Westborough, Mass., March 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Malvern Panalytical, a global leader in high-performance analytical instrumentation and materials analysis solutions, today announced Microsoft® Windows 10 support for the software packages of all ASD instruments as well as other technical updates.
Under the ASD brand, Malvern Panalytical offers a full range of products that provide important data, leading to solutions in a variety of applications such as remote sensing, geology/mining and material identification (including food and pharma). By offering Microsoft® Windows 10 support for the software releases for ASD’s core instrument spectrometers, including RS3TM Spectral Acquisition (for remote sensing data acquisition and analysis) and IndicoTM Pro Spectral Acquisition (for data acquisition and chemometric analysis) applications, ASD’s customers will benefit from the Windows 10 experience and support from Microsoft. Additionally, Malvern Panalytical will be shipping ASD field and instrument controllers with Windows 10.
“These enhancements allow ASD’s portable spectroradiometers and spectrometers to continue to deliver the high-quality spectral measurements as expected from ASD on a modern operating system,” said Kevin Tanguay, director of product management and business development for ASD products.
Malvern Panalytical is also announcing the release of ASD Halo v2.4, which includes updates to both the instrument software (version 2.40.00) and ASD Halo Manager (version 2.21.00.510). Version 2.4 has the following enhancements over the previously released version v2.3:
- Enhanced Al-OH scaler for better mineral identification
- Improved real-time clock battery life
The update is available on the ASD Support Central website (http://support.asdi.com/) via an update utility for customers using v2.0.0.381 or later. Updates to earlier versions are only available in the complete distribution.
This new release of TerraSpec® Halo builds on ASD’s established leadership in handheld NIR for mining exploration. ASD’s instruments have also recently been utilized in a variety of applications, such as atmospheric research, forestry, ecology and plant physiology studies, light energy measurements, spectroradiometric calibrations, ingredient testing for dietary supplements and natural products, lipid, protein and fatty acid analysis of grains and food products and analyzing mineral content in soils.
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About Malvern Panalytical
Malvern Panalytical technologies are used by scientists and engineers in a wide range of industries and organizations to solve the challenges associated with maximizing productivity, developing better quality products and getting them to market faster. Our mission is to create superior, customer-focused solutions and services to deliver tangible economic impact through chemical, physical and structural analysis of materials.
Underpinned by extensive industry knowledge and technical and applications expertise, Malvern Panalytical instruments help users better understand a wide variety of materials, from proteins and polymers to metals and building materials. Our technologies enable the measurement of parameters such as particle size, shape and zeta potential, biomolecular interactions and stability, rheological properties, elemental concentrations and crystallographic structure. Highly reliable and robust characterization of these properties is fundamental to predicting how a product will behave during use, to optimizing its performance and achieving manufacturing excellence.
Malvern Panalytical was formed by the merger of the businesses Malvern Instruments and PANalytical, including the companies ASD and Claisse, on 1st January 2017, and employs over 2,000 people worldwide. With R&D and manufacturing sites in North America, Europe and China and a global sales and service presence, we provide unrivalled levels of customer support. Malvern Panalytical is a strong player and innovator in the materials characterization market, providing expert solutions for superior actionable insight.
Malvern Panalytical is part of Spectris plc, the productivity-enhancing instruments and controls company.
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