At analytica 2024, the world's leading trade fair for the laboratory sector in Munich, we spontaneously asked some of our customers to share their experience with Metrohm. Watch the videos below to learn more about the collaboration, instrumentation, and service and support by Metrohm directly from customers.
OMNIS platform: Maximum efficiency and reliability
Dr. Martin Niehues, laboratory manager at Nitrochemie Aschau GmbH in Germany, describes the advantages of the OMNIS platform from Metrohm for routine moisture analysis. Karl Fischer titration results can be used directly in the OMNIS Software to calibrate the OMNIS NIR Analyzer, saving time and effort. Dr. Niehues also mentions in this interview that corporations such as Nitrochemie AG with several laboratories can use OMNIS to centrally manage their routine analytics in a client/server network.
Handheld Raman spectroscopy: A compact alternative
Markus Bertko from Protina, a pharmaceutical manufacturer of organic mineral preparations, points out some key advantages of handheld Raman spectrometers for pharmaceutical companies. He highlights the compact size of the MIRA P handheld Raman analyzer from Metrohm, as well as its ability to measure through bags and containers, the database, and that the instrument can be validated.
Learn more about Raman spectroscopy in the pharmaceutical industry in our blog
OMNIS Sample Robot Oven: High-throughput, robust coulometric KF titration
Dr. Fischer, scientific director at OELCHECK, underlines the robustness and higher capacity of the new OMNIS Sample Robot Oven. The sample robot can be equipped with up to two Oven Modules, allowing various sample vials to be analyzed in parallel. At OELCHECK, this setup could be used to analyze different oils, primarily hydraulic oils, turbine oils, and gear oils.
Blog article: Oven method for sample preparation in Karl Fischer titration
Blog article: ASTM D6304: Easier determination of moisture in petroleum products
Metrohm product portfolio: A variety of robust and reliable instruments
Dr. Tröster, Head of the laboratory at MAN Energy Solutions, explains the impact climate protection regulations have on producers of gas and diesel engines for ships. Their engines can cope with different fuels, such as heavy oil, diesel or liquefied natural gas (LNG). In the future, methanol will play a key role providing new analytical challenges. MAN Energy solutions uses different instruments for quality assurance and control: titrators for standard parameters in fuels, Rancimat for oxidation stability measurements in biodiesel, and ion chromatographs for analyzing impurities in methanol.
Application Note: Oxidation stability of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME, biodiesel)
Application Note: Chloride, nitrate, and sulfate in methanol
Metrohm: Great application support, quality, and modularity
Mr Wetzel, Technical Manager Lab Courses at the Technical University of Munich, has been working with Metrohm instruments for 25 years. He shares his experiences with different titrators, ion chromatographs, and Raman spectrometers, praising the outstanding application support, quality, and modularity of Metrohm’s equipment.
Developing new tools for innovative electrochemical analysis
Professor Matysik from the University of Regensburg has been a Metrohm customer for many years. He works in the area of analytical electrochemistry and develops hyphenated technologies such as capillary electrophoresis coupled with electrochemical detection or electrochemistry coupled with mass spectrometry. For this, he uses electrochemical equipment from Metrohm, such as DropSens sensors.
Learn more about DropSens sensors: