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The LATE-PCR logo graphically represents the Linear After the Exponenetial DNA amplification process as well as the production
of a largely single stranded DNA product. The addition of this
logo to a product indicates the use, under licence, of a world leading technology.

Smiths Detection is at the centre of the port security process for the inspection of all import & export containers. Cargo screening systems at the port entrance allow rapid throughput for all export containers. Images  of scanned containers are created to enable ‘green lane’ routing. Primary and secondary screening systems available, plus permanent installations for high volume ports and border crossings.

HCV Silhouette M - Mobile X-ray inspection system for large consignments inside trucks and sealed containers.
Product details.

HCV CAB 2000 M - Mobile X-ray inspection system to detect illegal consignments inside trucks and sealed containers for customs applications. Powerful penetration.

HCVC 250250 - Universal X-ray system for cars, vans, large size pallets and containers.

HCVC 250250-2is - Dual View version of HCVC 250250 for more effective inspections and shorter inspection times.

HCVC 250300 - Universal X-ray system for cars, vans, large size pallets and containers for items up to 3000mm height.

HCVC 250300-2is - Dual View version of HCVC 250300 for more effective inspections and shorter inspection times.

HCV-M - Powerful high energy mobile X-ray system to inspect loaded trucks and containers. Ready to operate in just 30 minutes.

HCV-G - Powerful high energy X-ray scanner to inspect loaded trucks and containers at ports, airports, and border points Easy to install and re-locate. Stand-alone unit requires no additional external infrastructure.

HCV-S - The most powerful HCV product, a stationary X-ray system for fully loaded trucks and containers.  Requires permanent installation on a dedicated site at ports, border crossings and airports dealing with heavy traffic.

For narcotics shipped in bulk, our HCV range of high energy X-ray systems can indicate suspicious loads in cargo containers or trucks.

HCV-M - Powerful high energy mobile X-ray system to inspect loaded trucks and containers.

HCV-G - Powerful high energy X-ray scanner to inspect loaded trucks and containers at ports, airports, and border points Easy to install and re-locate. Stand-alone unit requires no additional external infrastructure.

HCV-S - The most powerful HCV product, a stationary X-ray system for fully loaded trucks and containers.  Requires permanent installation on a dedicated site at ports, border crossings and airports dealing with heavy traffic.

All Field Service Engineers performing on-site activities receive and successfully complete Smiths’ prescribed operator and technical training curriculum. The curriculum consists of classroom instruction and thorough hands-on laboratory sessions focusing on system operation, removal and replacement procedures for service parts and assemblies and equipment troubleshooting techniques

Installations, Warranty & Chargeable Repairs
Our On-Site services include installations, as well as providing the factory recommended maintenance and safety inspections. In addition, our team of Field Service Engineers also perform all necessary equipment repairs in the field, whether you are under warranty, Service Agreement or operating on a time and material basis.

Geographically Located FSEs by Installed Base
In addition to our strategically placed Field Service Engineers, Smiths Detection has created a Third Party Service Network. These relationships allow us to provide our customers even greater local coverage capability ensuring rapid response to minimize downtime.

Force Commensurate with Installed Base & Commitment Levels
Our scalable On-Site Service Team is able to ramp up to meet the needs of our ever growing customer base and their expanding requirements. Our support reach has allowed us to operate with mean-time-to-restore of less than 24 hours for most service interventions.

For more information on how these services can benefit your organization please contact your local service office using the 'Contact us' section on this page.

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LATE PCR expands the boundaries of what is possible with PCR. Bio-Seeq takes that capability out of the laboratory and opens up the possibility of powerful ‘near patient’ or ‘in the field’ diagnostics.

We are keen to make these technologies widely available and a number of partnership and sub-license opportunities will be made available.

At this time we are particularly keen to talk to companies wishing to develop assays, or indeed convert existing assays to run on the Bio-Seeq platform in animal health or human clinical diagnostics. Additionally LATE-PCR is available for sub-license on favourable terms to interested parties.

For more information about this program, please contact Dr John Czajka via the contact form.

HI-SCAN 5030si - Compact desktop X-ray for mobile and stationary applications.

HI-SCAN 6030di - Robust, light-weight X-ray system for security checks in entrance lobby areas.

HI-SCAN 6040ds - Compact X-ray unit to  prevent the smuggling of dangerous objects in briefcases, handbags, rucksacks etc.

Our Service Operation has implemented a complete materials management system to ensure rapid delivery of parts and supplies to the field. Orders for parts and supplies are fulfilled the same day with overnight delivery or next-flight-out courier service available. We operate multiple warehouse locations with our logistics centers open 24/7/365 for reliable and quick delivery of the parts necessary to effect repairs and to have your systems up and running in the shortest possible time frame.

Materials Requirements Planning (MRP)
In addition to monitoring our consumption rates by part number and stocking accordingly, we also proactively anticipate our customers’ consumables needs to ensure availability when they are needed.

Distribution Logistics & Warehousing
We are able to fill most parts and consumable orders the same day they are received through our network of remote warehouses. By bringing required material closer to the point-of-use, it allows for higher equipment operational availability so your products are ready when you need them.
      
Shipping Methods
We will ship parts and consumables by any method desired by our customers.  Unless otherwise specified, repair parts are shipped via  Priority Overnight service and emergency delivery via a courier service is also available upon request. To minimize cost, consumable orders are generally shipped via a ground service. 

For more information on how these services can benefit your organization please contact your local service office using the 'Contact us' section on this page.

Our goal is to provide world-class customer support for the complete line of Smiths Detection products. That support is provided by highly qualified and experienced service specialists based in our customer support network throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Their aim is to provide services quickly and effectively to our customers.
As part of our promise to provide a level of support that exceeds expectations, we offer support and services that include technical support, in-house repair, training, service agreements, and product services to ensure you get the best value from your Smiths Detection equipment.
Every day we work to ensure Smiths Detection's security systems are fully operational and customer enquiries are effectively addressed.
In addition to our full range of support services for our customers, we encourage every employee to generate and develop ideas that will help us to realize our goal - total customer satisfaction.
Whether you operate in the civil, government, commercial or military sectors, we offer the same levels of service. Please contact us to let us know how we can help you.

 

People’s Republic of China
Smiths Detection
Unit 1308
Beijing Landmark Tower 1
#8 North Dongsanhuan Road
Chaoyang District
Beijing 100004
PRC

T:+86 (10)6590 7008
F:+86 (10)6590 7110

The HI-TIP system provides a library divided into categories and subcategories containing combined, complete threat images and images of individual threat objects. The supervisor can add, edit and delete categories.

