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PhenoTron

Lemnatec™ PhenoTron

Combined Phenotyping and Growth Cabinet

Portable Analytical Solutions

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The LemnaTec PhenoTron is a versatile instrument for a broad range of phenotyping applications in laboratories. 

It combines the imaging and image processing capabilities of a LabScanalyzer with the advantages of a climate-controlled growth cabinet. Thus, prime sample types are such that require environmental control during the phenotyping process, such as seeds or seedlings that are observed in continuous time series. Imaging of samples that do not stay continuously in the cabinet is equally possible. Thus, the PhenoTron allows imaging of many different types of biological samples including plants as well as samples in plates:

  • Seedlings and small plants in pots or small trays
  • samples in microtiter plates or petri-dishes, e.g. seeds, leaf disks, insects
  • samples in beakers, e.g. duckweed for ecotoxicology testing
  • detached plant parts, e.g. leaves, fruits, roots, tubers

The core compartment of the LemnaTec PhenoTron consists of a climate controlled growth chamber (15°C to 40°C ± 3°C) with tunable LED light sources. It has up to 16 groups of LEDs in different spectral bands between 350 and 850 nm, which can be controlled independently. Top stereo RGB cameras deliver data for many phenotyping applications. The system is operated via a touch-screen interface with intuitive controls.

PhenoTron configuration
PhenoTron cabinetH: 870 mm
W: 880 mm
D: 680 mm
Temperature controlControl of air temperature: 15°C to 40°C ± 3°C
RGB cameraVisible light imaging for count, size, morphology and colour of the objects

HyperAIxpert

Lemnatec HyperAIxpert

Portable Analytical Solutions

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The most flexible multi-sensor laboratory phenotyping system for Arabidopsis, seedlings, petri dishes, MTPs, and many more sample types.

  • Rapid digital analysis of phenotypic traits
  • Large set of sensor options
  • Advanced analytical software and machine learning
  • Standardized and repeatable data acquisition
  • High throughput
  • Pots, trays, dishes, MTPs, beakers
  • Adaptors for many sample types
  • Up to 40 cm sample height with manual loading
  • Up to 20 cm with automated sample loader

Features:

  • Experiment-driven design
  • High-resolution phenotyping
  • Comprehensive machine-learning based analytical software
  • All major phenotyping cameras and sensors available
  • Configurable multi-sensor imaging
  • Automatic sample loading available
  • Integrable into climate chambers

SeedAIxpert

Lemnatec SeedAIxpert

Portable Analytical Solutions

seed aixpert
seed aixpert

The fastest digital seed testing system measuring seed, germination, and seedling emergence quality.

  • For paper-based germination assays and seedling emergence tests
  • Save time and labor in seed testing
  • Overcome inconsistent assessments by digitizing the inspection
  • Reproducible and standardizable through unified imaging and analysis
  • The digital seed testing system for breeders, testing labs, and researchers

Features:

  • Reliable technology that makes seed testing easy
  • Image acquisition, storage, analysis, and retrieval
  • Image annotation, metadata recording
  • Metadata and annotation directly linked to image
  • Advanced image processing algorithms including machine learning
  • Structured image file administration system
  • Easy export of images, data, and analyses
  • Intuitive graphical user interface
  • High-resolution industrial camera
  • Artificial intelligence enables seed and seedling quality assessments

For more details, download the brochure

PhenoAIxpert

Lemnatec PhenoAIxpert

Portable Analytical Solutions

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lemnatec phenoaixpert

The versatile phenotyping system for laboratories – your entry to the phenotyping world.

  • For many sample types in plant research, breeding and beyond
  • Save time and labor in phenotyping
  • Application-oriented analytical workflows
  • Reproducible and standardizable through unified image and information storage, and analyses
  • The laboratory phenotyping system is available in three models – PhenoAIxpert, PhenoAIxpert Pro, PhenoAIxpert Root

Features:

  • Reliable technology, advanced image processing
  • Image acquisition, storage, and analysis
  • Image processing algorithms, optional machine learning
  • Metadata, annotation, and analysis directly linked to image
  • Structured image file administration system

For more details, download the brochure

ImageAIxpert

Lemnatec ImageAIxpert

Portable Analytical Solutions

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The universal laboratory documentation imager that reliably captures, stores and retrieves images of laboratory samples.

  • For many sample types in biology and beyond
  • Save time and labor in documentation tasks
  • Overcome inconsistent image acquisition and storage
  • Reproducible and standardizable through unified image and information storage
  • The documenting system that allows upgrading to a fully-functional phenotyping system

Features:

  • Reliable technology that makes documenting easy
  • Image acquisition, storage, and retrieval
  • Image annotation, metadata recording
  • Metadata and annotation directly linked to image
  • Structured image file administration system
  • Easy export of images and data
  • Intuitive graphical user interface12 Megapixel industrial camera

Key Applications for the ImageAIxpert

plant phenotypes, hyperspectral imaging, phenotyping

New distribution partnership with LemnaTec GmbH

New distribution partnership with LemnaTec GmbH

Portable Analytical Solutions is pleased to announce a new distribution partnership with LemnaTec GmbH, a global specialist for digital phenotyping and digital seed testing.

