Suite spectra
Dave Woodward
Product Specialist
Most analytical chemistry labs use a variety of spectroscopic
and chromatographic instruments, often from different manufacturers,
with a whole range of different, proprietary file formats. Handling all
this data can be a nightmare – unless
you use new GRAMS 8.
Providing an integrated environment in which to capture, store, process
and report data derived from multiple analytical instruments is a challenging
task – but one that
the GRAMS suite of software is more than equal to.
GRAMS can read spectroscopic
and chromatographic data from just about every significant instrument manufacturer,
applying a common file format that makes it much easier to compare, analyse
and store your results.
All the processing is done off-line, letting your
expensive instruments get on with the job they’re there
for, rather than taking up valuable time processing data. GRAMS’s
analytical capabilities range from simple peak fitting to complex, multivariate
chemometrics.
The latest version, GRAMS 8, incorporates an
instrument data viewer (Envision) that can host plug-in processing and
reporting modules. That means you can work with ‘live’ spectral
data on your desktop rather than relying on static snapshots or purchasing
multiple workstation licences from several vendors – and
link the data to electronic lab notebooks, LIMS and other corporate systems.
GRAMS 8 also includes Spectral DB, a unique desktop data management
tool for organising spectra and chromatograms into a database. Setting
up a centralised, shared spectral database provides research groups with
an efficient means of accessing and manipulating data, standardising their
data analysis environment and providing a common platform for developing
spectral processing algorithms and chemometric models. There’s
a broad range of options also available for GRAMS 8 – why not get
hold of a copy of the GRAMS
Spectroscopy Suite product guide for the full
story? |