Moreover, users with supervisor access level can specify:

• from which categories and at which percentage in proportion to the other categories combined threat images and single threat objects are projected during the normal operational flow
• which images from a category are to be projected
• which decision times are provided for the operator to detect a threat image
• how many projections are made randomly rather than within the diversification range
• in what time the operator should detect a threat image
• the number of projections compared with the number of real bags
• the ratio between fictional projection and number of real bags
  

The Mail & parcels section includes products especially for the non-intrusive inspection of smaller items, i.e. mail and parcels. One applicable selection criterion is the maximum object size in the inspection process. All X-ray systems in this category are based on the proven SiProX and HiTraX technology, offering superior image quality and excellent usability.

Millimetre-waves lie in the spectral region between radio waves and infrared. This band possesses a unique property of passing transparently through lightweight materials such as clothing fabrics. The property is made use of in mm-wave imagers that find their principal application in concealed object detection systems – typically used to identify the presence of weapons and contraband that are hidden beneath a persons clothing.

Millimetre-wave imagers have evolved over the past 50 years from very rudimentary systems to today’s technologies that create live video-like images for use as advanced people screening portals. In this evolution from scientific instruments to commercial security devices, the overriding constraint has been the cost of the sensors that detect the mm-wave signals that are needed to produce an image. To overcome this barrier, scanning systems have been employed to direct mm-wave energy from all parts of the scene onto a small number of sensors. Historically these scanning systems have been based on mechanical techniques employing moving parts to direct and focus the mm-wave energy. Smiths use a revolutionary approach that scans the scene electronically and has resulted in the first ‘no moving parts’ imager that is suitable for mass people screening.

The eqo product – named because it senses mm-wave echoes – marks an evolution to ‘next-generation’ technology for mm-wave imagers. The electronic scanning not only dispenses with the need for moving parts but also dramatically reduces the footprint of the product. The system consists of a flat-panel array that produces excellent image quality with a real-time, full motion video style output. More details of the eqo imager are available on link to product page.

3202 Regal Drive
Alcoa, TN 37701

T: +1-877-379-1670
F: +1-865-379-1677

Alcoa, Tennessee is home to world class manufacturing facilities for x-ray screening systems of different scales, used for cargo inspection and product inspection.  Smiths Detection high energy X-ray systems have set the industry standard in cargo inspection for more than 15 years.  The Smiths Detection Product Inspection line of X-ray systems provide premium food safety inspection that allow customers to increase productivity and reduce potential contamination or loss due to non-conforming production.

Dipl.-Ingenieur/in
Fachrichtung Elektrotechnik / Nachrichtentechnik

Tätigkeit:
Weltweiter Einkauf elektronischer Komponenten und Systeme. Verhandkungen und Abschlüsse von Rahmenverträgen. [Stellenangebot als PDF]

Media segments focusing on Smiths Detection's ER products and solutions.

The Cargo & vehicles section includes X-ray systems for the non-intrusive inspection of cargo goods and complete vehicles.

This product category offers 2 mobile systems. While the HCV Silhouette is a van or truck mounted system,  the HCV CAB 2000 comes in a container, which can be flexibly relocated from site to site.

All X-ray systems related to Cargo & vehicles are based on the proven HiTraX technology platform, offering superior image quality and excellent usability.

ADAPTOR

Primarily used for remote monitoring, this adaptor is easily portable, rapidly deployed and has the function to connect a remote alarm.  Powered by AA batteries or mains power, the adaptor provides fast data downloads for real time or for future analysis.   

Smiths Detection is extending its technogies by developing a handheld and backpack Human Portable Radiation Detection System (HPRDS) and offering Radioactive Material Detection in the HCV range of high energy fixed and mobile cargo screening X-ray systems.

Smiths Detection is a global leader in the provision of threat detection and screening technologies for Military, Transportation, Homeland Security and Resilience applications.

We apply multiple technologies to achieve fast results and to identify a range of threats:
Biological Agents  - Chemical Agents & TICs - Explosives  - Narcotics - Weapons and illegal items.

Our technologies are also applied for special applications such as contraband detection, forensic work, fuel vapour monitoring, meteorological measuring and video network monitoring.

And we provide fully integrated systems including bio detection and identification, protective shelters, meteorological measurement, mobile security checkpoints and for chem/bio applications.

Smiths Detection takes science out of the laboratory and puts it in the hands of security professionals. Our products and systems are designed for the real world and are based on a deep understanding of the real operational environment faced by military and security professionals. We are increasingly taking individual products and integrating them to form complete security solutions, customised to individual requirements.

Our customer communities include the military, first responders, transportation authorities, customs officials and those responsible for protecting our critical national infrastructure. The company is truly global with Research and Development in six countries and systems deployed from Alaska to New Zealand.

We work closely with national governments, academia and leading institutions to respond to changing security threats, together developing innovative threat detection and security solutions and accelerating the development of technology to anticipate future needs.

• Perform installations
• Warranty & chargeable repairs
• Geographically located FSEs by installed base
  
  

Heimann Systems was founded in 1946 by Prof. Dr. Walter Heimann, one of television technology's early pioneers. 

In the early 1970s Heimann diversified into markets for security technology. Completely new product lines were developed, among them X-ray inspection units for baggage screening which became an international requirement in the 70s & early 80s when aircraft hijacking became a global menace.

In response to the requirements of the 1990s, systems were developed for truck and container inspection and for the automatic detection of explosives in baggage. 

Today more than 40,000 Smiths Heimann X-ray inspection systems have been supplied to more than 150 countries, screening mail, baggage, merchandise, containers and trucks. Heimann regularly exports around 80% of its products and earned a worldwide reputation for product quality, which has its roots in the in-house development department, with experienced scientists and engineers covering the entire R&D spectrum, from basic development through to the integration of complex systems.

When Heimann Systems joined Smiths in December 2002, it virtally doubled the size of the Detection business.

Smiths Detection offers both Operator and Technical Training classes for our IONSCAN 400B. Below you will find a course description for Operator Training, to schedule a class or receive further information on IONSCAN 400B training please e-mail us at training@smithsdetection.com.

Field based PCR has been slow in it's adoption, partly due to the requirement for highly purified nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) from samples prior to PCR analysis. The SPU from Smiths Detection is a fully automated sample preparation system designed from the ground up, with field use by the non expert in mind. The SPU is a single use consumable which is capable of purifying DNA or RNA from a wide range of sample types:

• Blood
• Milk
• Vesicular Tissue
• Faeces
• Swabs

The SPU is used in conjunction with the reagent pack. The SPU contains all the mechanical and chemical parts needed to purify either DNA or RNA from a sample. Assay specific reagents are then automatically added, by the SPU, from the reagent pack to the nucleic acid prior to PCR. All steps in the process are handled by the SPU and the user is not required to perform any actions during this time.

Ease of use has been a priority during the development of this system. Samples are placed into the device and the cap screwed in place. The SPU is then placed on the Portable Veterinary Laboratory instrument which will then process the sample and finally run PCR.
 
Reagent Pack
The regent pack is used in conjunction with the SPU. The reagent pack contains the assay specific reagents and is designed to be plugged into a SPU unit just prior to use. This means that the SPU and reagent pack can be bought separately, as needed, reducing the likelihood of having assays on the shelves which are never used or worse still have passed their expiry date when they are needed.

