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Evolution 260 Bio UV-Vis spectrophotometer

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OT52290
Product Description
A 2011 R&D Award recipient, the innovative
Thermo Scientic Evolution 260 Bio UV-Visible
spectrophotometer provides great performance,
high versatility and ease of use for life science
customers.
QA/QC Customers
Unique Selling Point
Product Features Customer Benets
Innovative CUE (Customized User Environment) script and intuitive Easy-to-understand bio analysis, ease-of-use, minimized potential errors,
INSIGHT Bio software offer compliance with 21 CFR Part 11 high exibility and full compliance with regulations
Long lifetime xenon ash lamp Reduced hassle associated with lamp change, no need to wait for lamp to
warm up, and low cost of ownership
Double-beam design Spectral Bandwidths (SBWs) of 1 nm, 2 nm, and Best performance for a wide range of tasks with different sample types
Application Focused Beam Geometry (AFBG) of microcells, ber optics,
and materials optimized
Software and accessories for Performance Verication (PV) and calibration Capability to perform PV and calibration with ease and reliability; Hands-on
time to perform and document PV testing reduced from ~5 hours to <5 minutes
Fast wavelength scanning with excellent repeatability Improved productivity
R&D Customers
Unique Selling Point
Product Features Customer Benets
Powerful INSIGHT Bio software Windows embedded and innovative CUE script Easy-to-understand bio analysis, ease-of-use, high exibility and minimized
for developing customized methods potential errors
Double-beam Spectral Bandwidths (SBWs) of 1 nm, 2 nm, and Best performance for a wide range of tasks with different sample types
Application Focused Beam Geometry (AFBG) of microcells, ber optics,
and materials optimized
Wide range of accessories for various applications and instrument calibration Versatility for analysis of many sample types; in-house calibration for
condence in instrument performance
Long life time xenon ash lamp Reduced hassle associated with lamp change, no need to wait for lamp to
warm up, and low cost ownership
4 USB ports and identical software interface for PC control and local control High usability and freedom of choice to save space without sacricing performance
FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY
Model Part Number
Evolution 260 Bio Local Control 14380425
Evolution 260 Bio PC Control 14380424
The Evolution

260 Bio UV-Vis spectrophotometer provides ready-to-use and easy-to-follow bio assays including
nucleic acid concentration, protein concentration, Bradford analysis, etc. It offers customers the reliability,
repeatability and convenience to work in a highly regulated environment in life science. In addition to CUE scripting,
a unique software tool that simplies measurements and is customizable to users needs, the Evolution 260 Bio
ensures high product quality control through optimized measurements for life science applications.
The Evolution 260 Bio UV-Vis spectrophotometer is a high performance and user-friendly instrument at a competitive price.
It offers convenience to life science customers with the easy-to-follow bio methods while enabling them to perform a wide
range of tasks for different sample types. With a full range of accessories available, optimized sample measurement and
extensive data analysis capabilities, the Evolution 260 Bio offers great exibility and reliability for research in life science.
Opportunity Target Customers
Primary QA/QC Customers
Lab managers and research scientists in QA/QC of pharmaceutical,
biotech, CROs, etc.
Primary R&D Customers
Lab managers and research scientists in R&D across a variety of
industries including universities and research institutes, pharmaceutical,
biotech, CROs, etc.
Applications
Measure sample absorbance, transmittance and reectance with the
applications of xed wavelength, scan, kinetics and quant.
Cross Selling
Thermo Scientic spectroscopy products including the Nicolet iS5 FT-IR.
Competitive Analysis
Evolution 260 Bio Shimadzu UV-1800 Agilent Cary 60 Perkin-Elmer Lambda 25
Optical Double-beam Double-beam Dual-beam (claim to be double-beam, Double-beam
Configuration
but no access to reference beam)
Spectral 1 nm, 2 nm, Micro AFBG (2 nm), 1.0 nm 1.5 nm 1.0 nm
Bandwidth Fiber AFBG (4.5 nm),
and Materials AFBG (15 nm)
Light Source Xenon lamp Deuterium and Tungsten Xenon lamp Deuterium and Tungsten
Photometric >3.5A -4.04.0A -3.33.3A N/A
Range
Scanning Speed 16,000 nm/min scan 23,000 nm/min scan 124,000 nm/min scan 12,880 nm/min scan
31,000 nm/min slew 6,000 nm/min slew 24,000 nm/min slew N/A slew
Control Options Local or PC control Local or PC control PC control only PC control
4 USB ports USB port USB port No USB port
Software Modern, award-winning Out-of-date, black and white Non-Windows-like interface Method customization (requires
Easy-to-follow Bio methods Multi-component (MCA) and Method customization (requires
programming skills)
Innovative CUE script for bio methods included
programming skills)
Non-Windows-like interface
method customization Bio software available
Accessories Very broad range Broad range Broad range Broad range
Mercury lamp Autosampler Autosampler Autosampler
Smart accessories with Microplate reader
easy software control
List Price Low High, but discounts available High, but discounts available High, but discounts available
(Long-term cost) (Low) (High) (Low) (High)
Shimadzu UV-1800 Agilent Cary 60 Perkin-Elmer Lambda 25
Evolution 260 Bio Advantages Lower cost of ownership True double-beam Easier scripting software
AFBG 1 nm SBW and AFBG AFBG
Long lifetime light source Easier scripting software Long lifetime light source
Scripting software Broader range of accessories: Faster scanning
Faster scanning better Peltier systems, Broader range of accessories:
Broader range of accessories: Mercury lamp and smart CVC better Peltier systems,
better Peltier systems, Bio methods included fiber optic accessory, and
fiber optic accessory, and Mercury lamp and smart CVC
Mercury lamp and smart CVC Bio methods included
Competitors Advantages Autosampler accessory Autosampler and Autosampler accessory
increases throughput microplate reader Better wavelength accuracy
Better wavelength accuracy Better wavelength accuracy
MCA included Faster scanning
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