By Dr. Norbert Klöpper, Product Manager, Bruker Daltonics, Bruker Daltonics Inc.
SubscribeBruker Daltonics Inc. is a worldwide leader in supplying mass-spectrometry based products and systems for substance detection and pathogen identification in security, defense, and law enforcement applications.
Our products range from hand-held devices for portable, personal use, to large-scale monitoring and detection systems used in aircraft, in ground installations, and even at sea. Our versatile line of products includes detectors for radiation, biological agents, chemical warfare agents, toxic industrial chemicals, pollutants, drugs, contraband, explosives, and environmental compounds. Applications include, but are not limited to, military, security, civil defense, environmental compliance, air monitoring, HVAC monitoring, emergency response, disaster management, point of entry screening, and safety. Bruker Daltonics develops customized software for each instrument and is world renowned for system integration capabilities. Bruker Daltonics also has a very robust research development at three locations in the US & Germany. The combined Bruker companies have market-leading expertise in NMR, Infrared, X-RAY, Ion Mobility, and Mass Spectrometry technologies.
Bruker Daltonics Inc. is the only manufacturer who covers the complete range of chemical, biological, and nuclear detection. The product lines are based on a broad technological platform including mass spectrometry (MS), ion mobility spectrometry (IMS), infrared spectroscopy (IR), as well as others.
Bruker Daltonics Inc. has 20 years experience in the development, engineering, and manufacturing of sensitive, easy to use, and military hardened analytical systems. Bruker is of course ISO 9001 certified.
The product line includes the SVG 2, which represents the new generation of nuclear radiation detectors. The SVG 2 is a hand-held, hardened microprocessor controlled radiation detector, based on state-of-the-art semiconductor technology. It is equipped with integrated sensors for gamma and neutron radiation detection, and an external a/b-g probe. A broad range for g-dose rate is covered (10 nGy/h - 20 Gy/h).
The Neutron Induced Gamma Spectrometer or NIGAS is used for the detection of explosives and chemical warfare agents in ammunition and sealed containers. This portable analysis system for non-intrusive identification of CWAs and detection of explosives allows evaluation in less than five minutes. It generates radiation only when activated. It features easy to use software and can be remote controlled.
The Chemical Biological Mass Spectrometer (CBMS) is a military ruggedized mobile ion trap mass spectrometer for the identification of chemical warfare agents and the classification of biological warfare agents. The CBMS, equipped with a virtual impactor and pyrolyzer, is capable of detecting and classifying biological warfare agents in three (3) minutes. The CBMS is used in the US Army’s Biological Integrated Detection System or BIDS.
The Viking 573 is a gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer for faston site detection of hazardous compounds from gases, solids, and liquids. The rugged GC/MS system is designed for fast and simple on site assessment of chemical catastrophes and environmental accidents involving organic compounds. It conducts definitive analysis of compounds and is capable of identifying more than 300,000 chemical compounds in minutes.
The Rapid Alarm and Identification Devices (RAID) use state of the art IMS technology in detecting chemical warfare agents. The RAID instruments are hand held; portable and mounted chemical warfare agent and toxic chemical compound detectors with automatic alarm functions. These detectors can be operated in the field, on vehicles or ships, and in buildings. A mounted version, the RAID-S in the picture below, is designed for long term operation as a trace gas detector in buildings, even as a detector for high volume air conditioning and heating systems. The newest IMS device is the RAID-M pictured below right.
The RAPID is a long distance detection system for chemical defense, security, disaster management, and pollution control. RAPID is based on infrared technology and has the ability to scan the horizon automatically. It can remotely identify most known chemical warfare agents, as well as many important toxic industrial chemicals, over distances of several kilometers. This rugged detector may be mounted on several platforms, and can even detect on the move.
The OPAG22 Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrometer is a robust and compact system equipped with modern technology. It was developed primarily for the remote detection of pollutants. The instrument can be used for measurements in the so-called atmospheric windows. It offers options to expand the spectral region beyond 3000 to meet different requirements. The system is available with two choices of the maximum spectral resolution. The symmetric interferogram acquisition mode can be used with a spectral resolution of up to 1 cm-1 or as an option up to 0.5 cm-1. In addition three different scanning speeds can be used.
The Mobile Mass Spectrometer (MM1) for reconnaissance vehicles is an extremely rugged and field proven GC/MS system for chemical warfare agent detection. The MM1 is the key component in NBC reconnaissance vehicles for no less than the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Saudi Arabia, and South Korea. The MM1 played a key role in Operation Desert Storm.
Contact Information:
Bruker Daltonics, Inc.
40 Manning Road
Billerica, MA 01821
Tel: +1 (978) 663 3660 x 1308
Fax: +1 (978) 667 5993
E-mail: fnt@bdal.com
Website: www.bdal.com