Smiths Detection's reagent pack contains a number of unique features aimed at achieving our goal of simple, reliable operation in harsh field environments. Features such as barcodes, allow the assay to be automatically selected by the instrument rather than the user manually selecting the correct test from a list. Expiration dates can be checked to ensure the assays will work reliably.

Separating the assay specific reagents from the sample preparation module provides a number of benefits to the field user. The reagent kit is much smaller than the SPU and therefore the full range of assays can be carried at all times, ensuring the veterinarian always has the right assay without having to carry the equivalent number of SPUs. 

Hand-held metal detectors for non-intrusive people screening are successfully employed at police stations, airports and industrial facilities.

Carry out rapid analysis of unknown powders or other suspicious items for possible contamination with biological warfare agents.

Bio-Seeq Plus - Handheld, fully field portable PCR identifier to detect bacterial and viral pathogens in 60 minutes.

Smiths Detection's key UK offices are located in Watford, Hertfordshire.  The Military and Emergency Responder business is located at Bushey, on the outskirts of Watford, and Smiths Detection International UK, handling sales of security and inspection equipment in the UK and Ireland, is at the Odhams Business Park.

As well has being the home of the Military and Emergency Responder organisation for all sales outside the U.S, the Bushey site is also home to Smiths Detection's global centre of excellence for chemical and biological agent detection products and systems, working closely with the Edgewood facility in Maryland, USA.

Watford is less than 25 miles (40 km) from central London. Both offices are close to the M1 motorway and to Watford Junction station on the main west coast rail line from London Euston to Birmingham, the north west of England and Scotland. To London Heathrow Airport is 24 miles (39 km).

Military & Emergency Responders: Smiths Detection - Watford Ltd 459 Park Avenue Bushey Herts WD23 2BW Tel: +44 (0)1923 658000 Fax: +44 (0)1923 240285

Security & Inspection: Smiths Detection International UK Unit 3 Odhams Trading Estate Watford Hertfordshire WD24 7RY Tel: +44 (0)1923 294400 Fax: +44 (0)1923 294401

Useful links:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  http://www.cdc.gov/

Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP)  http://www.amp.org/

American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC)  http://www.aacc.org/

American Society for Microbiology (ASM)  http://www.asm.org/

National Institutes for Health (NIH)   http://www.nih.gov/

 

Protection of troops against attack by biological warfare agents has long been a focus for Smiths Detection. We have developed advanced bio detection suites and now act as systems integrators on major programmes.

As the threat target has widened to the general public, the technology has been adapted and simplified to create field deployable instruments that offer laboratory standard identification of bio agents, on-the-spot, with minimum delay.

Systems now being introduced are recognised as state of the art for rapid detection and accurate identification.

Providing total mangement of complex networks of sensors is PROTECT, an automated hardware/software system that integrates CBRNE detectors, analog or digital camera systems (CCTV), dispersion modeling, and optimal response protocols to improve detection and reaction to complex terrorist attacks. It is supported by FirstView, a complete sensor management solution that can support thousands of sensors and users using a scalable IP-based system

LATE (Linear-After-The-Exponential)-PCR lies at the heart of Smiths Detection Diagnostics systems. Click here for a description.

CASSETTE

Replacing the battery cassette, this interface provides both mains power and the capability to download real time and stored data for analysis in a laboratory or workshop environment.


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Portable surveillance and detection systems that providing perimeter protection for military forces, giving early warning of chemical warfare agents.

To protect personnel on the base, main entrance security needs to include x-ray equipment to check for weapons or illegal items in baggage, plus explosives trace detection equipment.

GID-3 (24/7) – An evolution of the GID-3,  a fully networked, CWA and TICs detector for military or civilian fixed internal or external sites with optional central control unit. Up to two years operation without maintenance. [more]

GID-3 – Highly versatile, easy to operate, the world’s most comprehensively tested and deployed point CWA detector for static and mobile applications. Fielded by the USA as the M22 ACADA. [more]

FirstView - sensor management system allows monitoring of live and archived video from any authorised PC. [more]

SABRE 4000 - the only portable trace detector that can detect threats from explosives, chemical warfare agents, toxic industrial chemicals or narcotics, in approximately 20 seconds. [more]

SABRE EXV - Hand-held vapour detector and identifier for volatile explosives. [more]

HazMatID - Portable chemical identifier for unknown liquids, powders and solids. [more]

HazMatID Ranger - Handheld, solids and liquids FT-IR that can identify over 32,000 substances optimized for broad portability. [more]

Bio-Seeq Plus - Handheld, fully field portable PCR identifier to detect bacterial and viral pathogens in 40 minutes. [more]

IONSCAN 500DT - Table top system for simultaneous detection of explosives and narcotics on baggage.[more]

HI-SCAN 6046si - Advanced multi-energy X-ray system generating detailed X-ray images with considerably enhanced image resolution. [more]

HCV CAB 2000 M - Mobile X-ray inspection system to detect illegal consignments inside trucks and sealed containers.[more]

SMD 600 gate  - CEIA SMD600 Multi Zone ultrahigh sensitivity walk-through metal detector. [more]
MH 6  - Compact hand-held metal detector. [more]
PD 140 - High sensitivity hand-held metal detector.[more]

 
 

Smiths Detection recognises our emergency response teams face real threats every day. When called to deal with a potentially toxic incident, they have to know what they are facing. So we equip them with the most advanced technology, to face potential threats from unknown substances, with confidence.

Equipment from Smiths Detection is trusted by emergency responders, HAZMAT teams, law enforcement, and federal & local government agencies around the world. We put laboratory power that requires minimal training into the hands of emergency responders.

Supporting the users is a partnership programme that offers the highest service levels. This includes 24/7 reachback  - access to Smiths Detection scientists and technicians to help with difficult issues.

HazMatID - Portable chemical identifier for unknown liquids, powders and solids.

HazMatID Ranger - Handheld, solids and liquids FT-IR that can identify over 32,000 substances; optimized for broad portability.

RespondeR RCI - Raman Chemical Identifier to verify the identity of unknown solid or liquid, for use in conjunction with HazMatID.

SABRE 4000 - Detects threats from explosives, CW agents, or TICs plus narcotics, analysing either trace particles or vapour samples.

TravelIR II - Portable, rugged, compact, FT-IR spectrometer, for analysis of liquid or powder.

• High-end processor technology
• High-speed digital signal transmission
• HI-MATPLUS advanced material classification
• High image resolution up to 1280X1024
• Flicker-free image (75 Hz non-interlaced)
• 24 bits real-time image processing
• New ergonomic user-interface
• Programmable priority keys

Software-Entwickler/in
Hardware-nahe Software


Tätigkeit:
Erstellen und Erweitern von Ablaufsteuerungen, Realisierung und Anpassung von Schnittstellen zur Fördertechnik und zu Flughafensystemen

For special events or temporary security at facility access points, install a mobile, weather-resistant checkpoint designed for rapid set-up.

