Altamira Product Lines

Altamira offers a variety of custom designed and fully automated reactor systems.  From instruments that conduct temperature-programmed characterization (TPR/TPO/TPD) to Microreactors designed for a specific chemical process, Altamira can provide the instrument solution to your laboratory needs.

A)    AMI Family and AMI-300

The AMI family of instruments combines a variety of temperature-programmed techniques, including: temperature-programmed desorption (TPD), temperature-programmed oxidation (TPO), temperature-programmed reduction (TPR), and temperature-programmed reaction (TPRx).  The AMI family of instruments can also perform pulse chemisorption in a dynamic flow system and dynamic BET.  Single or multi-station instruments are available.  See the AMI Family Map for more details.

B)    BenchCAT™

The BenchCAT™ family of instruments are custom-designed microreactors, which are fully automated and designed for unattended operation.  All BenchCATs are designed around: number of gas inlets, number of liquid pumps, flow rates, pressure and temperature maximums, reactor material, preference of control software, future upgrade possibilities, etc….  BenchCAT microreactors can be designed to conduct iso-thermal or temperature-programmed experiments and analyze the effluent with a mass spectrometer, gas chromatograph, FTIR, or your choice of detector.  Single or multi-station instruments are available. 

C)    BenchCAT ™ Hybrid

The Hybrid series of instruments combines the flexibility of the BenchCAT ™ and the characterization capabilities of the AMI family.  The user may conduct characterization experiments or reaction studies all in one instrument. 

D)    Celero™

The Celero ™ is a multi-channel fized bed reactor system used for high throughput screen of heterogeneous catalysts.  The scientist may choose 8, 16, or 24 reactors with multiple options for gas and liquid feeds.

E)     PID Microactivity (MA) Reference Reactor

The MA-Reference is a highly automated, microactivity reactor featuring sophisticated microprocessor control with touch-screen and TCP/IP Ethernet communications. The MA-Reference has the lowest dead volume in the industry, and it is ideal for studies of catalyst activity, selectivity, optimization and kinetics.

 Altamira strives to meet our customer’s need by customizing our instruments.  If your present application does not fall under the instrument above, please contact us and we will discuss your needs and find a solution.