US Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, Selects JEOL Mass Spectrometers for Five Labs
June 10, 2020 at 02:00 am EDT
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JEOL USA, INC. has been awarded a major contract by the US Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection (DHS – CBP) for five JEOL AccuTOF™ LC-plus 4G Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometers equipped with DART™ (Direct Analysis in Real Time) ion sources. These instruments will enhance the analytical capabilities of five US Customs and Border Protection laboratories across the country. Three additional labs already installed the AccuTOF™ with DART™ in recent years, bringing the total usage to eight across the continental U.S. and Puerto Rico. The AccuTOF™ systems with DART™ will be used by CBP scientists as a non-destructive, rapid means to analyze many types of forensic samples including drugs, suspected controlled substances, unknown substances, and general organic materials. The AccuTOF™ systems with DART™ will also allow the laboratories to quickly screen imported merchandise entering the United States that may violate Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders. The AccuTOF™ mass spectrometer with DART™ allows the user to immediately determine chemical composition and produce high-resolution, accurate mass spectra by simply placing a sample in its native form between the DART™ ion source and the AccuTOF™ mass spectrometer inlet. Little to no sample preparation is required, unlike traditional analysis with mass spectrometry. The DART™ was invented at JEOL USA by Cody and Laramee specifically for integration with the AccuTOF™ and this proven technology is used routinely by many crime and forensics labs for investigations or screening.
JEOL Ltd. is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in the manufacture, sale, maintenance, development and research of scientific instruments, semiconductor related equipment, industrial and medical equipment, and related products and parts. It operates through three business segments. Science and Measurement Equipment segment manufactures and sells three types of equipment. Electron optical devices include electron microscopes, peripheral devices and others. Analytical instruments include nuclear magnetic resonance equipment, electron spin resonance equipment and others. Measurement and inspection equipment include scanning electron microscopes, analytical scanning electron microscopes, peripheral equipment and others. Industrial Equipment segment manufactures and sells electron beam lithography equipment, linear electron guns and power supplies and others. Medical Equipment segment manufactures and sells clinical test information processing systems, and automatic amino acid analyzers.