Erba Chem 6 :: Transasia Bio-Medicals

Erba Chem 6

Semi-automated Clinical Chemistry Analyzer

Product Description: 

Erba Chem 6 represents an enhanced iteration of India's top-selling SAA, the Ec 5X. This upgraded version features an integrated incubator for added convenience, along with user-friendly software that ensures ease of operation. With its heightened accuracy and precision, Chem 6 is meticulously crafted to cater to the needs of every startup laboratory.

Product Features:

  • Semi-automated biochemistry analyzer
  • 222 open user-defined test programs and 5000 result memory
  • Multipoint calibration up to 6 standards with graphical display
  • Mono as well as Bi-chromatic measurement
  • 3 level QC with Levey-Jennings graph
  • Dual cuvette system: Flow cell volume - 18 μl and 10 mm square cuvette
  • 8-filter static photometer
  • 16 Positions In-Built incubator @ 37°C
  • Inbuilt thermal printer 
  • Connectivity to external Incubator 

Product Applications:

  • All routine chemistries
  • Specialized chemistries like HbA1c, ApoA1, ApoB, Lp(a) etc.
  • Immunoturbidimetric Assays like ASO, RF, CRP, etc.

Hardware Specifications:

System type: Open, Flowcell 

Measurement Principle: Colorimetry (Rate/End Point)

Applicable Analytes: Photometric Assays - Substrates, Enzymes, Lipid, Protein, Sugar, Inorganic Substances 

Setup: Benchtop

Lightsource: Quartz Halogen Lamp, 12V, 20 Watts

Photometric Range: Range 340-670nm

Resolution: 0.0001

Optics: 8-wavelength static photometric group with the following interference filters: 340, 405, 450, 505, 546, 578, 600 and 670nm

DETECTORS: 6 UV/ VIS Silicon Photodiodes

CUVETTE: Unique Triple Cuvette System:

  • 18 microlit. flow cell 
  • 10 ml rectangular polystyrene cuvette
  • 6mm round Glass Tube

THERMOSTAT: Peltier Temperature Control Range 20 degrees C to 40 degrees C with 1 degree C steps 

SAMPLE ASPIRATION: Using a peristaltic pump, Aspiration volume programmable 100 microlit. to 2997 microlit. 

PRECISION: Better than 1% CV 

KEYBOARD: Rugged waterproof, non-tactile legend membrane panel with 25 keys 

SMPS: EXTERNAL (24W; 60W) 

PRINTER: High resolution, 384 dots per line, thermal type with full graphics facility and option for connecting an external USB printer 

DISPLAY: High-resolution Graphics LCD 240x64 dots with backlit, View area 134mm x 40mm

INTERFACES: USB B type port for the host computer and USB A type port for External USB Jet Desk Printer. External PT/ AT keyboard 

PROCESSOR: 32-bit Cortex M4 Microcontroller

MEMORY: Built-in 1MB Flash, 136KB SRAM, 16KB EEPROM, and 64 KB ROM

REAL-TIME CLOCK: Built-in

REPLACEABLE BATTERY ON PCB: Lithium battery CR2032 (3V)

WASTE COLLECTION: Waste collected in closed container 

INCUBATOR (OPTIONAL): 16 incubating positions

OPERATING TEMPERATURE: 20 degrees to 40 degrees C

STORAGE TEMPERATURE: 5 to 45 degrees C

HUMIDITY: Max 80% RH, non-condensing

MAINS SUPPLY: 115/230 V AC; 50/60 Hz. (input for power adapter)

SIZE INSTRUMENT: 446 (W) x 312 (D) x 175 (H) mm

WEIGHT: Approximately 6kg.

*NOTE: Above specifications subject to change without prior notice.

Software Specifications: 

11 analytical modes of operation:

  • 1-point Linear
  • 2-point Linear
  • Rate A Linear
  • 1-point Non-Linear (Cubic Spline/ Point to Point) 
  • 2-point Non-Linear (Cubic Spline/ Point to Point)
  • Rate-A Non-Linear (Cubic Spline/ Point to Point)
  • 1-point Sample Blank Linear
  • 1-point Sample Blank Linear (Cubic Spline/ Point to Point)
  • Absorbance 
  • Index Mode

260 totally "OPEN" test programs selectable through the keypad

Parameters can be viewed, edited, and printed 

Facility to memorize Reagent Blank ABS, Sample Blank ABS, Standard ABS, Factor, Non-linear curve

Patient reports for the last 10,000 results stored in memory are obtained by 

  • Date
  • ID
  • Both by Date and ID

Graphic presentation of Non-Linear calibration curves 

QC (QC data available for three controls per test)

  • Daily QC
  • Monthly QC 

Rate calculation by the least square regression method

Automatic zeroing of Water OD during Run Test

Total reaction time: Delay time and read time both are programmable between 1 second to 999 seconds

Non-Linear Calibration (6 standards) 

On-line reagent stability check 

Substrate depletion/ non-linearity check 

In-built reaction non-linearity check 

Monochromatic as well as bichromatic measurements are possible 

Calibration of peristaltic pump 

Online display of cuvette temperature 

Self-diagnostics

Help messages in erroneous entry 

Reports can be printed on a USB printer or thermal printer by either using the Print key or automatic

USB-based barcode scanner for sample entry and search

Incubator (Optional) 

Reagents used with this 'Erba Chem 6'