When we started thinking out of the old fashion Gas Chromatography box, we came up with revolutionary new type of GC Oven. An efficient low mass column oven, where any kind of column is sealed tightly inside, with super stable retention times, and temperature programming if you need it. Oh, and did we mention sub-ambient operation? Never again will you ever want your GC to blow a lot of hot air around!

A new type of GC Column oven!

GC Ovens Inc. has developed and patented the “Fluidless” Column Oven (FCO), which is a device that can easily be installed in any GC, or GCMS for Fast analyses. How fast? When using the Standard-FCO analyses are up to 10 times faster than a conventional air bath oven. To achieve such speeds this unique device places a steady-state temperature profile right on the analytical column, using a series of gradient heaters. There is no air blowing around to either heat, or cool the column eliminating the normal temperature cycle found in a regular GC oven. Once you eliminate the temperature cycle, one sample can be analyzed directly after another, making any GC a Super-Charged Fast GC!

Gas Chromatography that’s fast!

We have recently added two additional models to the FCO family; the FCO-Extended Run and FCO-Classic. To both of these FCO´s we have added fast temperature programming to drive the compounds off the column and an integrated chiller for sub-ambient analyses. All 3 FCO models have 2 different frame sizes to accommodate any type of packed, micro-packed, or capillary column. And 2 FCO´s can be plugged into the Control Module, so you can always mix and match to suit your analytical needs.

A FCO can be installed, or changed by simply connecting the column to the injector and detector and the cable to the control module. The control software is easily accessed through a web interface to change temperatures and store methods. The device does not need to stay connected for the FCO to operate. Samples can be analyzed one at a time, or the FCO can be run continuously 24/7, or the Sequence table can be used to link methods together for use with an auto-sampler.

Stop wasting hot air!

Any way you look at it, your GC does not need to blow hot air anymore!