Axcend’s® Axcend Focus LC® is a breakthrough, fully portable, high-performance liquid chromatography system that can be hand-carried anywhere and used on-the-spot: within a laboratory, inside a glove box, on a scientist’s desk, on a manufacturing line, and yes, even in the field.
Never before has such HPLC flexibility been available — until now!
The Axcend Focus LC delivers greater sensitivity than other UV-absorption-based HPLC systems, producing accurate test results rapidly, while using 1/500th of the solvents and generating 1/500th the waste.
The award-winning design of the Axcend Focus LC utilizes compact, tool-less and easily swappable cartridges to make modifying hardware settings fast and easy, something not found with most HPLCs.
Additionally, integrating the Axcend Focus LC with other instruments is a snap, whether you want the added sensitivity of a mass spectrometer or need the repeatability delivered by auto samplers.
Lastly, not only is the the Axcend Focus LC highly competitive price-wise, but the ongoing costs to operate this capillary HPLC may be as low as 1/1400th of your current expenses for solvents and waste disposal.
Developed in the laboratories of Prof. Milton L. Lee at Brigham Young University as the world’s first truly mobile gradient LC system, the Axcend Focus LC creates new opportunities and greater flexibility for conducting mobile and stationary analyses.
Axcend Focus LC® (height x width x depth)
20.1 cm x 23.1 cm x 32.0 cm (7.9 in x 9.1 in x 12.6 in)
Weight (without cartridge): 7.82 kg (17.25 lbs)
Axcend Focus LC® cartridges (height x width x depth)
4.1 cm x 11.2 cm x 18.8 cm (1.6 in x 4.4 in x 7.4 in)
Single detector cartridge: 0.26 kg (9.0 oz.)
Dual detector cartridge: 0.29 kg (10.1 oz.)
Solvent and waste vials (height x diameter)
Solvent-A Vial: 6.0 cm x 1.6 cm (2.38 in x 0.63 in)
Solvent-A Vial (volume): 9.0 mL
Solvent-B Vial: 4.5 cm x 1.5 cm (1.75 in x 0.56 in)
Solvent-B Vial (volume): 5.0 mL
Waste Vial: 7.0 cm x 2.0 cm (2.75 in x 0.81 in)
Waste Vial (volume): 17.0 mL
Axcend Focus LC® cartridge
Basic one-way manual insertion/removal
Hand-tightened AssurLoc™ system offers leak prevention and ferrule alignment
Sample delivery
Topside port with automated or manual injection
Solvent and waste vial access
Front panel insertion into or removal from the Axcend Focus LC® front panel can be performed easily
Power
One-button Start/Stop control
Pressure
Up to 10,000 psi (689 bar)
UV-absorption detectors (single or dual)
255 or 275 nm wavelength
Capillary columns (single or dual)
Length: 50, 100, 150, 200, or 250 mm
Internal Diameter (ID): 150 μm
Packing material
Standard: 1.7–3.0 μm fused silica particles
Optional: Up to 5.0 μm, with other packing
Flow rate range
0.5–10 μL/minute
Delay volume
1.0 μL
pH range
2.0–10.0
The shoebox-sized Axcend Focus LC is a lightweight HPLC designed for both field and laboratory use.
Number of solvents
Up to two: A and/or B
Injection volume range
External loop: 175 nL and greater
Internal loop: 4, 10, 20, 30, or 40 nL
Injection modes
Automated and manual
Gradient formation
High-pressure mixing, binary gradient
Flow ramping
User-defined using software interface
Primary wetted materials
Solvent and waste storage
All vials can be easily accessed and integrated within the Axcend Focus LC®.
The Axcend Focus LC®’s secure wireless and wired HPLC output and control take place through computers that support HTML5. The main computer operating systems that are supported include:
AC
100–240 V (AC); 50/60 Hz; 1.4 amp
DC (battery)
12 V (DC), 126 Wh (LiFePO4, with higher chemical and thermal stability compared to standard Li-ion batteries)
Operating time
10+ hours without recharging
Expected life
Over 2000 charge/discharge cycles