MSC 20 -Fully-equipped with X-ray, metal detection and explosives detection technologies to screen people and their hand baggage. Different sizes and  configurations available.

Hold baggage screening using high-throughput x-ray systems for automatic explosives detection, stand alone or built into conveyor systems. Also table-top explosives trace detection equipment, which are widely used in international airports to support explosives detection operations.

HI-SCAN 10080 EDX - Automatic explosives detection for high speed level 1 role in multi-level checked baggage screening system.

HI-SCAN 10080 EDX-2is - Advanced version of HI-SCAN 10080 EDX, dual-view system for dramatically improved evaluation process.

HI-SCAN 10080 EDtS - High throughput automatic explosive detection system for 100% checked baggage screening environments.

IONSCAN 500DT - Table top system for simultaneous detection of explosives and narcotics on baggage.
 
IONSCAN 400B - Table top system for detection of explosives or narcotics on baggage.

Smiths Detection is developing a handheld and backpack Human Portable Radiation Detection System (HPRDS) under a contract awarded by the US Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO). The HPRDS will be used by emergency responders, border patrol agents, customs and coast guard officers and other law enforcement officers. The detectors can identify and determine the location of incoming radiation and will reliably discriminate between normally-occurring radioactive materials and potential threats.

Press announcement 31 October 2006.

Please contact us on the following numbers, or e-mail us via the form below, giving us as much information as possible to help us respond to you quickly.

We are here to make sure you get the best out of your Smiths Detection systems and equipment whether you are in the civil, military, commercial, government or emergency responder sectors.

Please select your region to help us serve you fast.

Clinical Unit

Feature set expanded to provide rapid molecular diagnostic testing in the clinical environment.

21 Rue Aldringen
L – 1118 Luxembourg
Luxembourg

T: +352 2686 4646 
F: +352 2686 4647

• Technical documentation
• Technical & applications training
• Distributor & third party training
  

Smart Bio Sensor - real time detection of biological agents in air to classify them (bacteria, toxins, viruses etc)

Secure the perimeter with FirstView enabled CCTV cameras linked to multiple intrusion detection devices for active surveillance that continually monitors the fence line. Enable sensor integration with advanced motion detection and object recognition that provides a layered  defence for early detection and response.

Equip security staff with detection systems to investigate unattended packages or unknown substances. Also maintain personnel decontamination area.

FirstView - Web application based software solution for managing your matrix of security systems, from cameras to sensors including CCTV, Video Analytics, CBRNE, Access Control and X-ray – easily and securely over any network for Command & Control or even mobile applications.  Case study.

SABRE 4000 - Hand held product for detection of explosives or narcotics, either vapour or trace particles. Also detects chemical warfare agents & toxic industrial chemicals.

CAM - Chemical Agent Monitor - first mass-produced, reliable hand-held instrument to detect nerve or blister agents or liquid agent contamination.

HazMatID - Portable chemical identifier for unknown liquids, powders and solids.

HI-SCAN 9075 - state-of-the-art X-ray inspection unit for the scanning bulky objects, oversized baggage and freight.

HI-SCAN 100100T - Low conveyor belt X-ray system for inspecting oversized baggage and freight.

HI-SCAN 100100T-2is – Dual view version of  HI-SCAN 100100T for more effective inspection of tightly packed objects.
 
HI-SCAN 100100V - Universal X-ray system for a variety of item dimensions.

HI-SCAN 130100T - Low conveyor belt X-ray system for inspecting Euro pallets and large freight.

ScanMobile 130100 – Vehicle mounted X-ray inspection system using HI-SCAN 130100 for temporary applications where luggage, freight or mail has to be checked for customs or security.

ScanTrailer 9075-OT - Mobile X-ray inspection to close security gaps or provide an effective addition to stationary systems.

ScanTrailer 8585 SA – Trailer-mounted X-ray inspection system for temporary locations using HI-SCAN 8585.

ScanTrailer 130100 – Larger version of ScanTrailer 8585, using HI-SCAN 130100 X-ray system.

• Post warranty & maintenance agreements
• Product upgrade offerings
• System account specialist (SAS) program
  

Smiths Detection offers regional training classes for your HazMatID equipment. The HazMatID Regional Operator course will provide students with the skills to use the HazMatID, as well as perform the necessary preventive maintenance for the unit.

 

Below you will find a list of scheduled training dates and locations as well as the training agenda and directions. To register for a class or receive additional information on HazMatID training please call +1 203 207 9778 or e-mail us at training.danbury@smithsdetection.com.

Smiths Detection Ireland
Unit 4, Westpoint Business Park
Ballincollig
Cork
Ireland

T: +353 (21) 4208 200
F: +353 (21) 4208201

Smiths Detection -Watford Ltd
459 Park Avenue
Bushey
Watford
Herts WD23 2BW
UK

Tel: +44 (0)1923 658000

Smiths Detection is part of Smiths Group plc at 765 Finchley Road, London NW11 8DS, UK
Incorporated in England no: 480992

Webmaster: Richard Bayliss

Full list of Smiths Detection's global locations [more]

Design and programming by dietzk. Interactive GmbH, Germany.

 

IONSCAN 500DT - Table top system for simultaneous detection of explosives and narcotics on baggage. 

IONSCAN 400B - Table top system for detection of explosives or narcotics on baggage.

Document Scanner - Table top system for detection of explosives or narcotics on travel documents.

Further information  ¯ 

 

Bio-Seeq Plus
Updated to expand detection capabilities, to include additional hazardous biological agents.

Smiths Heimann Service Italy Srl
Via Giotto 3
20053 Muggiò (Milano)

T: +39 039 2714 203 - 330
F: +39 039 2714 341

 

X-ACT is based on the proven HI-MAT PLUS multi energy material discrimination X-ray technique, sophisticated image processing software and dedicated hardware.
The HI-MAT PLUS material detection system has been further improved using a highly stabilized X-ray source and selected components for detection. The detection system provides the required material resolution to distinguish between explosives, narcotics and other materials.

The automatic detection software which is run on a state-of-the-art computer hardware is a spin-off of the renowned EDS explosive detection system for hold baggage screening.

The main feature is to separate materials of interest from other bag contents. Even if suspect items are obscured or overlap with others, they can be separated and alerted.
Besides visual framing on the display, the operative can be alerted through acoustic signals or a stopping of the belt.

The Smiths Group image library is currently not available. If you require an image, please contact your nearest regional office, via the media contacts section or e-mail info@smithsdetection.com .

 

898 Ploenchit Tower, 11th Floor
Ploenchit Road
Lumpini
Phatumwan
Bangkok 10330
Thailand

Tel: +66 (0) 2 263 1002-5
Fax: +66 (0) 2 263 0366

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• System refurbishment
• Servicing small, shippable products
• Product upgrades
• System refurbishment
  

Customs and border protection requirements are constantly evolving. Traditional fiscal roles continue, such as the collection of excise duties, but there is now additional emphasis on the identification of threats to local and national security – a first line of defence against possible insurgent attacks.
 