Juergen Kreis, Managing Director of LemnaTec explains “With this move, LemnaTec broadens its presence in the South Pacific and strengthens support for its customers in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Island regions. With our growing range of phenotyping solutions, customer proximity and consulting competence are of paramount importance. With PAS, we have found an experienced partner that brings added value to our local customers through its excellent technical understanding as well as its wide range of complementary products.”

Paul Martin, our very own Managing Director at PAS, says “With the growing market space of Plant Phenotyping in our region PAS is excited to partner with LemnaTec to bring great products to our customers and support the current LemnaTec customers in the region. Supplying complete solutions to our customers is important to PAS, and we see a great future ahead with the LemnaTec product portfolio.”

For over 11 years, Portable Analytical Solutions has proudly supplied scientific product solutions to industrial, governmental, education, research and science institutions throughout Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific Islands. PAS focus is on the supply of Lab to Field Solutions to improve application development, implementation and support for our customers and their products. For further information, please contact us.

Airborne Hyperspectral Imaging Solutions

AERIAL HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING SOLUTIONS

Created By Analytik, United kingdom

Watch the video to find out more about aerial hyperspectral imaging.

To appreciate the significance of aerial hyperspectral imaging, Analytik has created an informative video to understand what hyperspectral imaging is, and how it works.

Aerial Hyperspectral Imaging (or Remote Sensing) collects and process information across different bands of the electromagnetic spectrum via an aerial vehicle, such as a drone. Hyperspectral Imaging Sensors collect spectral information from a large area (such as a forest) as a set of images, allowing the identification of objects and materials through their individual characteristics (or “spectral fingerprint”).

The electromagnetic spectrum consists of multiple bands of electromagnetic radiation which is separated by size and frequency.

Want to learn more? Continue watching the video provided by Analytik to understand more about hyperspectral imaging.

HeadWall Products

Aerial Solution example

 VNIR-SWIR CO-ALIGNED + INTERNAL DATA STORAGE + GPS-IMU

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Headwall’s Co-Aligned Dual VNIR-SWIR sensor package with co-aligned pixels for superb imaging performance from 400-2500nm.

Key Benefits of the Hyperspec VNIR – SWIR Co-Aligned from HeadWall Photonics.

  • Superb imaging performance
  • Wideband coverage
  • Pixel co-alignment through software
  • Small form-factor, lightweight
  • Robust and environmentally rugged
  • Aberration-corrected
  • High spatial and spectral resolution
  • Wide field-of-view

View the quick start for aerial Systems – witness application examples

Headwall has released a serious of quick start videos for Aerial Systems demonstrating application examples and how to use the Software & Systems. Simply check them out below……

Quick Start UAV-Nano Part 01: Unboxing

Quick Start UAV-Nano Part 02: Software Pre Flight Preparation

Quick Start UAV-Nano Part 03: Flight and Data Download

Quick Start UAV-Nano Part 04A: Data Post Processing

Quick Start UAV Nano Part 04B: Post-Processing of High-Performance GPS/IMU Data

Webinars & Demos: Software & Systems

Headwall LiDAR Tools Tutorial with Examples of LAS DEM HSI-LiDAR Fusion

Headwall Hyperspectral Imaging Seminar at the University of Colorado – Boulder

Important COVID-19 Announcement: Portable Analytical Solutions

Important COVID-19 Announcement:

Portable Analytical Solutions

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As the COVID-19 virus and its impact continues to evolve on a daily basis, PAS remains focused on the health and safety of our employees and customers, as well as our community.

We’re doing everything we can to continue delivering our products and services to minimise any impact to our clients. We have implemented some travel restrictions on our staff, but we are still here to support you and your needs. We are working hard to ensure an uninterrupted, dependable service is delivered by our Sales, Customer Service, Support and Administration staff.

 

Continuation of PAS Virtual Demos / Training:
Until further notice, our Product and Sales teams are continuing to offer and assist in virtual demonstrations. Please contact our Sales team for further information.

With many staff now working from home, we are still able to offer online/VC user and radiation training where attendees are located in multiple locations.

 

PAS Customer Support:
Our Customer Service team is still fully operational and available for support, instrument repairs, and spare parts. They can be reached using the following contact information:
+61 2 4381 2844
info@portableas.com

 

PAS Visitors:
We are currently limiting the number of Sales and Administration employees working at our office facility. If you wish to visit our office, please call in advance to inform us.

 

PAS Building / Equipment Sanitation:
To protect our staff and customers, we are cleaning and disinfecting all work areas and equipment as per suggested government guidelines. Products entering and leaving the Service Department will also be cleaned.

