Bruker Daltonics Announces New Options for its RAID™-AFM Autonomous Facility Monitor
15 June 2007 17:06
Gothenburg, Sweden – At the 9th International CBW Protection Symposium, the Chemical, Biological, Radiation and Nuclear (CBRN) detection business of Bruker Daltonics announced significant new options and capabilities for its RAID-AFM automated facility monitor.
The RAID-AFM product line is designed to monitor large buildings, facilities and key infrastructure for accidents or attacks involving Toxic Industrial Chemicals (TIC) or Chemical Warfare Agents (CWA). The RAID-AFM is of particular value in large buildings, such as government, financial centers, hotels, with targeted deployment in building lobbies and air intake locations. The fixed-site autonomous RAID-AFM is complemented by Bruker's handheld RAID-M chemical detectors for facility walk-throughs and problem localisation.
Bruker Daltonics' RAID-AFM is based on the company's successful line of RAID Ion Mobility Spectrometers (IMS), which feature excellent detection-capabilities and sensitivity, combined with superior false positive rejection compared to other commercial IMS systems or technologies. It can detect and identify up to 20 chemical warfare agents and toxic industrial chemicals with short response times at Immediate Danger to Live and Health (IDLH) levels, and is designed to monitor critical infrastructure and larger buildings on a continuous basis, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, without operator intervention and with minimal annual service requirements.
The RAID-AFM represents state-of-the-art technology to protect key facilities from chemical accidents or potential terrorist attacks using weapons of mass destruction. This new stationary detector meets the evolving demand for a small, affordable instrument that is compatible with other typical building infrastructure, along with web-based diagnostics and control capabilities.
NEW ADVANTAGES OF THE RAID-AFM
The RAID-AFM is now available optionally as a bi-functional fully integrated Nuclear and Chemical (NC) system that can also detect radiological and nuclear threats, including potential attacks using so-called 'dirty bombs' (conventional explosives with radioactive material), in addition to TIC and CWA chemical detection. This combined NC-capability makes the RAID-AFM unique and particularly convenient for many installations.
The RAID-AFM is now also offered with an optional non-radioactive ionisation source, so there are no license requirements for radioactive sources whatsoever in any jurisdiction or country. In many countries, the RAID-AFM, thanks to its standard very low activity ion source, is exempt from radiation safety requirements and requires no registration, record keeping or special disposal even in its standard version. In other countries, even the standard very low activity source does require additional administrative steps, and a non-radioactive source is more convenient.
Dr. Norbert Kloepper, R&D manager for CBRN detection at Bruker Daltonics, commented: "After the launch of the standard RAID-AFM a year ago, the new combined NC-version and the non-radioactive source option are logical next steps to further enhance the capabilities and ease-of-deployment of this product line for homeland security applications. We appreciate the positive customer feedback that we have received so far, and believe these new capabilities will be well received by our international customer base."
For more information on this company:
Bruker Daltonics - Specialist CBRN, CWA and TIC Detectors
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