History of the OPTIC Multi Mode Inlet

OPTIC Inlet

The OPTIC universal inlet for Gas Chromatography is already on the market for many years. The OPTIC 1 was launched in 1980 and is still used by some of our customers. OPTIC 2 was introduces in 1996 and this injector was one of the first good universal PTV type inlet able to introduce large volume injections onto capillary columns. With the OPTIC 2 the first publications where made of in-injector pyrolysis and automatic liner exchange was also introduced by ATAS GL with OPTIC 2.

Since 2002 we have the next generation of the OPTIC, the OPTIC 3. Big change is the electronic flow control and the new designed and patented inlet body done with computer modeling at TNO Delft. The new inlet body has a much better temperature profile resulting in better performance for high boilers. April 2006, ATAS GL has changed the inlet power supply and software resulting in a ramp rate of 30°C/sec over the full temperature range. Liners for all OPTIC versions are the same and still available, other consumables are also still available.
From April 2011 the OPTIC 3 production was stopped and the OPTIC 3 is replaced by the OPTIC-4.


     OPTIC 1, OPTIC 2, OPTIC 3


OPTIC 3 control box

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