The priorities have moved from monitoring cross-border cargo and reducing international shipments of contraband, to screening for explosives, arms, dirty bombs and weapons of mass destruction. Smiths Detection screening systems provide support for all these border control requirements.

Identifying such threats is increasingly more difficult, hidden inside a vehicle or concealed in the middle of the shipment. The challenge is rapid detection without disrupting the daily flow of goods.

Smiths Detection HCV X-ray systems have set the industry standard in cargo inspection for more than 15 years. They are available in various forms, from mobile units ready for use on all terrains in less than 30 minutes, up to fixed high-volume installations. More than 250 cargo screening systems and over 200 mobile cargo systems have now supplied worldwide, in over 50 different countries.

The Baggage & freight section includes X-ray systems for the non-intrusive inspection of goods measuring between 900 x 760 mm and 1300 x 1000 mm. A main search criterion is the maximum size of the objects to be inspected.

Besides stand-alone configurations Smiths Detection offers mobile inspection systems such as the ScanMobile and ScanTrailer, which represent X-ray systems housed in trailers or vans for highly flexible use in different locations.



All X-ray systems in the Baggage & freight category are based on the proven HiTraX technology platform, offering superior image quality and excellent usability.

I am pleased to welcome you to the website of Smiths Detection Diagnostics, a new business group within Smiths Detection. Smiths Detection has a long history of developing simple, rugged detection systems that put sophisticated laboratory technologies into the hands of front line professionals in a wide range of environments. The goal of my group is to use that skill to develop powerful diagnostic systems that can be used directly by healthcare professionals and veterinarians.

Over time we will expand the information on this web site to create a powerful resource for customers and potential customers of our important and innovative technology platforms.

Background to our powerful diagnostics technology Following the 2001 anthrax attacks in the US Smiths Detection developed a portable bio threat detector called Bio-Seeq which used conventional Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) technology. In December 2005 the company licensed an advanced form of this technology called LATE (Linear After The Exponential) PCR from Brandeis University in Boston, Mass. We have further developed LATE PCR and the Bio-Seeq platform and added a unique disposable Sample Preparation Unit to create the Bio-Seeq range of nucleic acid detection and analysis systems. The Portable Veterinary Laboratory is moving into production and the Point of Care Diagnostic System will be available early in 2009. The systems provide rapid easy to use tests and meet the needs of Governmental disease screening and outbreak management programmes.

Partnership opportunities
We are keen to make both LATE PCR and our Bio-Seeq platforms widely available and to develop the broadest possible range of assays. To this aim we are developing a LATE PCR Partnership Program and are keen to discuss this with potential collaborators in healthcare, veterinary medicine and other fields.

If you would like further information on any of these technologies do not hesitate to contact us. Click here for Clinical or Veterinary contact details.

Thank you for taking time to visit our site. 

Bill Mawer
President, Smiths Detection Diagnostics

 

Molecular diagnostics is widely recognized to be a high growth sector within diagnostics that is having a significant impact on how patients are treated. We have worked closely with industry experts Scientia Advisors (http://www.scientiaadv.com/) to analyse this market. In particular Scientia have helped us to understand the emerging need of healthcare professionals for simple, easy to use molecular diagnostic systems.

We discovered three key un-met needs in this area:
• Simplicity – there is a strong desire for systems that reduce or eliminate manual steps in the sample preparation and analysis process
• Sophistication – most current tests provide simple indications of the presence or absence
of a single organism. There is a need for tests that can identify multiple organisms in a single sample and provide important diagnostic information such as antibiotic resistance or indications
of genetic mutation.
• Speed – a fast time-to result accelerates treatment times and provides important clinical and financial benefits

The Bio-Seeq clinical diagnostics platform is being designed to meet these needs. In particular it will focus on the need for rapid diagnosis of infectious disease in patient screening programmes and in critical care. It will provide simple, easy to use diagnostics suitable for use at or near the Point of Care in Accident and Emergency units, Critical Care laboratories and other locations where speed and accuracy are at a premium.

In addition we seek to: 
• Create solutions for Government sponsored pandemic preparedness programmes.
• Develop field portable diagnostics for use in military medicine
• Establish LATE PCR as a method of testing for genetic markers in the early stages of selected cancers.

Protect buildings against the accidental or deliberate release of chemicals, shutting down HVAC systems. Use intelligent video systems to help in assessing the level of threat and to monitor events.

CENTURION - fixed-site continuous ambient air monitoring for chemical warfare agents and toxic industrial chemicals, ideally suited for HVAC systems.

GID-3 (24/7) - low cost point chemical warfare (CW) detector with minimal through life costs for fixed internal or external sites. Runs for minimum one year without operator intervention.

FirstView - Web application based software solution for managing your matrix of security systems, from cameras to sensors including CCTV, Video Analytics, CBRNE, Access Control and X-ray – easily and securely over any network for Command & Control or even mobile applications. 

In the multi-energy method for evaluation of material information of the X-ray signal, the high and low energy radiation fractions obtained after penetration of the object, are compared. By means of this method conclusions concerning material origins can be made.
The classification of materials is carried out according to the atomic numbers Z. Three main groups of elements are distinguished by colors of a continuous color scale:

0 < Z < 10 orange (low)
10 < Z < 18 green (medium)
18 < Z < 40 blue (high)

• X-ACT: Automatic online framing of suspicious material
• HI-SPOT: Online local area image enhancement
• HI-TIP: Threat Image Projection (meets FAA specification)
• Image Store (IMS): Image management system
• SUPERENHANCEMENT (SEN)
• XPLORE: ZEFF sensitive image display
• Remote diagnosis

Smiths Detection India
B-58, Shivalik
Malviya Nagar
New-Delhi – 110 017
India

Tel: (91) 11 2669 2462
Fax: (91) 11 2669 1131

Many Smiths Detection products that detect explosives can also be used to help stem the international flow of illegal drugs.  Systems are available to match the scale of the problem.
 
To combat individual drug carriers, hand-held and table top equipment analyse trace particles on baggage or clothing, with a walk-through portal to screen people.

For narcotics shipped in bulk, our HCV range of high energy X-ray systems can indicate suspicious loads in cargo containers or trucks.

Techniker/in
Fachrichtung Elektrotechnik / Nachrichtentechnik

Tätigkeit:
Erstellung von Bedien- und Technischen Handbüchern (Bereich Sprengstoffdetektionssysteme), Durchführung von Schulungsveranstaltungen (Bedienkräfte, Supervisoren und Techniker) im In- und Ausland.  
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Whether identifying unknown powders, suspicious gases or vapours, or detecting traces of explosives, Smiths Detection equips response teams with the most vital tools to operate safely and successfully. 

The Sentinel II walk-through portal screens people for traces of narcotics. Ideally suited to arrivals gates at airports, seaports and border crossings. 

