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Hi all,
Would like to know a couple of good trouble free GC machine (with their liquid/head space auto samplers) manufactures.
My boss says price is not a issue at all..

best wishes

I'll throw my $0.02 in. I am a very devoted user of Agilent equipment. I have found everything I've ever purchased from them to be rugged and problem free. I will say that I haven't been completely happy with the new Chemstation and how it interfaces with the PAL autosampler but I'm working through it. My vote is still overwhelmingly for Agilent.

Please remember that machines do work and instruments make measurements. A GC system of any variety is an instrument. Good luck with your purchase!

Hi

You are very lucky to have a "price isn't an issue" commitment.

You will find that we all have our favourites (most manufacturers instruments work well at the end of the day) but I agree with rb6banjo's Agilent comments - or rb6 for short

One thing that is worth considering is the quality of the back up/servicing and parts/consumables availability in the region that you live.

What samples/analysis are you considering and could have in the future?

Regards

Ralph

same thing here, only change Agilent into Thermo

Most important thing is to have a good service crew nearby.
And not to tell the sales rep. that money is not an issue

I'll throw my $0.02 in. I am a very devoted user of Agilent equipment. I have found everything I've ever purchased from them to be rugged and problem free.

That's been my experience base too, with GC and HPLC, just Agilent. So I can't comment on other brands.

I will say that having all our stuff use the same software was a plus.

I have been using Agilent since it was HP and also used some Varian before they were purchased by Agilent, so my vote is with Agilent also.

I never really used the Chemstation for GC work, we always used the MSDChemstation even for FID and ECD work, just like how it processes things better. Not sure what software I would go with now since Mass Hunter has replaced it. If you plan on running a mass spec in the future you may want to look into using Mass Hunter since it would allow you to use the same software for everything instead of learning two software packages.

Hi tarzan11_11

You have had some very useful replies, comments and salient points from all of the above contributors. It is a topic that keeps coming up.

Please let us know

a) what your analytical requirements are

b) how you get on - to share with the forum

Regards

Ralph

Hi tarzan11_11

You have had some very useful replies, comments and salient points from all of the above contributors. It is a topic that keeps coming up.

Please let us know

a) what your analytical requirements are

b) how you get on - to share with the forum

Regards

Ralph

Hi ...
We are into Radio pharmaceuticals .. set of Synthetic Organic Chemists

As far as GC is concerned .. we will be looking into residual solvent analysis .. and our expertise is not that great ...

It depends on the detector you'll need. So far i have experience mainly on Agilent and of course they are good. We also have a Shimadzu GC2010 with dual inj dual detector (ECD+FID).
The software is not very intuitive but so far we didn't have any hardware problem and it runs almost everyday since 2012. I've found shimadzu's FID to be VERY good.

Hello

Hi all,
Would like to know a couple of good trouble free GC machine (with their liquid/head space auto samplers) manufactures.
My boss says price is not a issue at all..

best wishes

First of all...before you think about exact model or vendor, you should answer yourself few questions to narrow it down :

1.What kind of samples I have - how many compounds, matrix etc. - type of sampling technique
2.Detection - what kind of analytes I have (characteristic groups etc). What detectors I need?
3.Limit of detection - traces? or just qualitative
4.How often I will change methods/columns etc - perhaps GC with 2 channels/different inlets/detectors
5.Will I have good service for GC in my area? It is very important ! Is it expensive?
6. Software - is it complicated? Will I have all options (reports) I need?

Then you can narrow it down a bit and choose GC for you.

Good luck

Regards

Tomasz Kubowicz

Agilant is good to use....

Agilent as well.

I also use G1701 MSD chemstation for all gc work. In fact it even analyses CE-DAD data.

Hmmm right...

Hi have a look at the new Intuvo 9000 Series from Agilent, worries free GC. Connects Headspace, Liquidsampler and MS, SQ and QQQ.
Runs on the latest OpenLAB 2 software, OpenLAB EZChrom and OpenLAB ChemStation.

Good to know about new Intuvo 9000 Series from Agilent. Great!