Extend your Empower Data System Capabilities by using High Brightness Deuterium Lamps with Intelligent Technology

Key features of the new Intelligent Lamps:

■■ Automatic updates to lamp history

file in Empower Software

■■ Traceability to enhance

regulatory submissions

■■ Comprehensive status reports can

now include lamp serial number,

hours, and ignitions automatically

■■ Longer lamp life – More initial energy

(2X greater) than conventional

deuterium lamps means a longer

lamp life

■■ Built-in memory device to store

pertinent lamp information

with the lamp

The new Waters® PerformancePLUS™ High Brightness

Deuterium Lamp with Intelligent Technology helps

you make better business decisions based on

accurate lamp information now accessible through

Empower™ chromatography data software (CDS).

The benefits of the intelligent technology include:

saving time with automatic lamp history updates,

traceability in comprehensive status reports

and easy monitoring of your deuterium lamp

life. Combining these benefits with the longer

lamp life, reliable starting, and stability of the

PerformancePLUS High Brightness Deuterium Lamp

with Intelligent Technology makes this lamp the

smart choice for your ACQUITY UPLC® Tunable UV

(TUV) or ACQUITY UPLC Photodiode Array (PDA)

Detector in your Empower Software system.

Figure 1. Serial number and hours updated automatically.

SAV E T ImE WIT H AUTomATIC UPDAT ES

When the high brightness deuterium lamp with intelligent technology is installed

into a Waters ACQUITY UPLC Detector, it automatically updates the lamp history file

in Empower. This feature saves times – no more manual entering of serial numbers

when you change a lamp, and it eliminates errors and guesswork when entering the

lamp usage hours.

The lamp serial number and the number of hours on the lamp are conveniently

displayed on the detector’s Interactive Display window. See Figure 1.

PerformancePLUS™ High Brightness Deuterium Lamp with Intelligent Technology.

Traceability – Be better prepared for audits

If you work in a regulated environment, Empower Software gives

you a new comprehensive status report for your detector with

all of the pertinent lamp information included. This allows you

to trace a lamp to any assay, a convenient tracking method for

assays submitted to FDA or other regulatory agencies. And the

information is updated automatically by the intelligence feature

so each time the report is run, it is accurate and up-to-date.

See Figure 2.

Easy monitoring of lamp information

Selecting the Lamp History window provides additional

information, such as, the number of good and total ignitions on

the lamp, the installation date, and the number of hours. This

makes it easy to monitor your lamp’s lifetime performance and

helps you better plan any preventive maintenance visits for your

detector. See Figure 3.

Higher energy improves detector performance

The high brightness lamp arc distribution is two times higher

than conventional deuterium type lamps (aperture size: 0.5 mm)

providing you with:

■■ Higher UV intensity

■■ Longer life – 2000 hours plus

■■ Higher output stability

As shown in Figure 4, the high brightness lamp has higher light

intensity when compared to standard deuterium lamps run for

the same amount of time. The higher energy also provides a

much better signal to noise ratio when compared to a standard

deuterium lamp.

The Waters 2489 and 2998 UV detectors can take advantage of

the higher energy, longer useful lamp life, and improved signal-to

noise ratios provided by these new high brightness lamps.

Figure 3. Lamp History window with pertinent data.

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Figure 2. Status report showing lamp information highlighted.

Figure 4. Energy remaining over time.

Ensured warranty coverage for peace of mind

Waters lamps are the only lamps approved for Waters warranty replacement. Damage to a Waters

system resulting from use of alternative lamps is not covered under the Waters product warranty.

Improved sensitivity with lower baseline noise levels

With UPLC, the fluidic components have much smaller diameters

than HPLC components. The UPLC flow cells allow less light

to pass through simply because the flow cell aperture is a

smaller diameter. The higher energy of the high brightness lamp

compensates for this, and results in lower baseline noise levels,

which improve the sensitivity of your detector.

Provides accurate lamp information

The intelligence feature is made possible by a storage device built

into the lamp’s wires. See Figure 6.

This device automatically records pertinent lamp information: the

lamp serial number, lamp usage hours, and ignitions. If the lamp

is transferred between detectors, the data travels with it. No more

guesswork as to how long the lamp has been running.

Integrated device for reliable starting

The new high brightness lamp also has a device built into the

cable that optimizes the triggering voltage profile to enhance

starting reliability. See Figure 6.

Independently certified as part of the detector for safety

Waters ACQUITY TUV, ACQUITY PDA, 2489 Dual-Wavelength

Absorbance Detectors, and 2998 Photodiode Array (PDA)

Detectors are EN-61010-, UL-, and CSA-certified with the Waters

PerformancePLUS high brightness deuterium lamp included as part of

the detector design. Certification requires user-accessible wires that

experience high voltage to be double insulated. Use of alternative

lamps without certification may compromise product safety.

Precision design for superior performance

The new high brightness lamp with intelligent technology includes

all of the proven design features from the standard Waters

PerformancePlus deuterium lamps. Combining these design

features gives you the reliability and superior performance

you expect from Waters.

Figure 6. Waters high brightness lamp with storage device, starting device, and double insulated wires.

Precision design features and benefits:

■■ Precision alignment for maximum performance

■■ Precision machined base for optimum interface with

Waters detectors

■■ Consistent cathode coating for improved stability

■■ Inorganic ceramic bonding cement to minimize

degradation of lamp intensity

■■ Rigorous reliability testing for reliable performance

■■ High shock resistance for improved performance

■■ Guaranteed minimum lifetime for cost savings

■■ Built-in device for reliable starting

Figure 5. Example of ACQUITY PDA chromatogram. Using the high brightness lamp, an ACQUITY PDA allows quantitation of impurities at levels down to 0.004%.

Compound (Minutes)

Retention Time

Area %

Signal- to-Noise

Impurity 1 1.005 0.004 7Impurity 2 1.175 0.004 11Impurity 3 1.495 0.003 6Impurity 4 2.439 0.012 20Impurity 5 2.557 0.008 10Impurity 6 3.366 0.044 56Oxybutynin 4.484 99.845 70927Impurity 7 5.007 0.081 65

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ExPErIEnCED, WorLDWIDE SErVICE – IT’S morE THAn jUST rEPLACIng A LAmP

During Performance Maintenance visits, Waters Field Service Engineers replace PerformancePLUS

Long-Life Deuterium Detector Lamps. Additionally, they verify and maintain your Waters detector

for optimal performance and prevent the need for more radical part replacement later due to

substandard lamps.

order now

There are two models of high brightness lamps available. To order a Waters PerformancePLUS™

High Brightness Deuterium Detector Lamps, go to www.waters.com/parts.

description Waters Detectors Part Number

PerformancePLUS High Brightness Deuterium Detector Lamp with Intelligent Technology

ACQUITY TUV ACQUITY PDA

700005269

PerformancePLUS High Brightness Deuterium Detector Lamp

2489 TUV Detector 2998 PDA Detector

201000186

For Trouble-Free System operation, Use only Waters Quality Parts

Waters designs and manufactures Waters Quality Parts® to the same strict

regulatory standards as your high-performance Waters systems to ensure:

■■ Continued system compliance ■■ Maximum lifetime and reliability of both the spare part and your instrument ■■ Contamination free environment ■■ Accurate and reproducible results

For more information or to order parts, go to www.waters.com/wqp.