ntech has been developing new technology to improve canister monitoring for over three decades, and our latest announcement may be the greatest single advancement in canister analysis to date. The SkyCan™ Autosampler represents a giant leap forward in bringing today’s canister laboratory inline with other GCMS laboratories, by placing canister samples above the GCMS, maximally close to the sample preconcentrator prior to analysis. The SkyCan Autosampler improves system integrity by removing the sample-to-sample variability present in multi-inlet rotary stream select valve autosamplers. Stream select autosamplers are further compromised by the long residence times of sampling in each line, making it difficult to achieve low and consistent background levels after exposure to higher concentration samples. With the lowering of allowable background levels (e.g. EPA Methods TO-15A and 327), autosamplers that rely on rotary valves may no longer be capable of consistently achieving the extremely low blank levels required to provide sample analysis at parts per trillion detection limits. Imagine the challenge of demonstrating blank levels for each individual line in multi-inlet autosamplers, every single day. The SkyCan simplifies this by utilizing a single inlet that requires only one blank check. This single-inlet design, coupled with vacuum cleaning of the inlet between samples, streamlines your analysis process and minimizes the risk of contamination.

Entech has been developing new technology to improve canister monitoring for over three decades, and our latest announcement may be the greatest single advancement in canister analysis to  date. The SkyCan™ Autosampler represents a giant leap forward in bringing today’s canister laboratory inline with other GCMS laboratories, by placing canister samples above the GCMS, maximally  close to the sample preconcentrator prior to analysis. The SkyCan Autosampler improves system integrity by removing the sample-to-sample variability present in multi-inlet rotary stream select  valve autosamplers. Stream select autosamplers are further compromised by the long residence times of sampling in each line, making it difficult to achieve low and consistent background levels  after exposure to higher concentration samples. With the lowering of allowable background levels (e.g. EPA Methods TO-15A and 327), autosamplers that rely on rotary valves may no longer be  capable of consistently achieving the extremely low blank levels required to provide sample analysis at parts per trillion detection limits. Imagine the challenge of demonstrating blank levels for  each individual line in multi-inlet autosamplers, every single day. The SkyCan simplifies this by utilizing a single inlet that requires only one blank check. This single-inlet design, coupled with  vacuum cleaning of the inlet between samples, streamlines your analysis process and minimizes the risk of contamination. 

With the SkyCan you enjoy all of the advantages of a robotic system: a single inlet, short sample exposure times, vacuum cleaning between samples, reliable blank levels, connection to cans only at  the time of sampling, exceptional resistance to contamination, and no risk of cross contamination caused by leaky stream select valve rotors, among other advantages. We urge you to free  ourselves from the burden of cluttered lab spaces, reclaim your valuable bench space, improve shipping and can cleaning efficiency—all with just one strategy… Take to the Sky!