Siemens Industry: Maxum Gas Chromatograph Enhanced With Color Touch-Screen Display

Siemens Maxum Gas Chromatograph (GC) has been upgraded with a host of analytical, usability, and software features. The latest enhancement to the Maxum GC is a new color touch-screen user interface that will be standard on all Maxum GCs.
 
“The Maxum GC has been a cornerstone within Siemens process analytics portfolio for more than 10 years, and it was designed with a unique architecture that allows it to be improved upon as new features and technologies become available,” says Alfred Kania, regional GC product manager, North America for Siemens. “This design functionality helps protect our customer’s capital investment, while removing the migration and training costs often associated with installing a totally new system.”
 
Now released for the Maxum GC platform is a new color touch-screen user interface that replaces black and white LCD panels. The 10-inch display is suitable for hazardous locations, and is certified by CSA and ATEX for use in Division I / Zone 1 environments. The new display combines previous menu-driven options with additional intuitive icons and graphical elements to increase the speed and simplicity of interactions with the GC during maintenance and operation. For existing users, the new color display is available as an upgrade kit if desired. Installation is easy, and only requires replacing the electronics compartment door and connecting appropriate cables.
 
The new user interface is the latest in a line of enhancements to the Maxum GC, including networking features, such as Modbus TCP communication protocol via Ethernet for simplified connectivity to plant control systems, and the Gas Chromatograph (GC) Portal workstation software, an upgrade of the System Manager and EZChrom software, enabling easier monitoring and modifications to Ethernet connected Maxum GCs.
 
Siemens process gas chromatographs, including its Maxum, MicroSAM, and Sitrans CV, are used in all branches of fine chemicals, refining and hydrocarbon processing industries, and perform chemical composition analysis of gases and liquids that are present in all phases of production.
 
Built for harsh conditions, either directly online or nearby in at-line process measurement laboratories, these gas chromatographs maintain application flexibility that enable the sample analysis of feedstock, partially processed product streams, final products and process by-products, including wastes and environmental hazards. Gas chromatography is one of the most flexible of the processes used for gas analysis, and is used to improve product quality and increase the yield and energy efficiency of processes.