Bruker Introduces Actively Refrigerated Ascend™ Aeon Magnet Product Line
April 15 2013 - 6:00AM
Business Wire
At the 54th Experimental NMR Conference (ENC), Bruker introduces
new Ascend™ Aeon 600 and 700 superconducting,
nitrogen-free magnet systems, which feature fully integrated Helium
reliquefaction. The unique Aeon technology enables long-term
care-free operation without the need for user maintenance and
without compromising Bruker’s industry-leading NMR performance. By
obviating the need for liquid helium and nitrogen refills, the
Ascend Aeon 600 and 700 MHz magnets deliver user convenience
and substantial independence from cryogen supplies. Optional
Ascend Aeon magnets require a higher initial capital
investment than standard 600 and 700 MHz Ascend low-loss
magnets, which require periodic refills of liquid Nitrogen and
liquid Helium, and which will continue to be offered as Bruker’s
standard NMR magnets.
Novel Ascend Aeon 700 magnet with
integrated liquid Helium reliquefaction (Photo: Business Wire)
In addition, Bruker now also offers actively refrigerated
Ascend Aeon 400 and 500 magnets, which are
nitrogen-free, have very low liquid Helium evaporation rates, and
require liquid Helium refills only every 18 months. These
Ascend Aeon 400 and 500 magnets represent a
cost-effective, convenient surcharge option for routine 400 and 500
MHz NMR customers, and also provide highest quality NMR results. In
recent years, Bruker has already successfully installed close to 20
such Ascend Aeon 400 and 500 magnets in customer
laboratories around the world, with excellent results and field
reliability.
With scheduled refrigeration maintenance service from Bruker,
all Ascend Aeon magnet systems can be operated by customers
in a care-free manner for years. Hundreds of preclinical MRI
customers worldwide have been enjoying this level of convenience
since the introduction of Bruker’s actively refrigerated MRI
magnets more than a decade ago.
With their reduced size and weight, the standard Ascend
magnets, launched by Bruker in the last 3 years, make important
contributions to environmental sustainability and reduce costs due
to significant reductions in Helium consumption of up to 50%,
compared to previous generations of Bruker low-loss magnets. With
this year’s introduction of the new Ascend Aeon technology,
Bruker has now further responded to worldwide concerns regarding
Helium shortages, as well as the rise in Helium costs. Ascend
Aeon magnets achieve this by combining the latest
active-shielding technology with Bruker’s advanced, proprietary
refrigeration designs featuring integrated low-vibration
cryocoolers, thus providing reliable long-term operation -
importantly without compromising NMR performance.
The novel Ascend Aeon 600 and 700 MHz magnets are
straightforward to install and are equipped with an integrated
monitoring unit and sound insulation, providing safe, user-friendly
and quiet operation. By maintaining the reserve liquid helium
reservoir in the Aeon design, which is filled once upon
initial installation, the long-term Ascend Aeon magnet
stability is maintained, even in the event of potential power
outages lasting several days and even up to a week.
“With the new Ascend Aeon we have been able to focus on
the science and not the magnet technology. Its convenience makes
our daily tasks easier,” commented Dr. Sarah Kliegman at the ETH
Institute for Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics (IBP) in
Zürich, Switzerland, where an Ascend Aeon 400 magnet
has been installed and running already for well over one year.
“Built on the proven reliability, performance and wealth of
experience gained from thousands of UltraShield and
Ascend NMR magnet installations worldwide, the optional
Ascend Aeon magnet refrigeration technology offers unique
additional benefits for safety, convenience and cost efficiency,”
stated Dr. Rene Jeker, the global Magnet Technical Director of
Bruker BioSpin.
Dr. Werner Maas, President of Bruker BioSpin, added: “While
already available in hundreds of our preclinical MRI magnets for
years, the extreme demands for stability and spectral purity of
high-resolution NMR had until recently prevented us from
introducing this active refrigeration convenience for NMR magnets.
Thanks to several proprietary technological breakthroughs and
further magnet and refrigeration systems integration optimization
over several years, our magnet engineers have now made the
‘care-free’ Ascend Aeon option available also to our
high-resolution NMR customers.”
About Bruker Corporation
Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) is a leading provider of high
performance scientific instruments and solutions for molecular and
materials research, as well as industrial, diagnostics and applied
analysis.
For more information, please visit www.bruker.com.
For more information on the Ascend Aeon magnet series,
please visit: www.bruker.com/Aeon
For more information on the 54th ENC, please visit:
www.enc-conference.org
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