We are the authorized distributors for Skalar Analytical range of automated laboratory chemistry analyzers.
Skalar is a Dutch instrument manufacturer established in 1965. Skalar manufactures a range of automated chemistry analyzers i.e. for the environmental, pharmaceutical, agricultural, detergent, food and beverage laboratory.
The Skalar analyzers meet the highest quality standards and have proven to be the most reliable and economical choice in today”s modern routine laboratory.
The Skalar range of On-Line Analyzers is used in the control of water treatment, measuring oils, phosphates, nitrogen, cyanides, phenols, chlorophyll, etc. Skalar is known for their Total Organic Carbon (TOC) and Continuous Flow Analyzers (CFA).
Automated Wet Chemistry Analyzers | Continuous Flow Analyzer (CFA)
San++
The San++ Automated Wet Chemistry Analyzer also known as Continuous Flow Analyzer has been designed as a modular system to meet the needs of laboratories which process a few samples or large volumes of samples. Based on the Continuous Flow Analysis (CFA) technique, up to 16 analytical measurements can be made on a single sample simultaneously. With the addition of rinsing valves and software the San++ system can automate; start-up, shut-down, dilutions, reruns, clean-up, and raw data storage.
Skalar, the world leader in wet chemistry technology offers, over 300 proven applications utilizing various combinations of automatic dilutions, additions, mixing, heating, dialysis, extractions, distillation, digestion, phase-separation, hydrolysis, ion-exchange/reduction and more. Some typical applications include:
| A.B.S. | Creatine | Nitrate |
| Acetaldehyde | Cyanide | Nitrite |
| Acetic Acid | Density | Nitrogen |
| Acidity | Diacetyl | Organic Carbon |
| Alkalinity | Digoxin | Penicillin |
| Aluminium | Enzyme Activity | Perborate |
| Amino Acids | Ethanol | pH |
| Amino Nitrogen | Fluoride | Phenol |
| Ammonia | Formaldehyde | Phenylaminehydrochloride |
| Amylase | Formic Acid | Phosphate |
| Amylose | Fructose | Polyphenols |
| Anionic Surfactants | Galactose | Potassium |
| Ascorbic Acid | Glucose | Predrisolone |
| Benzoic Acid | L-Glutamic Acid | Protein |
| Bicarbonate | Glycerol | Pyruvate |
| Bitterness | Hardness | Raffinose |
| Boron | Hydrazine | Rapidose |
| Bromide | Hydrogen Sulphide | Reducing Sugars |
| Caffeine | Hydroxymethylfurfural | Riboflavin |
| Calcium | Hydroxyproline | Silicate |
| Calcium pantothenate | Iodine | Sodium |
| Carbohydrate | Iron | Sorbitol |
| Carbon | L-D-Lactic Acid | Starch |
| Citric Acid | Lactose | Sucrose |
| Chloride | Magnesium | Sulfate |
| Chlorine | L-Malic Acid | Sulfite |
| Cholesterol | Maltose | Sulfur Dioxide |
| Cholinesterase Inhibition | Manganese | Tartaric Acid |
| Chromium | Methanol | Thiamine |
| Cobalt | Methanamine | Urea |
| Color | Niacinamide | Volatile Acidity |
| Copper | Nickel | Zinc |
| Creatine | Nicotinic Acid | And many more… |
Skalar has developed a proven systematic approach to providing a quality system starting with complete applications engineered on customer samples to provide the best possible configuration to the customer needs and requirements, training and installation by qualified specialists and complete application and service support.
BluVisionTM
The Skalar BluVision™ discrete analyzer is developed for the automation of colorimetric applications. The analyzer is based on Skalar’s well-proven XYZ robotic platform. The BluVisionTM was designed to handle a variety of sample types and matrices found in today’s diverse laboratories. The central focus for the BluVisionTM discrete analyzer’s design was to incorporate Skalar’s expertise in automated wet-chemistry analysis and transfer it to an easy-to-use, low maintenance, user friendly instrument with unsurpassed detection limits.
Typical application areas for the BluVision™ are:
- Drinking water
- Waste water
- Ground water
- Surface water
| PARAMETER | RANGE | MDL(mg/l) | EPA / SMWW |
| Alkalinity | 10-200 mg CaCO3/l | 2 | 310.2 |
| Aluminum | 0.05-0.40 mg Al/l | 0.005 | 3500-Al D |
| Ammonia | 0.01-2.0 mg N/l | 0.001 | 350.1 |
| Ammonia; Total N | 0.05-20 mg N/l | 0.001 | 350.1 |
| Boron | 0.1-1.0 mg B/l | 0.01 | |
| Calcium | 0.5-25 mg CaCO3/l | 0.2 | |
| Chloride | 1-250 mg Cl/l | 1 | 325.2 |
| Chromium VI | 0.005-2.0 mg Cr 6+/l | 0.001 | 3500-Cr B |
| Cyanide | 0.005-0.2 mg CN/l | 0.001 | 335.2 |
| Hardness Total | 1-400 mg CaCO3/l | 1 | 130.1 |
| Iron 2+ | 0.005-1.0 mg Fe/l | 0.005 | 3500-Fe B |
| Magnesium | 0.1-20 mg Mg/l | 0.02 | |
| Nitrate+Nitrite | 0.01-10 mg N/l | 0.001 | 353.1 |
| Nitrite | 0.01-1.0 mg N/l | 0.001 | 354.1 |
| Phosphate | 0.001-10 mg P/l | 0.001 | 365.1 |
| Phosphate; Total P | 0.01-20 mg P/l | 0.001 | 365.4 |
| Silicate | 0.01-10 mg Si/l | 0.001 | 4500-SiO2 E |
| Sulphate | 1-200 mg SO4/l | 0.5 | 375.4 |
Total Organic Carbon (TOC) and Total Nitrogen (TN) Analyzers
FormacsSERIES
The FormacsSERIES Total Organic Carbon / Total Nitrogen analyzers offer the perfect solution when there is a need for rapid and reliable tests for carbon and/or nitrogen in samples coming from a variety of natural, domestic and industrial sources. A choice of analyzers is available offering the High Temperature Combustion technique or the UV-promoted persulfate digestion methodology.
