Application Notebook-03-01-2006

BURLE Electro-Optics, Inc.

Simple, fast, and reliable on-site hydraulic oil analysis should be an integral part of any preventative maintenance program. Since the majority of machine failures are contamination related, it is important to analyze the hydraulic fluid to monitor equipment condition and identify machine wear. Significant cost savings can result from early identification of machine failure, oil quality, handling and other problems. Oil analysis can detect changes in oil quality, contamination, wear and chemical differences. Benefits of this information include prolonged equipment life, reduced equipment downtime, and reduced overall maintenance costs. In addition, plants can increase intervals between oil changes, thus reducing waste oil, maintenance, and oil purchase costs.

R. Shafer, O. Rohm, Spectroscopy & Imaging GMBH; D. Koulikov, A. O?Grady, Princeton Instruments/Acton Research

Eunah Lee, Fran Adar, and Andrew Whitely, HORIBA Jobin Yvon, Inc.

The RoHS/WEEE directive requires the electronics industry to certify that products comply with maximum concentration amounts of particular elements and compounds (Cr VI, Pb, Cd, Hg, Br PBB/PBDE) by July 2006. Instrumentation must be developed to perform the certification.

Gabriela Zurek, Birgit Schneider, and Carsten Baessmann, Bruker Daltonik GmbH

Michael Leist, ray Leiser, and Andrew Toms, Varian, Inc.

EP-IR Spectrometry -- a cost-effective, rugged and compact high scanning speed full-spectrum technology -- provides a means to simultaneously measure spectrally overlapping compounds without false positive response, considerably exceeding TUEV and MCERTS analytical requirements for cross sensitivity.

WITec GmbH

Biotools, Inc.

Jasco, Inc.

Stephen T. Watts, Kazuyo Miura, and Takayuki Wakui, Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc.

Gabor J. Kemeny, PIKE Technologies, Inc.

Mike Doyle, Axiom Analytical, Inc.

Betrand S. Lanher, Aspectrics, Inc.

Ralph H. Obenauf and Nimi Kocherlakota, Spex CertiPrep, Inc.

L.A. Fido and A.C. Dennis, Avalon Instruments

Jordan Valley AR, Inc.

Thanos Pantazis, Amptek, Inc.

L.A. Fido and A.C. Dennis, Avalon Instruments

PANalytical