Smiths Detection provides sensor management solutions for mission critical applications, developing intrusion detection software for physical security applications.
At the heart of our systems is FirstView, a powerful web application based software solution for managing your matrix of security systems, from cameras to sensors, including CCTV,
Video Analytics, CBRNE, Access Control and X-ray. It functions easily and securely over any network for Command & Control
or even mobile applications.

Self contained collective protection system that provides a contamination free, environmentally controlled working area for medical, combat services, and combat service support personnel to work freely without continuously wearing chemical-biological protective clothing. Unique systems that combine sensors and technologies, integrating multiple levels of chemical-biological security in order to protect troops.

Continuously monitor the air to detect and identify specific biological warfare agents in near real-time.  Fully capable detection suite should be built into manned systems equipped for extended battlefield use that also include chemical agent detection, NBC filtration and environmental control, radio communications, surveillance cameras etc. Or an on-demand, portable system that identifies specific biological agents and their concentration levels.

Smiths Heimann
Russian Federation Representative Office
1st Tverskaya - Yamskaya 23
125047 Moscow
Russia

T: +7 (495) 2586037
F: +7 (495) 2586038

Barringer Instruments was founded in 1961 and was initially focused on the geophysical market place for detection and survey instrumentation that helped in the exploration for oil and valuable minerals.  Over the years, Barringer broadened to include instrumentation for nuclear power plants and in the late 1980s turned it attention mainly to narcotics and explosives detection using Ion Mobility Spectrometry (IMS). 

During the 1990s Barringer became a world leader in trace detection instruments for drugs and explosives detection, providing equipment to over 50 countries with thousands of units deployed worldwide.  In 2000, Barringer began marketing IMS technology to the Life Sciences market and pharmaceutical manufacturers, offering a faster and more accurate process for cleaning validation, raw material identification, quality control and dissolution testing. 

In April 2001 Smiths acquired Barringer and the following year the Toronto, Canada-based unit, with a facility in New Jersey, supplied the majority of explosives detection units required by the Transport Security Administration to enhance aviation security.

CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS	VETERINARY DIAGNOSTICS
General Business Information: Michael Dalton Vice President of Sales and Marketing Tel: +1 617 235 3478	For all specialist information: Carmelo Volpe Director of Sales & Marketing +44 (0)1923 658338
Technology: Dr. Jay Lewington Chief Technology Officer Tel: +44 (0)1923 658206
Business Development Dr. John Czajka Tel: +1 410 612 2569

E-mail: biodetection@smithsdetection.com

Assistance to Firefighters Grant
Provides direct assistance, on a competitive basis, to fire departments of a State or tribal nation for the purpose of protecting the health and safety of the public and firefighting personnel against fire and fire-related hazards.

Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program (CEDAP)
Enhances regional response capabilities, mutual aid, and interoperable communications by providing technology and equipment, together with training and technical assistance required to operate. 

State and Local Domestic Preparedness Technical Assistance
This program is aimed to enhance the capacity of State and local first responders to respond to a Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) terrorism incident involving chemical, biological, nuclear, radiological, incendiary, and explosive devices.

National Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Response System
To develop an immediately deployable, national response capability to locate and extricate, and medically stabilize victims of structural collapse during a disaster, while simultaneously enhancing the US&R response capabilities of the State and local oragnizations.

State Domestic Preparedness Equipment Support Program
To enhance the capacity of State and local first responders to respond to a Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) terrorism incident involving chemical, biological, nuclear, radiological, incendiary, and explosive devices.

Citizen Corps Program (CCP)
Through the DHS Preparedness Directorate’s Office of Grants and Training (G&T), State and local organizations will receive approximately $2.5 billion in grant funding to build capabilities that enhance homeland security.

Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) program
FY07 UASI program provides financial assistance towards multidiscipline planning, operations, equipment, training, and exercise needs of high-threat, high-density Urban Areas. 

 

An earpiece is provided for covert operations, used to supply audible alarms to the operator only. When fitted to the unit, the sounder is automatically muted.


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Customs officers can check for narcotics or contraband on arriving passengers with table top swabbing system for baggage or a walk-through portal to check passenger’s clothing - including a wide version for trollies to check passengers and their luggage simultaneously. Systems can be networked and monitored.

IONSCAN 500DT - Table top system for simultaneous detection of explosives and narcotics on baggage.
 
IONSCAN 400B - Table top system for detection of explosives or narcotics on baggage.
 
IONSCAN SENTINEL II - Walk-through portal for detection of explosives or narcotics on people.

HI-SCAN 100100T - Low conveyor belt X-ray system for inspecting oversized baggage and freight.

FirstView - allows monitoring of live and archived video from any authorised PC on the network.

APD2000 - Portable, hand-held chemical detection instrument for law enforcement agencies, First Responders, and HAZMAT teams to detect nerve and blister agents, pepper spray and mace and hazardous compounds.
 
CAM (Chemical Agent Monitor) - First mass produced, reliable hand-held instrument to detect nerve or blister agents or liquid agent contamination.

FAM (Field Alarm Module) - Local sentry alarm, enabling CAM to be used in a detection role.

ECAM (Enhanced Chemical Agent Monitor) - hand held instrument, enhanced version of CAM with improved electronics & signal processing, plus additional detection modes.

HGVI – Handheld, multi-sensor gas and vapor detector & identifier for TICs and CWAs.

LCD (Lightweight Chemical Detector) - Small and lightweight, advanced CW detector, operating  continuously in real-time to provide local warning alarm for individuals or small groups. Used hand-held or attached to a uniform.

SABRE 4000 - Only portable trace detector that can detect threats from explosives, Chemical Warfare agents, or TICs plus narcotics, analysing either trace particles or vapour samples.

SABRE-FR - Special edition for First Responders; hand-held vapor detector and identifier for Chemical Warfare Agents and Toxic Industrial Chemicals.

Cyranose 320 - Rugged, handheld and portable electronic nose for quality control to enable rapid detection and identification of substances based on their chemical profile.

X-ACT offers an automated process to recognize specific substances. Suspicious or high absorbing materials are framed according to their material origin.
X-ACT can be used for selective targeting and the detection of narcotics, explosives or other pre-defined substances.

The X-ACT system supports security operatives in their demanding work place by accelerating the checking process. X-ACT automatically points out suspicious materials in baggage. This positively effects the passengers’ awareness of safety and increases their acceptance of diligent security measurements during check-ins.

Learn about employment opportunities and careers in Smiths Detection at our major employment locations across the world. This page will be updated at regular intervals, with links added to employment opportunity sections, as they are created by our individual business units.

Smiths Detection has launched a series of new products, exciting additions to the applications for our reliable and powerful technologies to help you identify explosives, weapons, contraband, radiation, chemical and biological threats and narcotics.
HPRID. Hand-held radioisotope identifier
MMTD. Hand-held multi-threat detector
SABRE CENTURION II. Next generation air monitoring system
HazMatID Ranger. Hand-held FT-IR chemical identifier
FirstView iSC3. Network-based software for managing security systems
SmartBio Sensor. Real time detector of biological agents in ambient air

Secure the perimeter with CCTV camera system, linked to multiple intrusion detection devices for active surveillance that continually monitors the fence line. 

