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Website Downtime – 24 October 2023

Dear valued distributor

please be aware, that our website will not be accessible on Tuesday, 24 October 2023 due to a major content management system and database update.

Therefore, we kindly ask you to download documents you may require prior to the downtime.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Best regards,

CAMAG Team

Twin Trough Chambers 20 x 10 cm for manual development

On 19 April 2023, we have informed you that the CAMAG® Twin Trough Chamber made from DURAN® borosilicate 3.3 for 20 x 10 cm plates (022.5260) will replace the Twin Trough Chambers for manual development.

Due to a force majeure problem at our supplier’s side, we are forced to reintroduce the below mentioned discontinued Twin Trough Chambers for manual development into our portfolio until further notice:

  • 022.5251 CAMAG® Twin Trough Chamber for 20 x 10 cm plates, without lid
  • 022.5253 CAMAG® Twin Trough Chamber for 20 x 10 cm plates, with glass lid
  • 022.5254 CAMAG® Twin Trough Chamber for 20 x 10 cm plates, with stainless steel lid

The corresponding prices will remain the same as mentioned in the initial price list 2023.

Newly ordered CAMAG® ADC 2 are currently not affected by this change and will still be equipped with the CAMAG® Twin Trough Chamber made from DURAN® borosilicate 3.3 for 20 x 10 cm plates (022.5260) currently on stock at CAMAG. In case a customer needs a replacement for his CAMAG® ADC 2 from S/N 290200 on, or older instruments – which have already been equipped with the upgrade kit 022.8365 – the DURAN chamber is available for such cases.

Reminder: Customers using the CAMAG® ADC 2 before S/N 290200 and which have not been upgraded yet using the upgrade kit 022.8365, cannot use the reintroduced Twin Trough Chamber, but must order the upgrade kit 022.8365 (022.5260 included).

For manual development with the reintroduced Twin Trough Chambers, please offer the 20 x 20 cm cut-to-fit saturation pads for all chamber sizes (022.5244) only.

If you have any questions or require further information, please contact us at support@camag.com.

Welcome to the CBS 130 – Use of machine learning to predict the RF values

Welcome to the CBS 130 – Use of machine learning to predict the RF values

In this latest issue of the CAMAG Bibliography Service, we present an innovative concept combining the lately introduced complementary development solvents concept (CDS) with machine learning which effectively allows the prediction of the RF values and might have the potential to become the future of HPTLC data analysis.

Presented applications from customers worldwide comprise:

  • Extractable and leachable studies of pharmaceutical products packed in plastics
  • Detection and quantification of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in honey
  • Stability testing of dihydroartemisinin
  • HPTLC-based fingerprinting of fructooligosaccharides

Enjoy reading!

visionCATS licensing tool update

visionCATS licensing tool update

Due to an upcoming update, the visionCATS licensing tool softwareactivation.camag.com will not be available from 5 May 2023, 15:00h to 8 May 2023, 8:00h (CEST).

With this update, the licensing tool will come up with a new design and improved usability. Additionally, the update also adds a useful backdoor functionality, enabling to provide convenient support in case the customer lost the visionCATS login credentials: simply access the respective license and press the “Backdoor” button, creating a file, which has to be sent to the customer. After double-clicking the file icon at the client’s computer, visionCATS will start and the user can change the respective settings.

We would like to apologize for the inconvenience caused by this.

If you have any questions or require further information, please send an email to support@camag.com.

CAMAG office closed on 1 May 2023

Please note, that our office is closed on Monday, 1 May 2023 due to a public holiday.

On Tuesday, 2 May 2023, we will resume business as usual.

Twin Trough Chamber 20 x 10 cm

As already informed in May 2022, the Twin Trough Chamber for the ADC 2 (022.5261) was replaced by the new CAMAG® Twin Trough Chamber made from DURAN® borosilicate 3.3 for 20 x 10 cm plates (022.5260). This new chamber shows significant improvement of the front detection.

