General Description
Bruker's RAID-AFM is an autonomous facility monitor for dangerous chemical vapors. It continuously operates 24/7/365 with a combined chemical library of chemical warfare agents and toxic industrial chemicals. Its long lasting consumables are rated at no less than 15,000 operating hours. The RAID-AFM chemical detector and identifier is designed to be installed in critical facilities such as subways, government buildings, and other large venues on a permanent basis. It can be networked, has an optional air sampling unit for extended sampling lines, and webserver software for easy installation and operation.
Technical Description
Bruker's RAID-AFM is an ion mobility spectrometer using spectral matching software to locate, classify, and identify chemical warfare agents and toxic industrial chemical vapors simultaneously. It has the capability of loading interferent rejection for common cleaners or solvents unique to the detector's location to reduce false alarms. The membrane inlet and special filters protect the system from environmental effects and lend stability to the analytical process.
Evaluation Criteria
THROUGHPUT:
- Detection is instantaneous
- Continuous operation with no defined runs
- System is continuous and provides real time analysis with no defined tests/samples
- The system or device is currently fully automated
- Device or system is intended for multiple detection assays
- 0-1 solutions, buffer, eluents, and/or reagents
- 0 components
- Less than 5 minutes is required for set-up
- Automatic detection
LOGISTICS:
- Very brief (minutes-hours) training and minimal technical skills
- Approximately the size of a carry-on luggage suitcase
- Between 5 and 25 kg
- Wired connections are available
- System or device has 110V electrical requirement
OPERATIONS:
- Can be used from 4°C to 41°C
- Performance is not influenced by relative humidity
- Greater than 3 years shelf life
- Greater than 10 years expected life
- Results can be viewed in real-time
- The system or device is currently fully autonomous
- The system software is closed and not available for modification
- The system hardware is closed and not available for modification
DETECTION:
- This system does not test liquids
- Excellent specificity. System has occasional false alarms under certain conditions (<2%)
- <1x10-6 mg/m3
- System currently can identify aerosolized chemical agent
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