AGILENT reports a major upgrade to Intelligent System Emulation Technology (Iset), which now enables emulation of Waters Alliance liquid chromatography (LC) systems.
The company says Iset allows scientists to seamlessly transfer all protocols and legacy methods used on Waters Alliance LC systems to the newest Agilent 1290 Infinity LC platform.
As a result, Alliance LC users can replace their older equipment with the Agilent 1290 Infinity LC and still be able to execute their legacy methods while delivering the same chromatographic results.
The 1290 Infinity LC together with Iset allows users to emulate other (U)HPLC instruments via a simple mouse click, run existing (U)HPLC methods without modifying the method or system, and deliver the same retention times and peak resolution for infinitely better method transfer compared with existing workarounds such as adding an isocratic hold, says Agilent.
Instrument-to-instrument method transfer is an important topic for laboratories where LC methods need to be transferred between different departments and locations with different instruments.
In highly regulated environments like quality control in the pharmaceutical industry, the transfer of LC methods could be a challenge, because any modification of the original method should be avoided.
Agilent plans to further expand Iset capabilities to include emulation of Shimadzu and Dionex instruments.