To streamline the product portfolio, the new chamber (022.5260) will also replace the Twin Trough Chambers for manual development. With this, the following part numbers are discontinued as of 19 April 2023.

  • 022.5251 CAMAG® Twin Trough Chamber for 20 x 10 cm plates, without lid
  • 022.5253 CAMAG® Twin Trough Chamber for 20 x 10 cm plates, with glass lid
  • 022.5254 CAMAG® Twin Trough Chamber for 20 x 10 cm plates, with stainless steel lid
  • 022.5261 CAMAG® Twin Trough Chamber for ADC 2 for 20 x 10 cm plates (already obsolete since May 2022)

Order information about Twin Trough Chamber for ADC 2:

  • For ADC 2 from S/N 290200 on or older ADC 2 already upgraded to the new chamber, please order the new chamber 022.5260.
  • For ADC 2 before S/N 290200 and not yet upgraded, please order the upgrade kit 022.8365 (022.5260 is included).

Order information about Twin Trough Chambers to be used without ADC 2

  • The new Twin Trough Chamber 022.5260 replaces all previous Twin Trough Chambers for 20 x 10 cm plates and is compatible with the new glass lid for Twin Trough Chambers only (022.5292). There is NO stainless steel lid available for this chamber and the old stainless steel lid will not fit for the new chamber.
  • The Twin Trough Chambers for 10 x 10 cm and 20 x 20 cm plates are not affected by this change and remain as they are.

Order information about filter paper:

  • For ADC 2 with discontinued Twin Trough Chamber 022.5261:       
    022.8370, Filter paper for chamber saturation, pack of 100
    only suitable for chamber 022.5261
  • For ADC 2 with new Twin Trough Chamber 022.5260: 
    022.8371 Filter paper for chamber saturation, pack of 100
    only suitable for chamber 022.5260
  • For the use in Twin Trough Chamber without ADC 2:
    022.5244 Saturation pads (20 x 20 cm) for all chamber sizes, pack of 100 (cut to fit chamber size)

If you have any questions or require further information, please send an email to support@camag.com.

Release of visionCATS 3.2 SP2 (3.2.23095.1)

    We would like to inform you about the latest software version visionCATS 3.2 SP2 (3.2.23095.1), which is released today.

    This new release features important improvements to the service tool.

    We highly recommend to update all installations to this latest version visionCATS 3.2 SP2 (3.2.23095.1).

    If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at support[at]camag.com.

     

    Release of visionCATS 3.2 SP2 (3.2.23088.2)

    We would like to inform you about the latest software version visionCATS 3.2 SP2 (3.2.23088.2), which will be released today.

    This new release features the following important updates for the HPTLC PRO Module DEVELOPMENT:

    • Chamber temperature regulation
    • Configuration of the chamber target temperature.

    We highly recommend that customers, who are using the HPTLC PRO Module DEVELOPMENT, update to the latest version visionCATS 3.2 SP2 (3.2.23088.2).

    Customers, who are not yet using the HPTLC PRO Modules, do not profit from this update, and do not have to upgrade, if they would need to re-qualify their system for it. However, whoever starts to work with our HPTLC PRO needs this SP2 version. The next major upgrade will be the version 4.0 anticipated to be launched later this year.

    If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at support@camag.com.

    Product Release Information visionCATS 3.2 SP2 (3.2.23088.2)

    Release Number: 3.2 SP2 (3.2.23088.2)
    Release Date: 30/03/2023

    Customer Support

    For more information or support, please email us at support[at]camag.com

    Introduction

    This document contains the release notes for visionCATS 3.2 SP2 (3.2.23088.2). The following sections describe the release in detail and provide late-breaking or other information that supplements the main documentation.

    Installation and Upgrade Notes

    Installation

    See Installation procedure for full details.

    Manifest

    See Parts supplied.

    System Requirements

    See PC System Requirements.

    What’s new in visionCATS 3.2 SP2?

    See What’s new in visionCATS 3.2 SP2.

    Known Problems and Workarounds

    Please refer to Known Issues and Workarounds.