AboutTornado Spectral Systems
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Tornado Spectral Systems Inc (Tornado) is the global provider of chemical analysis & measurement systems for Raman spectroscopy. Our Raman analyzers utilize proprietary optical technology for maximum measurement performance, making them perfect solutions for process, manufacturing, and laboratory Raman applications.
Tornado’s High Throughput Virtual Slit (HTVS™) technology provides unequivocal photon power to tackle the most difficult Raman measurements and overcome these challenges, thus enabling greater customer success. Tornado’s Raman analyzers with revolutionary spectrometer technology including HyperFlux™ ProPlus and PGR™ deliver significantly enhanced photon collection power. HTVS™ eliminates the physical slit of a conventional spectrometer and avoids signal losses while maintaining high spectral resolution, allowing for faster measurements and lower detection limits. The superior performance of Tornado Raman spectrometer systems allows for more accurate chemical identification, and quantitation even with challenging mixtures and low concentrations, faster measurements of dynamic reactions, and low laser power operation in hazardous environments.
Tornado’s non-destructive, real-time measurement solutions offer numerous benefits for established analytical practice and facilitate the broader application of Raman methods for pharmaceutical, petrochemical, biotech, and other applications.
Industries that Benefit from Raman Spectroscopy
Raman spectroscopy is a highly selective and non-destructive optical spectroscopy technique which relies on the inelastic scattering of laser light to probe molecular structure. The non-destructive nature of Raman measurements along with the molecular specificity of the spectra make it an optimal technique to monitor manufacturing processes in real time. The use of Raman can facilitate process understanding and allow effective process control, thus helping minimize production errors.
Raman spectrometers have traditionally been limited by a lack of sensitivity due to the input slit trade-off between resolution and throughput. What’s unique about our technology is that the Tornado Raman Spectrometers use a proprietary HTVS™enabled spectrometer to deliver better Raman sensitivity than ever before possible, designed to provide users with faster measurements (10x to 30x) for better process responsivity, better sensitivity for lower detection limits, and permitting reduction of the laser power without sacrificing performance. When compared to other systems, our spectrometers are designed to provide 10X photon throughput.