CubiX Walk-Up

A complete walk-up solution  

PANalytical is the first X-ray solutions provider to bring ‘walk-up’ functionality to its customers. CubiX Walk-Up provides fully automated measurement, analysis and reporting in an easy to use package suitable for a multi-disciplinary environment. Its simplified interface for anytime access makes it ideally suitable for scientists and technicians with no specialist X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) knowledge.   

Key features and benefits

• Real walk-up functionality - anytime system access without interrupting work-flow
• Easy to use – simplified, secure multi-user interface with log in
• Fully automated measurement, analysis and reporting – supports virtually any SOP method
• No specialist XRD knowledge required
• Simple sample handling – sample changer outside radiation enclosure
• Meets today’s requirements for the validation of analytical instruments, including optional support of 21 CFR Part 11
• Works in conjunction with many established LIMS packages  

Once an analysis protocol is set up routine use is straightforward: just place the samples and choose the measurement program. Queuing is taken care of by the instrument software and analysis and reporting can be fully automated. This makes the CubiX Walk-Up diffractometer ideal for routine use in development or service labs, or for students in universities. For industrial environments, like the building materials or mining industry, centrally developed methods can easily be transferred and implemented in other plants.  

Extending possibilities in the pharmaceutical industry

CubiX Walk-Up is the ideal system to add extra routine XRPD capacity or to extend the technique into new areas. Typical pharmaceutical applications include:  

• Drug development
  ‘Fingerprint’ crystalline phases, identify polymorphs and compare to reference libraries
• Formulation development
  Conduct stability studies, optimize formulation and quantify impurities
• Production and quality control
  Detect polymorph contamination, quantify API in final formulation  

With new sample handling hardware and a simplified user interface for anytime access, PANalytical puts the power of high speed, high-resolution XRPD analysis into the hands of every scientist.