Custom GC Solutions
Bespoke Custom GC Solutions– fully configured and designed to meet your specific needs.
At SCION, we work closely with customers to deliver custom GC solutions across a wide range of industries, each with its unique needs. Our expertise in creating personalized GC solutions stems from our Varian roots, with over 25 years of experience.
Our team at SCION recognizes the critical importance of precision and accuracy in analytical testing. We are committed to providing exceptional customer service and support throughout the entire process. From initial consultation to installation and training, we ensure that your custom GC solution meets and exceeds your expectations.
With our advanced manufacturing facility in the Netherlands, we guarantee the quality and reliability of our Gas Chromatography instruments. This level of control enables us to quickly adapt to any necessary changes or modifications to optimize your custom GC system.
Partnering with SCION means working with a team of experts dedicated to helping you achieve your analytical goals efficiently and effectively. We help streamline your analytical processes and enhance the overall performance of your organization with our custom GC solutions.
Additionally, SCION offers a broad range of preconfigured Gas Chromatography (GC) systems tailored to specific methods and applications, designed to simplify and improve the user experience.
Turn-Key Solutions
We offer two Turn-Key Solutions to meet your specific analytical needs:
Standard Method GC Systems
Our Standard Method GC Systems come with the method fully developed and validated, ensuring simple installation and immediate use. This approach boosts productivity and instills confidence in your results from the very first injection.
Custom GC Solutions
When a Standard Method Compliant GC System doesn’t meet your unique requirements or if you need something entirely different, SCION collaborates with you to design and produce a Custom GC Solution. This includes:
- Custom GC Solutions to meet the needs of different industries
- Custom GC Systems that are configured and tested per specific customer requirements
- Configuration provided via custom factory modification
- Complete performance testing performed by factory in accordance with customers’ request
- No need for you to do method development/optimisation (optional service)
- No setting up a new system with columns for the first time or making an application.
- You get the system fully set up and designed to meet your specific needs.
- Making it easy to use and robust
Why choose a Custom GC Solution ?
There are many circumstances when choosing a Custom GC Solution can prove to be the best investment choice for your laboratory.
For example, a custom measurement solution could:
Provide you with a fully pre-configured system ready to meet your specific needs
Saving you time and money, and giving you an easy to use robust solution
Provide the full method, designed and tested for you:
Saving you time and money, delivering the accuracy and repeatability your require
Give you optimised analysis times:
Saving you time and money, and achieving greater throughput
Provide automated injection and /or backflushing:
Better repeatability of results; protection of columns and detection systems
Deliver multiple applications in one Custom-GC:
Less laboratory space needed, lower cost
Provide you with automated analysis:
Simplifying and speeding up the analysis process
Be ideal if your samples are difficult, or dangerous to handle:
Example: toxic/ pressurized gas samples
Ultimately reducing your cost per analysis
Typical Additional Value
- Simple set-up for easy operation and maintenance
- Analysis with GC method / method development
- Full solution documentation provided, including tuning manual and trouble shooting
- Pre-installation requirements satisfied
- Test results provided
- All drawings included
- Demonstrated analysis with set standards and the option of testing with your own samples on your system as part of the factory acceptance procedure *
* requires prior agreement and specification in the custom configuration proposal
The Customisation Process
SCION Instruments have designed and delivered Custom GC Solutions for customers worldwide. We have the ISO 9001 Quality Management processes in place to ensure a smooth project, with highly experience technical sales and a dedicated custom solutions engineering department located at our manufacturing headquarters in Goes, Netherlands.
Building on our world class SCION GC platforms (8300 GC & 8500 GC), we will work with you to configure and deliver a solution for your exact needs.
So, how do you work with us, and what does the process look like ?
1. Describe your samples and analytical objectives to us
You can start the process now by completing the Custom GC Solution specification form on
Working with your sales specialist, we will help you further define your specific analytical requirements https://scioninstruments.com/
2. We will then propose a custom system design (including testing requirements), tailored to your specific needs
3. The Custom Configuration Proposal will include a quotation, system configuration, parts listing, a description of the Demonstrated Analysis that needs to be developed, and timescales for delivery and installation
4. When the proposal is accepted we will build a system to meet your objectives
5. To complete your Custom GC Solution (if required) we can also develop your method and demonstrate the performance according to your specifications prior to shipment
6. Optional factory acceptance testing where you can visit the factory to see your system performing in the factory before it gets shipped
7. We arrange shipping of your Custom GC Solution, installation, and any onsite validation (meeting any customer specific analysis requirements)
8. We can also train your staff on your new Custom Measurement GC Solution and methods
Example Custom Solutions
Over the years our specialists have been innovating and creating new solutions for upcoming analysis challenges. Here are just some examples of Custom GC Solutions we have successfully provided to previous customers:
- Gas purity analysis: sub ppm level determination of permanent gases in high purity hydrogen, helium, nitrogen, food-grade carbon dioxide etc
- Extreme low level (ppt) determination using SPT; environmental applications
- Sample storage/analysis using multi-stream-selectors
- Ammonia analysis
- Chlorine analysis
- Sour gas analysis systems