Waters Introduces the New ACQUITY Arc System, Designed as a Bridge between HPLC and UPLC Methods
June 15 2015 - 12:01AM
Business Wire
Single LC Platform Leads the Way to Enhanced
Productivity by Replicating, Improving or Adjusting Established LC
Methods
Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) today introduced the Waters®
ACQUITY® Arc™ System, a quaternary liquid chromatograph that gives
analytical laboratories running established LC methods a clear
choice for replicating or improving their separations performance.
With this new addition to the ACQUITY product line, the new ACQUITY
Arc System is specifically engineered to respond to the needs of
analytical scientists for a single LC platform that can enable them
to efficiently transfer, adjust or improve their methods regardless
of the LC platform on which they were developed. Waters intends to
begin shipping the ACQUITY Arc system to customers at the end of
June.
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Waters® ACQUITY® Arc™ System is a
quaternary liquid chromatograph and a new addition to the ACQUITY
product line. The new ACQUITY Arc System is specifically engineered
to respond to the needs of analytical scientists for a single LC
platform that can enable them to efficiently transfer, adjust or
improve their analytical methods regardless of the LC platform on
which they were developed. (Photo: Business Wire)
To date, scientists working with established methods haven’t had
an LC platform versatile enough to bridge the gap between HPLC and
UPLC®. With the introduction of the ACQUITY Arc System, and its
enabling Arc Multi-flow path™ technology, scientists now have the
ability to emulate the gradient dwell volume and mixing behavior of
various LC systems. By selecting the appropriate fluidic path, the
ACQUITY Arc System can easily emulate a variety of HPLC systems
without altering the method’s gradient table, or provide UHPLC
performance with the flip of a switch.
“Since the beginning, each addition to the ACQUITY family has
been designed to allow a broader range of scientists to benefit
from this family of products without compromising what they do,”
said Ian King, Waters Vice President of Separation Science for the
Waters Division. “ACQUITY Arc continues this tradition by providing
scientists with technology that is adaptable and robust enough to
bridge the HPLC and UPLC performance gap while continuing to
support validated assays.”
In addition to replicating established HPLC assays without
altering the gradient table, the ACQUITY Arc System can enable
improved chromatographic performance of methods by leveraging 2.5 -
2.7 micron particle column technologies, as well as support
previously developed applications on 3 - 5 micron HPLC columns.
King attributed the Company’s decision to introduce the new
ACQUITY Arc System to Waters’ ongoing commitment to meeting the
needs of the marketplace.
“At Waters we are driven by two key goals—always be responsive
to and evolve alongside our clients’ needs, and never compromise
when it comes to the science. When we found that some segments of
the market were limited in their ability to adopt UPLC technology,
be it due to regulatory issues or continued support of established
methods, we were committed to develop a solution that would enable
our customers to be successful in adopting a modern LC
platform.”
King also noted that Waters approached this as an engineering
challenge, looking at how the Company can offer customers true
plug-and-play method compatibility for HPLC and UHPLC separations.
“The result,” he added, “isn’t just a new product, but a long-term
solution to dealing with legacy methods.”
Waters is offering a full complement of LC detectors for the
ACQUITY Arc System, including photodiode array, UV/Vis,
fluorescence, refractive index and evaporative light scattering.
The system is also fully compatible with Waters’ market-leading
mass detector, the ACQUITY QDa®. In addition, the ACQUITY Arc
System features novel Auto-Blend Plus™ Technology that enables the
operator to program directly % organic and % pH gradients to
significantly reduce human error and the manual labor associated
with preparing buffered mobile phases. The ACQUITY Arc System is
controlled through Waters industry-leading informatics packages of
Empower® 2 or Empower 3 software.
For more information on Waters ACQUITY Arc System:
www.waters.com/arc.
About Waters Corporation (www.waters.com)
For more than 50 years, Waters Corporation has created business
advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations by delivering
practical and sustainable innovation to enable significant
advancements in such areas as healthcare delivery, environmental
management, food safety, and water quality, consumer products and
high-value added chemicals worldwide.
Pioneering a connected portfolio of separations science,
laboratory information management, mass spectrometry and thermal
analysis, Waters technology breakthroughs and laboratory solutions
provide an enduring platform for customer success.
Waters, ACQUITY, ACQUITY Arc, Arc, Arc Multi-flow path, ACQUITY
QDa, Auto-Blend Plus, Empower, MassLynx, and UPLC are trademarks of
Waters Corporation.
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