About LINer EXchanger
Automatically changing liners is a technique that was introduced by ATAS GL into the analytical market.
The LINEX is our second generation liner exchanger based on the CTC PAL systems.
Advantages are:
Tray capacity 28 or 98 Uses standard 11mm septa and is compatible with the Merlin Microseal Normal septum purge (removes septum bleeding, reduced risk of carry over) Normal liquid injection without different configuration Uses standard OPTIC liners No transport adopter, just normal liners/sample tubes Based on the OPTIC Little if any sample preparation is required, Can be automated by PAL Combi-xt / CombiPAL Selective desorption of components of interest without pyrolyzing of the matrix Low consumable costs For any type GC system
LINEX can be used for Direct (in-injector) Thermal Desorbtion (DTD). Any of the standard OPTIC liners can be handled by LINEX. In the automated mode liners are transported between tray and injector by the CTC PAL injection systems equipped with a pneumatic gripper.
With LINEX, the multi-sample analysis sequence works in a simple way: head of the injector is opened and a liner containing sample is introduced. The head is closed and the liner is purged with carrier gas. Next, the injector is heated and the sample is transferred onto the column. At the end of the analysis the empty liner is moved back to the tray and the cycle is repeated.
The use of the newly developed LINEX is a most promising approach for analysis of solid and enriched gaseous samples with the fully automated OPTIC GC or OPTIC GC/MS system. There is also a possibility to apply the approach for the analysis of samples with a difficult matrix using the so-called DMI technique. With DMI a minimum sample preparation is required.