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Mass Spectrometers for Industrial, Lab & UHP Applications

Mass Spectrometers for Industrial, Lab & UHP Applications

Process Insights provides advanced mass spectrometers and gas analysis systems for continuous, real-time measurement of complex gas mixtures.

Our mass spectrometry solutions help customers understand what is happening in their process as it happens – providing actionable data to improve process control, optimize performance, protect product quality, monitor safety, and detect critical impurities.  From industrial process control and bioreactor monitoring to ultra-high purity gas analysis, we help you select the right mass spectrometry technology for your application.

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Why Choose a Process Insights Process Mass Spectrometer?

EXTREL quadrupole mass spectrometers continuously measure multiple gas components, providing actionable process data for optimization, control, safety, and environmental monitoring.

Industrial Applications Include:

  • Chemical & petrochemical processing
  • Refining
  • Oil & gas
  • Hydrogen production
  • Syngas & gasification
  • Ammonia & methanol
  • Carbon capture
  • Fuel gas analysis
  • Flare gas monitoring
  • Emissions monitoring
  • Toxic gas monitoring
  • Ambient air monitoring
  • Process development

EXTREL quadrupole mass spectrometers and MGA fixed magnetic sector mass spectrometers deliver real-time analysis of bioreactor off-gas and continuous insight into cellular activity and process performance without waiting for offline laboratory results.

 Life Sciences Applications Include:

  • Fermentation monitoring
  • Cell culture monitoring
  • Bioreactor off-gas analysis
  • Oxygen Uptake Rate (OUR)
  • Carbon Dioxide Evolution Rate (CER)
  • Respiratory Quotient (RQ)
  • Bioprocess development
  • Process scale-up
  • Pharmaceutical manufactu

EXTREL quadrupole mass spectrometry provides sensitive, real-time analysis of high-purity gases and complex gas mixtures for demanding semiconductor and advanced manufacturing environments.

Ultra-High Purity Applications Include:

  • Semiconductor manufacturing
  • Electronic specialty gases
  • Bulk gas purity
  • Ultra-high purity gas analysis
  • Trace impurity monitoring
  • Process gas qualification
  • Gas distribution systems
  • Tool and chamber monitoring
  • Vacuum process monitoring
  • Residual gas analysis
  • Research and advanced materials

Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry – EXTREL

EXTREL quadrupole mass spectrometers provide flexible, fast, multi-component gas analysis for industrial processes, laboratories, environmental monitoring, life sciences, and research.

Key Advantages

  • Real-time multi-component analysis
  • Fast response to process changes
  • Broad measurement capability
  • Flexible configurations
  • Industrial and laboratory systems
  • Advanced research capabilities

Best suited for: complex gas mixtures, changing processes, multi-component measurement, research, environmental monitoring, and process control.

Quadrupole Mass Spec Applications

HIGH MASS RANGE ANALYSIS

Scientific research involving Molecular ClustersIon Clusters and Nanostructures rely on Quadrupole Mass Filters that are capable of transmitting ions of high molecular weight or m/z ratios.  Learn more

Fixed Magnetic Sector Mass Spectrometry – MGA

MGA fixed magnetic sector mass spectrometers provide fast, stable gas analysis for demanding industrial and bioprocess applications.

The technology is particularly well suited for applications requiring rapid measurement of defined gas components across multiple sample streams.

Key Advantages

  • Fast analysis
  • High measurement stability
  • Multi-stream capability
  • Continuous process monitoring
  • Industrial process integration
  • Bioreactor monitoring

Best suited for: fermentation, cell culture, ammonia, ethylene, ethylene oxide, steel processing, and other high-speed process applications.