Smiths Detection offers on-site as well as regularly scheduled regional training classes for the APD2000. To find out more on class schedules and locations as well as the training agenda or if you are interested in receiving a price quote for training at your facility please call +1 203 207 9778.
 
To register for a class or receive additional information on APD2000 training please call +1 203 207 9778 or e-mail us at training.danbury@smithsdetection.com.

The Freight & cargo section includes X-ray systems for the non-intrusive inspection of goods measuring between 1440 x 1700 mm and 1790 x 1700 mm. One main search criterion is the maximum size of the objects to be inspected.

All X-ray systems in this category are based on the proven HiTraX technology platform,  offering superior image quality and excellent usability.

Find out more about  the Bio-Seeq Portable Diagnostics System at the following events:

June 17-20, 2009 The 14th international Symposium for the World Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians. Madrid.
http://www.wavld2009.com/

 

 

U.S. Federal Government & Military Sales
1601 N. Kent Street
Suite 200
Arlington
VA 22209
USA

T: 1 703 682 5700
F: 1 703 682 5699

Select from the Smiths Detection range of specialised lightweight equipment for rapid detection of narcotics. 

By means of HI-TIP, entire X-ray images of fictional baggage containing threat objects are automatically put between real baggage X-ray images during the inspection process. It is also possible to have single specific threat objects automatically projected into real X-ray images of scanned baggage.

The operator of the X-ray system is not aware of this projection process. While HI-TIP is active, the full range of image enhancement functions to support the evaluation process is available. Even automated operator support functions can be used in combination with HI-TIP. The task of the operator is to recognize and mark dangerous or suspect objects.

Our Service Operation has implemented a complete materials management system to ensure rapid delivery of original Smiths Detection parts and supplies to the field. We operate multiple warehouse locations with our logistics centers for reliable and quick delivery of the parts necessary to effect repairs and to have your systems up and running in the shortest possible time frame.

Original Equipment – Original Supplies
Smiths Detection manufactures a full line of OEM parts and consumables for your Smiths equipment.  All of our spare parts &  consumables provide our customers with the highest quality products to ensure  maximum performance and safety standard for your Smiths Detection equipment.

Materials Requirements Planning (MRP)
In addition to monitoring our consumption rates by part number and stocking accordingly, we also proactively anticipate our customers’ consumables needs to ensure availability when they are needed.

Distribution Logistics & Warehousing
We are able to fill most parts and consumable orders the same day they are received through our network of remote warehouses. By bringing required material closer to the point-of-use, it allows for higher equipment operational availability so your products are ready when you need them. Combining multiple warehouse locations with our logistics centers assures you with timely order processing and quick, reliable delivery.
 
Shipping methods
We will ship parts and consumables by any method desired by our customers.

For more information on how these services can benefit your organization please contact your local service office using the 'Contact us' section on this page.

 

The contrast enhancement functions known from the b/w image representation are also available for the HI-MAT Plus color representation feature.
These functions only have an effect on the image brightness, the colors and thus the material assignment are always kept.

Smiths Detection offers comprehensive inspection solutions for security applications. This also includes electromagnetic wave induction technolgy represented in a wide range of walkthrough and hand-held metal detector models, designed to respond to various application requirements.

3225, Francis-Hughes
Suite 100
Laval
Québec, H7L 5A5
Canada
 
Tel:      +1 450 967-0010
Toll-free: 1-888-447-2269
Fax:     +1 450 967 0015

 

• Service consulting
• Project management
• Individualized services
  

Please call our UK-based Communications Manager or the media contact for your sector or time zone. To send an e-mail, please use the contact form.

Principal contact:
Colin McSeveny
Communications Manager
T: +44 (0)20 8457 8419
M: +44 (0)7850 884815

Regional offices:
The Americas:
Aviation, borders, infrastructure: Susan Cooper Curcio Director of Marketing T: 1 973 830 2131	Military & Emergency Response: Dana Knox-Gower Director, Communications & Public Relations T: 1 203-207-9726
Europe, Middle East, Africa:
Aviation, borders, infrastructure: Charlotte Breitwieser P R Co-ordinator T:  +49 (0) 611 9412 189 M: +49 (0) 173 66 14 575	Military & Emergency Response: Colin McSeveny Communications Manager T: +44 (0)20 8457 8419 M: +44 (0)7850 884815
Asia Pacific:
All sectors: Tony McEnroe President +65 6 466 1700

Smiths Heimann S.A.S.
36 rue Charles heller
94405 Vitry-sur-Seine
France

T: +33 (0)1 55 53 55 55
F: + 33 (0)1 46 80 34 99

The Explosives detection section includes automatic high-speed X-ray systems for the non-intrusive inspection of baggage and other goods to detect predominantly explosives. This kind of X-ray equipment usually is an integral part of an airport's internal baggage handling system.

Millimetre-waves lie in the spectral region between radio waves and infrared. This band possesses a unique property of passing transparently through lightweight materials such as clothing fabrics. The property is made use of in mm-wave imagers that find their principal application in concealed object detection systems – typically used to identify the presence of weapons and contraband that are hidden beneath a persons clothing. Millimetre-wave imagers have evolved over the past 50 years from very rudimentary systems to today’s technologies that create live video-like images for use as advanced people screening portals. In this evolution from scientific instruments to commercial security devices, the overriding constraint has been the cost of the sensors that detect the mm-wave signals that are needed to produce an image. To overcome this barrier, scanning systems have been employed to direct mm-wave energy from all parts of the scene onto a small number of sensors. Historically these scanning systems have been based on mechanical techniques employing moving parts to direct and focus the mm-wave energy. Smiths use a revolutionary approach that scans the scene electronically and has resulted in the first ‘no moving parts’ imager that is suitable for mass people screening.   The eqo product – named because it senses mm-wave echoes – marks an evolution to ‘next-generation’ technology for mm-wave imagers. The electronic scanning not only dispenses with the need for moving parts but also dramatically reduces the footprint of the product. The system consists of a flat-panel array that produces excellent image quality with a real-time, full motion video style output. Visit our eqo page. 

The battery cassette accepts 4 x AA commercial batteries.  An additional battery cassette can be retained for quick and easy battery exchange.    


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Assistent/in Produktionsleitung

Tätigkeit:
Leitung und Mitarbeit in Produktionsprojekten, Unterstützung der Produktionsleitung, Analyse von Geschäftsprozess- und Fertigungsabläufen.

Integrate chemical agent detectors into collective protection systems to safeguard personnel and help guarantee operational capabilities. Equipment need to meet the very demanding environmental conditions encountered at sea and be networked to provide information to the damage control centre, bridge, combat information centre, etc.

