipment. Typical products include different forms of “reaction stations” […]

— Establishing a global laboratory structure covering nine locations in five countries — Shanghai, China—Hitachi High-Technologies (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a Chinese subsidiary of Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TSE: 8036, Hitachi High-Tech) announces that it has opened “Hitachi High-Tech Science Park Shanghai Lab” (Shanghai Lab) in Shanghai, China on June 20, 2018 to promote the development, sales, […]

New Castle, Delaware, USA. – TA Instruments is excited to introduce the Discovery DMA 850 dynamic mechanical analyzer, the newest product in their line of Discovery Series thermal analysis instruments. A DMA measures the viscoelastic mechanical properties of a material under controlled conditions of temperature, environment, and mechanical stimulus (stress or strain).  This new instrument […]