FormacsHT : High Temperature Total Organic Carbon Analyzer
The FormacsHT Total Organic Carbon / Total Nitrogen high temperature catalytic combustion system features a versatile modular design and excellent performance for the analysis of TC, TIC, TOC, DOC and NPOC. This design was developed to conform to latest customer requirements and allows the determination of TOC in clean waters such as pharmaceutical – and drinking waters but also performing equally well for the analysis of waste, surface, seawater and soil extracts.
FormacsLT : UV-promoted Persulfate Digestion
The FormacsLT Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Analyzer is Skalar’s latest model low temperature TOC analyzer. It is particularly suitable for complex sample matrices in a wide variety of applications including drinking, ground, sea, and surface waters. Compact for minimum bench space, the fully automated analyzer gives results every four minutes. The analyzer includes a fully integrated random access sampler with a capacity of 80 sample positions and a sample stirrer.
FormacsTN: Total Nitrogen Analyzer
The FormacsTN Analyzer uses the ND20 Total Nitrogen detector for the analysis of Total Nitrogen (TN). Total Nitrogen can be measured in a range from low ppb levels to high ppm levels with high accuracy in a short analysis time using chemiluminescence detection (CLD).
The sample is injected into the high temperature furnace where it is catalytically combusted at 850°C. Oxidative pyrolysis causes the chemically bound nitrogen to be converted to nitric oxide, which is measured by CLD The Formacs TN analyzer also provides a unique cost-effective and safer alternative for Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN) analysis, by an integrated NN-reactor for the analysis of NO3 + NO2 (NN). The TKN value is determined in two steps, i.e. the analysis of Total Nitrogen (TN) and the analysis of NO3 + NO2 via chemical reduction, where NO3 and NO2 are reduced to nitric oxide (NO) and detected via CLD detection. The TKN value is obtained automatically by subtraction: TKN = TN - NN. This unique alternative method of TKN analysis results in a very fast analysis time (5 min.), and eliminates the use of hazardous digestion acids.
PrimacsSERIES
The PrimacsSERIES Carbon / Nitrogen Analyzers have been designed to offer a true solution of Carbon and/or Nitrogen analysis in solid samples. Depending on the requirement of the laboratory and the applications a variety of analyzers is available.
PrimacsSN: Protein – Nitrogen Analyzer
Skalar’s New Protein – Nitrogen Analyzer is the modern alternative for nitrogen analysis in the busy routine laboratory. The combustion (Dumas) method used in this new Skalar analyzer is rapidly becoming the accepted alternative for the old fashioned Kjeldahl method. The method is fast, safe, economical and easy to operate.
The PrimacsSN is applicable in a wide variety of application areas including soil and plant, food, brewing industries, and environmental waste, to name a few.
The PrimacsSN conforms to international regulations such as ISO 15670, ISO 13878, EN 61010, DIN 10467, AOAC 990.03 , AOAC 992.15, AACC 46-30, AOCS Ba 11-65
The sample is automatically introduced from a 20 position sample tray into the unique vertical positioned combustion oven , the resulting gas mixture passes through a second oxidation oven whereby all nitrogen compounds are converted into NOx. After this the Peltier cooler removes all water before passing the copper reduction column removing excess O2 from the gas flow, and converting NOx to N2. The stream passes through a CO2 scrubber and subsequently through a magnesium perchlorate H2O scrubber. The resulting gas stream, consisting of N2 and He (carrier gas), passes the thermal conductivity detector which determines the nitrogen content. The Analyzer is fully computer controlled with result calculation, QC and flexible reporting. This system has an alternate model that tests for the analysis of Carbon as well.
PrimacsATC: Total Carbon Analyzer for solid and liquid samples
The analysis of Carbon is one of the most important parameters analyzed in food, soil & plant, sediment, sludge, and many others. The Skalar PrimacsATC Analyzer allows fast and accurate analysis of Total Carbon by high temperature catalytic combustion. The samples are weighed into re-usable crucibles and loaded onto the integrated autosampler.
The analytical balance is interfaced with the software, which allows sample weights to be transferred automatically to the worklist by a simple mouse click. The unique vertical “bottom-to-top” sample introduction system lifts the samples into the high temperature combustion oven. At 1050°C the samples are combustion and the carbon in the sample is converted into CO2. The CO2 is measured by Non Dispersive Infrared Detection (NDIR).
PrimacsMCS: TOC add-on module for Solid samples
The PrimacsSERIES Carbon / Nitrogen analyzers have now been extended with the new PrimacsMCS add-on module for Total Organic Carbon (TOC) analysis for solid materials such as soil, sediments and sludges. The PrimacsMCS operates in combination with the FormacsSERIES Total Organic Carbon analyzer (liquid samples).
PrimacsSLC: Total Organic Carbon Analyzer, for Solid & Liquid Samples
The increasing demand for reliable TOC analysis in solid materials such as sludges, sediments and soils have led Skalar to complement its range of Total Organic Carbon analyzers with the PrimacsSLC Analyzer. Based on a dual oven design the analyzer is capable of performing rapid, reliable, separate determinations of Total Carbon (TC), Inorganic Carbon (IC) and Total Organic Carbon (TOC) on one instrument, and has been developed especially for solid materials on sample weights of up to two grams. Automatic balance interfacing avoids the necessity of precise weighing and transfer of weight data.