Identify your biological threat quickly and with confidence.

Bio-Seeq PLUS - Handheld, fully field portable PCR identifier to detect bacterial and viral pathogens in 60 minutes.

• Materials requirements planning (MRP)
• Order processing
• Pick, pack & ship
• Distribution logistics & warehousing
  
  

Ion Mobility Spectrometry is the science behind the IONSCAN products
Ion Mobility Spectrometry, or IMS, is an instrumental analytical method that is similar to Time-of-Flight MS. Instead of responding to molecular fragments, however, IMS uses soft ionization. Ionized molecules travel through a drift tube at distinct speeds that are related to their mass and geometry. Selectable positive and negative ionization enhances identification or sensitivity.

The ions in question are generated by atmospheric-pressure chemical ionization. Sample material is heated to yield a vapor that is swept into a small drift chamber where a beta radiation source ionizes the molecules. The resulting ions – separated according to size, mass and geometry – accelerate towards a detector.

On impact, each ion generates a specific signal, which is a function of ion mobility. Mobility (K) is determined from the drift velocity (vd) attained by ions in a weak electric field (E) in the drift tube, according to the equation, vd = K x E. The distribution of these signals forms an ion spectrum, with an ion mobility band corresponding to each of the unique ionic species. The spectrum is a fingerprint of the parent compound. Libraries of these ion spectra remain resident in the IONSCAN software and are in the screening process.

During analysis, the IONSCAN will look for ions that take the same amount of time and peak within an expected range of the target substances. If it finds ions that fit those parameters, it will detect the substance and “alarm’. If the IONSCAN does not find ions that fit those parameters, it will not alarm.

For more information on this technology, consult Ion Mobility Spectrometry by Gary Alan Eiceman and Zeev Karpas, published in 1994. This book covers theory, ionization processes, instrumentation, and qualitative and quantitative analyses. Our IONSCAN products embody these principles.

Echo Technologies Inc. (ETI) was established in 1997 as a sensor and instrumentation development company, specialising in techniques for the detection of harmful biological agents.  Its laboratory facilities are located near the Seaport District in Boston, Massachusetts. The company's initial business focus was directed toward the development of optical sensors and instrumentation for the detection of biological agents and chemical contaminants.
As well as protecting the public from the dissemination of biological and chemical warfare agents, it looked at public health threats, including new and emerging diseases, contaminated food products and poor indoor air quality. One example is the EchoSensor, a compact biological-warfare detection system, developed to monitor the presence of airborne bacterial agents.  ETI also adapted its core sensor technology for rapid detection of microbial contamination in drinking water and recreational waters. 
ETI has enjoyed collaboration with Harvard University, the University of British Columbia, Michigan Molecular Institute, University of South Carolina and the Army Research Laboratory on projects ranging from basic research to development of prototype sensor instrumentation.

21 Commerce Drive
Danbury, CT 06810
USA

T: +1 203 207 9700
Toll Free: +1 888 473 6747
F: +1 203 207 9780

The Bio-Seeq Portable Veterinary Diagnostics System provides onsite detection capability of pathogens in a wide range of environmental conditions. The system provides laboratory quality analysis in a portable field deployable format. Smiths Detection is a globally recognised leader in the deployment of lab quality technologies in formats suitable for field use by none experts. Smiths Detection has drawn upon a wide range of experience, technologies and knowledge to package a develop a combined PCR and sample preparation system in a portable format. Some of the features of the system include

•  Battery powered briefcase sized system 
•  PCR thermocyclers and sample preparation stations combined into a single integrated unit
•  Rapid sample to results time
•  GPS enabled so location information can be tracked.
•  Barcode scanner enabled for simplified assay selection
•  Networking enabled to allow it to communicate with other devices
•  Built-in PC so no separate laptop/PC is needed
•  Built-in large touch screen to control all aspects of operation

The Bio-Seeq Portable Veterinary Diagnostics System contains 5 of the combined PCR/Sample preparation stations and allows the user to run the same assay on 5 samples or 5 different assays at the same time. The system is simple to use with the veterinarian placing the Sample Preparation Unit on the instrument. All actions are then controlled by the instrument and a positive or negative result is displayed to the user at the end of the analysis.

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The Parcels & baggage section includes X-ray systems for the non-intrusive inspection of carry-on baggage and items comparable in size, ideally suitable for use at airport check-in counters, for example. All  systems in this category are based on the proven HiTraX technology, offering superior image quality and excellent usability. A special product in this section is the MSC 20, a Mobile Security Checkpoint  housed in a 20 ft container that can accomodate an individual set of securtity systems including i.e. a HI-SCAN 6040i X-ray inspection system. The MSC 20 offers great flexibility and is relocatable to critical security areas.

X-ray inspection and explosives detection systems designed to support the airport check-in. The X-ray systems are often integrated into counter applications allowing inspection of  passengers’ luggage during the check-in procedure.

HI-SCAN 5180i - Compact X-ray inspection system with low conveyor belt, suitable for inspection of check-in baggage in civil aviation.
 
HI-SCAN 5180si -  Based on HI-SCAN 5180i but equipped with advanced multi-energy X-ray generator, a new generation of electronics plus novel high resolution detector line.
 
HI-SCAN 8380 - X-ray system for integrated check-in counter applications with centralised image analysis. Suited to integration into conveyor belt systems.

HI-SCAN 16580 - Space saving double counter X-ray system for integrated check-in counter applications with centralised image analysis.

IONSCAN 500DT - Table top system for simultaneous detection of explosives and narcotics on baggage.
 
IONSCAN 400B - Table top system for detection of explosives or narcotics on baggage.

Document Scanner - Table top system for detection of explosives or narcotics on travel documents.

SensIR Technologies, originally Spectra-Tech, was founded in 1979 to manufacture and market the Barnes Analytical product line of infrared sampling accessories, building a considerable reputation for its skills in FT-IR Microscopy.

SensIR Technologies LLC was established in 1998,  specializing in highly specific FT-IR Spectroscopy and Diamond Attenuated Total Reflectance (ATR) to analyze and identify solid and liquid substances. 

Its scientists and engineers customized and simplified the technology, bringing it to a wide range of markets so that it became an essential tool and technique used by a range of specialists, from highly qualified  spectroscopists to emergency responders. 

HI-SCAN 6040aTiX - Automatic detection of explosives by X-ray in carry-on baggage.

HI-SCAN 10080 EDX - Automatic explosives detection for high speed level 1 role in multi-level checked baggage screening system.

HI-SCAN 10080 EDX-2is - Advanced version of HI-SCAN 10080 EDX with dual view extension for dramatically improved evaluation process.

HI-SCAN 10080 EDtS - High throughput automatic explosive detection system for 100% checked baggage screening environments.

Keeps all the user accessories safe in one place. Comes with battery cassette, confidence sample, survey nozzle and earpiece as standard. Can be attached to most types of harness or belts.

Available in the same c