Company Also Extends Metabolomics Capabilities with Addition to
Progenesis Software
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 6, 2017--
Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) today at the annual Pittcon Conference and
Expo announced the launch of Empower® Cloud, a cloud
deployable, compliance ready enterprise Chromatography Data Software
(CDS). Additionally, TA Instruments introduced the new Discovery
Simultaneous Differential Scanning Calorimeter/Thermogravimetric
Analyzer, the SDT 650. TA also released three new additions to its 800
Series dilatometers: the DIL 820, DIL 830 and ODP 860.
“Waters has a rich history of unveiling state-of-the-art innovations at
Pittcon and this year is no exception,” said Dr. Mike Harrington, Senior
Vice President, Global Markets for Waters Corporation. “Today’s
announcements will not only meet our customer’s needs, but also
contribute to their success.”
Introduction of Empower Cloud
Over the last twenty-five years, Waters’ Empower Software has
provided the gold standard for CDS, defining clear standards for
laboratories across the globe. Empower Software has a global reach, with
over 425,000 users worldwide on over 4,000 networks. Now, with the
introduction of Empower Cloud, Waters’ customers can leverage the power
of the internet to procure technology and further drive operational
efficiency.
“Empower Cloud combines Waters’ versatile, easy to use software with
Amazon Web Services (AWS), the world’s most comprehensive and broadly
adopted cloud,” said Steve Smith, Vice President of Informatics at
Waters. “The cloud has changed the way the world interacts with data,
allowing companies to focus on science and not the infrastructure.”
Empower Cloud utilizes a single CDS platform across business partner
relationships with Contract Research Organizations (CROs), Contract
Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs) and others. This improves
consistency, quality and compliance, while also realizing the benefit of
collaborations and protecting their intellectual property.
New Discovery SDT System from TA Instruments
The Discovery SDT 650 delivers unprecedented sensitivity, baseline
stability, temperature and atmospheric control. The new SDT 650 is the
first simultaneous DSC/TGA to incorporate TA’s most advanced techniques
like Modulated DSC®, Modulated TGA™, and Hi-Res™ TGA -
opening up new areas of research. The SDT 650 is the only system capable
of simultaneous TGA/TGA measurement. TA’s proprietary dual sample mode
delivers independent TGA measurements on two samples. This new feature
effectively doubles laboratory productivity.
A simultaneous DSC/TGA measures the change in energy as a function of
time and temperature, while concurrently and precisely measuring sample
weight changes. With a temperature range of ambient to 1500°C, a wide
variety of materials can be characterized on the SDT 650 - excelling in
both research and production control environments.
Terry Kelly, President of TA Instruments, commented on the introduction,
“Never before have we packed so many features into a single instrument.
These include the most precise and accurate heat flow and weight
measurements, advanced techniques and powerful automation. TA introduced
the new Discovery Series® platform in 2016 and hundreds of
customers have already confirmed that it has never been easier to get
great data. The new Discovery SDT 650 will easily be the most productive
addition to any thermal analysis laboratory.”
Three New Dilatometer Lines
TA Instruments introduced three new additions to its 800 Series
dilatometers: the DIL 820, DIL 830 and ODP 860. Each of these
instruments feature TA’s exclusive True Differential technology
resulting in measurement accuracies that are 10 times better than the
closest competitive system, reaffirming TA’s position as the technology
and global leader in thermal analysis.
The three new lines of dilatometers are based on patented optical
sensors that can analyze samples with a resolution of up to 1nm, and
feature new high speed, no temperature-gradient furnaces that guarantee
optimum temperature control and reduce downtime between tests.
The TA Dilatometers are high precision systems designed to measure
dimensional changes of a specimen brought about by dynamic thermal
events. They are used in a wide range of applications, including
material science, ceramics, and metals. They excel in both research
environments and production control processes.
METLIN™ MS/MS Library for Progenesis® QI
The METLIN®MS/MS Library for Progenesis® QI
offers implementation of a METLIN library directly within Progenesis QI
Software for use with Waters’ high resolution mass spectrometry (MS)
systems. This library plug-in to Progenesis QI enhances metabolomics
researchers’ ability to confidently identify metabolites in complex
samples using mass spectrometry. METLIN is one of the leading
comprehensive metabolomic databases used by researchers in the field.
Progenesis QI Software enables researchers to analyze complex LC-MS data
sets, visualize and extract reliable results, enabling users to rapidly
identify and quantify significant changes between samples. The addition
of direct access to the Waters METLIN MS/MS library streamlines library
searching and further complements the comprehensive searching options
already available within Progenesis QI.
The METLIN library, created in 2004, is an industry-standard resource
developed Gary Siuzdak, professor and director of the Scripps Center for
Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry at The Scripps Research Institute. It
represents one of the largest collections of reference metabolite data
commonly used to confirm components in metabolomics experiments.
About Waters Corporation (www.waters.com)
Waters
Corporation (NYSE:WAT) develops and manufactures advanced analytical and
material science technologies for laboratory dependent organizations.
For more than 50 years, the company has pioneered a connected portfolio
of separations science, laboratory information management, mass
spectrometry and thermal analysis systems.
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