We will continue to closely monitor the situation, stay focused on keeping our employees healthy, and provide the support you need.

 

Regards,

Paul Martin
Managing Director
Portable Analytical Solutions Pty Ltd.

MicroPHAZIR AS Performance Application Note 2020

Measurement of Asbestos Containing Materials using a Portable NIR Instrument

Dr Jimmy Bester, Paul Martin, Sydney Australia

Abstract

Portable Near-­Infrared (PNIR) spectroscopy has been effectively and reliably used to measure minerals in a wide variety of samples. The identification of Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM) is possible by PNIR and as such, the performance of the products and the results generated are of great interest to industry. Comparing results obtained via laboratory ­based PLM­DS technique and that of PNIR is key to demonstrating the performance and improved capability of these portable instruments.

Introduction

Current industry standards for measuring ACM requires a portion of the sample to be removed from its location and sent to a laboratory for analysis by Polarized Light Microscopy with Dispersion Staining. Although this is an accredited method, there are several technical challenges to PLM including, but not limited to the technical skill of an operator to interpret what is being visually seen, that it can only detect 3 types of asbestos accurately adding to the time delays on getting results back from the lab.
However, measurement of ACM by PNIR allows for the detection of 6 regulated asbestos minerals including chrysotile, crocidolite, anthophyllite, tremolite, actinolite and amosite, meaning a high chance to correctly identify the presence of ACM if contained in the sample. The PNIR is simple to use as in most cases the samples are not required to be removed from the site and testing times of approximately 6 sec, allows for a rapid in­situ screen of possible ACM material.

 

Experiment

Two (2) Version 5 ThermoScientific microPHAZIR AS Spectrometers were used by trained operators to analyse a total of 49 mixed origin samples. These particular samples were chosen as they are used in the NATA laboratory round­-robin proficiency testing programme and were accessed for analysing to compare the PLM­DS technique and the PNIR results as accurately as possible.

Each of the 49 samples was scanned 5 times by both PNIR instruments, by placing the sample in contact with the nose of the PNIR and measuring for the fixed time of approximately 6 sec. A large proportion of the samples provided were smaller than the AS 9649 Standard recommendation of 10mm2 but the design of the instrument made it possible to make diffuse reflection measurements from the portion of the sample. The sample was relocated after each scan in order to cover as large an area of the sample as possible, this simulated ‘on­site’ analysis conditions and no additional sample preparation was carried out.

Results from the PNIR were reported on the device as the measured type of asbestos, but as the PNIR instruments are primarily used for detecting the presence or absence of ACM, results were converted to ACM present or NAD (No Asbestos Detected). Results were reported by averaging the 5 readings i.e. 3 or more of the same reading indicating the result. Table 1 shows the average results for each instrument compared to the PLM lab data

MicroPHAZIR AS Asbestos Analyser
Thermo Scientific’s microPHAZIR AS can provide ACM identification in seconds

 Thermo Scientific’s microPHAZIR AS can provide ACM identification in seconds

Table 1 Average of results or all samples

Table 1 Average of results or all samples

Results

Results for each sample obtained from the two PNIR instruments can be seen in Table 1, results were constant between the two PNIR instruments, indicating the stability of both the instruments and the calibration modes. Worth noting, for samples identified as UMF (unknown Mineral Fibres) by PLM methods, PNIRS results are assumed to be correct as NAD.
In summary both PNIR instruments correctly read 48 of the 49 samples or 98%, with both instruments incorrectly reading sample PRC­-1 the putty sample. This one incorrect reading was not investigated further for the purpose of this application note, but maybe later.

Table 2 Summary table

Table 2 Summary table

Conclusion

Based on the results obtained, it is clear that the microPHAZIR AS PNIR is able to consistently and repeatably measure a wide range of ACM materials.

The use of the microPHAZIR AS in the waste transfer, demolition, emergency response and other critical applications is highly beneficial to improving the safety and protection of workers and the public.

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Note: For more details on this application note please request a copy of the PAS­ technical paper “PORTABLE NEAR­INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (PNIRS) TECHNOLOGY FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF ASBESTOS IN BUILDING MATERIALS’ by emailing sale@portableas.com

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FP-LIMS

FP-LIMS

Fink & Partner – FP-LIMS software solution for unique laboratory analyses.

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With the FP-LIMS, Innovative functions enable flexible laboratory applications.

With thousands of results measured on portable instruments every year, the powerful LIMS database software by Fink and Partner, you can now have your results firmly under control in a combined data management system. With [FP]-LIMS, you can not only monitor individual work processes but also ensure compliance with demanding regulations and standards, meet your documentation obligations without errors, manage samples, evaluate important key figures and react quickly to bottlenecks in the workflow.

Thanks to the universal, easily integrated interfaces of the [FP]-LIMS software and our extensive, cross-sector expertise, all measurement and ERP systems can be networked with each other.

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