Product Overview

Automatic Continuous Flow Wet Chemistry Analyzer

The AMS Alliance FUTURA 3 Continuous Flow Analyzer provides a complete and reliable solution for testing different parameters in sea water, drinking water, wastewater, environmental samples, soil, food, beverages, tobacco, and many other matrices. The testing is done automatically, including inline sample preparation. FUTURA 3 streamlines your laboratory operations by automating complex and time-consuming manual sample preparation methods, such as:

Method Parameter(s)
Inline Distillation Ammonia, phenolics, cyanides, Volatile acidity, Free and Total SO2 (Wine)
Inline Digestion For TP determination via persulfate and inline autoclave
Inline Extraction For MBAS Surfactants determination

FUTURA 3 also includes a range of autosamplers to match your laboratory’s current and future needs, as well as automated shut down capability, allowing it to provide unattended, reliable operation, and overnight testing. Its flexible configuration allows simultaneous operation of up to 14 independent channels from a single workstation.

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Features

  • Full Automation: programmable start-up and shut-down, preparation of standard solutions, pre- and post-dilution of off-scale samples, and automatic rinsing
  • High Modularity: integrated or combined instruments up to 14 channels, multiple flow cells, micro or macro flow
  • High Performance: high throughput, up to 120 samples/hour with auto-sampler, full automation of routine and complex chemistries
  • Advanced Software: user-friendly analytical software, EPA / ISO methods available for different matrices
  • Compliant with reference methods: ISO, EPA, AFNOR, APAHA, OIV, CORESTA

Benefits

  • Modularity and high throughput improve laboratory productivity
  • Sophisticated design and software dedicated to CFA technology guarantees the lowest level of detection and is comparable to reference methods
  • Simplicity and advanced automation reduce operator intervention time
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Applications

Laboratories use FUTURA 3 to perform tests on important parameters in water, (drinking, waste, surface, sea and ground water), soil, tobacco, and beverages such as:

Drinking Water Waste Water Sea Water Soil/Fertilizer Tobacco Wine Dairy
Ammonia Enzymatic sugars Nitrate
Nitrates/Nitrite, TKN Nitrite Free total SO2 Nitrite
Phosphate, TP, TN Cyanide Volatile acidity Formaldehyde
MBAS Silicates Cr Starch Reducing sugars
Phenol Chloride K Sorbic acid
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How it Works

The FUTURA 3 console is capable of running a variety of analytical methods using different Continuous Flow Analysis techniques. From simple colorimetric assays to complex in-line distillations and digestions, users can pick from a library of both micro-bore and macro-bore CFA methods.

To perform a Continuous Flow Analysis, the FUTURA 3 console must be combined with an autosampler that will receive all the samples, and, if required, a series of sample preparation systems based on the chosen method. All external modules can be controlled by the FUTURA software using the Auto Module (optional).

Sample preparation and operation are fully automated, including those for the most complex chemistries; dialysis, distillation, UV digestion, injection, dilution, mixing, incubation and liquid/liquid extraction - all Inline, all 100% automated. Plus, the fully automated process includes programmable start-up and shut-down, preparation of standard solutions, pre- and post-dilution of off-scale samples, and automatic rinsing.

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System Components

Each FUTURA 3 console integrates a high precision 3-speed peristaltic pump (medium, fast (startup and washout more speed) and slow (for low consumption of reagents)), a removable drawer for reagents, an analytical manifold, a heater, a detector, and a built-in display for the presentation of essential diagnostics data.

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Software

The FUTURA 3 analytical software is dedicated to the CFA technology: it prepares calibration standards, runs samples and quality controls, dilutes any off-scale samples, prints reports and QC charts, exports data to LIMS, washes out the manifold and shuts down.

User-friendly, efficient and powerful, the software has been designed to simplify your day-to-day operation. It runs the analysis of all parameters on each channel (up to 14 channels), and drives auto-samplers and accessories for automatic sample preparation.

During analysis, the software monitors the system’s vital signs (heating bath temperature, voltages, detector outputs) and alerts the user to any problem.

The FUTURA 3 analytical software is dedicated to the CFA technology: it prepares calibration standards, runs samples and quality controls, dilutes any off-scale samples, prints reports and QC charts, exports data to LIMS, washes out the manifold and shuts down.

User-friendly, efficient and powerful, the software has been designed to simplify your day-to-day operation. It runs the analysis of all parameters on each channel (up to 14 channels), and drives auto-samplers and accessories for automatic sample preparation.

During analysis, the software monitors the system’s vital signs (heating bath temperature, voltages, detector outputs) and alerts the user to any problem.

Compliant with reference methods: ISO, EPA, AFNOR, APHA, OIV, CORESTA

Compliant with reference methods: ISO, EPA, AFNOR, APHA, OIV, CORESTA

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Specifications

OPERATION (multi parametric batches in parallel)
OPERATION Multi parametric batches in parallel
SAMPLES Analytical Rate: From 15 to 120 tests per hour
Special Analytical Rates: Please Inquire Specifically
Samples Loading Capacity: 104 to 720 (autosampler model dependent)
Dual Probe: Optional
Sample Volumes: From 0.5 ml to 100 ml
Identification: Alphanumerical/Bar Code (optional)
REAGENT DRAWER Removable Drawer with Control Window
Loading Capacity: Up to 5 Different Reagents
Containers: From 250 ml to 1000 ml
Leak Retention Volume: Made of Chemically Inert Plastic Material
PUMP Number of Pump Tubes: 13 per Console
Automatic Valve: Yes
Auxiliary Valve: Optional
Leak Detector: Optional
Automatic Shut Down: Yes
Automatic Start Up: Yes
Variable Speed: Yes
Flow Rates: From 30 to 2,000 µl/minute
MEASUREMENT
ANALYTICAL MANIFOLD Injection, Dilution, Mixing, Incubation, Distillation, Dialysis, UV Digestion, Liquid / Liquid Extraction
COLORIMETER Standard Range: 340 - 1100 nm
Type: Monochromatic or dichromatic
Analog/Digital Converter Resolution: 24 bits (16.8 Million Points)
Optical Path: From 10 to 50 mml
Flow Cell Volume: From 1 to 150 µl
Linearity: From 0 to 2.5 Absorbance Units
Debubbling: Mechanical or software control; built-in bubble detector
OTHER DETECTORS UV/Vis, Flame photometer, Fluorometer, electrodes, and more… Our Analytical Solutions Department develops specific methods based on requirements.
SIZE
DIMENSIONS 65 x 22 x 43 cm (L x W x H)
WEIGHT 15 Kg
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