Fixed Magnetic Sector Mass Spec Applications

Ammonia
> Precise HN ratio
> Steam/carbon ratio
> Methane slippage
> Inert gas buildup
> Catalyst activity

Life Sciences
> Fast & precise OUR, CER, RQ in fermentation
> Greater precision available in cell culture
> Up to 100 reactors monitored at 3 second intervals

Ethylene Oxide
> Precise carbon balance
> Precise oxygen balance
> Selectivity near real-time

Ethylene Cracking
> High-speed cracking severity
measurements
> Multiple furnace capability
> 3 second interval between
furnaces

Steel Processing
> Blast furnace top gas
> Blast furnace burden probes
> Steel converter gas analysis
> Fuel gas mixing control

MAX300-RTG™ Industrial Series Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer

EXTREL™ Real-time industrial gas analyzer for multi-species process control, environmental compliance & ambient air monitoring
extrel max300-rtg 2.0 quadrupole mass spectrometer

MAX300-LG™ Lab Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer

EXTREL™ Real-time gas analyzer for research laboratories, pilot plants, and process development and trace gas detection
Process Insights_Extrel MAX300-LG

MAX300 UHP™ Series Quadrupole Mass Spectrometers

EXTREL™ Real-time gas analyzer for UHP process control and purity measurements, gas recycling, IQC monitoring
Optimize Your Analysis with the MAX300 UHP Series Mass Spectrometer

MAX300-TGM™ Toxic Gas Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer

EXTREL™ Real-time gas analyzer to continuously detect and quantify hazardous gases across industrial facilities
Process Inisights_Extrel MAX300-TGM Toxic Gas Analyzer

MAX300-AIR™ Environmental and Ambient Air Monitoring Mass Spectrometer

EXTREL™ Industrial gas analyzer optimized for environmental and ambient air monitoring and regulatory compliance
Process InisightsExtrel MAX300-AIR

MAX300-BIO™ Bioreactor & Fermentation Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer

EXTREL™ Real-Time gas analyzer for continuous monitoring of fermentation, microbial cultivation, mammalian cell culture, and biopharmaceutical manufacturing
Process Insights_Extrel MAX300-BIO BIOREACTOR GAS ANALYZER

MAX300-CAT™ Lab Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer

EXTREL™ Real-time gas analyzer for fast, high-sensitivity, quantitative gas analyzer for catalysis, reaction monitoring & environmental research
Process Insights_Extrel MAX300-CAT

MAX300-EGA™ Evolved Gas Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer

EXTREL™ for analysis of the effluent of analytical equipment & chemical processes
Process Insights_Extrel MAX300-EGA Evolved Gas Analyzer

APIMS Atmospheric Pressure Ionization Mass Spectrometer

TIGER OPTICS™ Real-time gas analyzer for for ultra-trace impurity detection in ultra-high purity (UHP) gases and critical process environments
Tiger VeraSpec APIMS

VeraSpec™ Molecular Beam & Plasma Analysis System Mass Spectrometer (MBx™)

EXTREL™ for stable, accurate analysis of processes from 10-4 Torr up to & above atmospheric pressure
VeraSpec™ Molecular Beam and Plasma Analysis System

VeraSpec HRQ™ Quadrupole Mass Spectrometers System

EXTREL™ for the fine isotopic analysis of low molecular weight gases
Process Insights_Extrel VeraSpec-HRQ-gas analyer

MAX-QMS™ Flange Mounted Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer

EXTREL™ designed for inclusion in experimental vacuum chamber
Process Insights_Extrel MAX-QMS FLANGE MOUNTED SYSTEM

Lamp Analyzer Quadrupole Mass System

EXTREL™ for quality assurance measurements in lamp manufacturing
Process Insights_Extrel Lamp-Analyzer

RGA™ Residual Gas Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer

EXTREL™ ideal for background gas analysis, leak detection & vacuum chamber characterization
VeraSpec™ Molecular Beam and Plasma Analysis System

MS/MS Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer Systems

EXTREL™ turnkey systems ideal for in-depth identification & separation of isomers
Process Insights_Extrel Complete MS Systems

Custom Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer System

EXTREL™ high performance, efficient, scalable solutions
Process Insights_Extrel custom gas mass spec system

Components & Power Supplies

For EXTREL™ Quadrupole Mass Spectrometers & Systems
Process Insights_Extrel Complete MS Systems
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