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In analytical labs where details matter most—when productivity is measured in microns and minutes—turn to the Thermo Scientific Nicolet RaptIR FTIR Microscope for answers.
This research-grade microscope helps you rapidly locate and identify trace materials, inclusions, impurities, microparticles, and the distribution of materials within a sample with incredible clarity and precision. Its clean, adaptive user interface provides increased flexibility and usability for all users, from specialists to novices. The Nicolet RaptIR FTIR Microscope provides answers quickly, regardless of industry or application.
Take a virtual 3D tour of the Nicolet RaptIR FTIR Microscope.
The Nicolet RaptIR FTIR Microscope's adaptable design is suitable for scientists across all industries and skill levels. It has been engineered with the latest technology to ensure you get sharp images and rapid, accurate analysis at every step of your workflow.
The Nicolet RaptIR FTIR Microscope automatically ensures you can use it anywhere, anytime.
Load samples up to 40 millimeters thick and 5 kilograms in mass with the open access and heavy-duty stage.
The high-resolution camera and eyepieces display clear images, and the adaptive UI and comfortable joystick provide a nearly effortless user experience.
The 4x and 15x objectives enable you to get a clear view of your entire sample and focus in on the smallest detail.
Cover a large area faster than ever with the microscope's infrared capability, and examine your sample with up to 10 spectra per second at a resolution greater than 5 microns.
Paradigm Software 64-bit operating system and UI simplify your entire analytical process.
The Nicolet RaptIR FTIR Microscope facilitates the transmission of data into a wide variety of formal and fully customizable formats to send to your stakeholders.
The Nicolet RaptIR FTIR Microscope automatically ensures you can use it anywhere, anytime.
Load samples up to 40 millimeters thick and 5 kilograms in mass with the open access and heavy-duty stage.
The high-resolution camera and eyepieces display clear images, and the adaptive UI and comfortable joystick provide a nearly effortless user experience.
The 4x and 15x objectives enable you to get a clear view of your entire sample and focus in on the smallest detail.
Cover a large area faster than ever with the microscope's infrared capability, and examine your sample with up to 10 spectra per second at a resolution greater than 5 microns.
Paradigm Software 64-bit operating system and UI simplify your entire analytical process.
The Nicolet RaptIR FTIR Microscope facilitates the transmission of data into a wide variety of formal and fully customizable formats to send to your stakeholders.
Versatility allows you to analyze across a wide range of applications such as:
Thermo Scientific OMNIC Paradigm Software allows you to swiftly navigate and analyze complex samples. It employs a database format for collecting data, utilizes the full power of the Windows 10 operating system, and collects impressively large maps to enable you to collect multiple regions of interest.
10 micron beads embedded in an epoxy
Fibers finely resolved and analyzed
Incredible detail of ink on a plastic surface
Examine entire tablets
Gain insight about API distribution
Colors of complex images
Forensic sample details - auto part contamination
Forensic sample details - paint chip analysis
Analyze the environmental impact of microplastics
The software’s clean, adaptive user interface allows specialists and novice users alike to obtain the data they’re looking for:
See for yourself how easy it is to use the Nicolet RaptIR FTIR Microscope to find a sample, collect a mosaic, or collect a background and map in these short videos.
Find your sample fast using software for the Nicolet RaptIR FTIR Microscope
Collect the background and an image map of your sample using software for Nicolet RaptIR FTIR Microscope
Collect a high-resolution mosaic using software for the Nicolet RaptIR FTIR Microscope
Analysis of a high-res multi-layer film with the Nicolet RaptIR FTIR Microscope
The Nicolet RaptIR FTIR Microscope is always coupled to a Thermo Scientific Nicolet FTIR Spectrometer.
Using it with the Thermo Scientific Nicolet iS50 FTIR Spectrometer provides a broader array of capabilities, including FT-Raman, TGA-IR, NIR, far-infrared, and diamond ATR, for addressing complex analytical challenges. This combination will help you find answers more quickly, whether you are studying powders, liquids, gases, or micron-sized particulates.
The Unity Lab Services team is ready to support your iS50 FT IR instrument and RaptIR Microscope from installation and warranty to service plans and compliance services. Our full range of services helps ensure you get the best performance from your system throughout its life. We can put together services to best fit your needs, so your equipment operates reliably and efficiently.
As the world leader in serving science and part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific organization, we are ready to serve you with more than 2,000 highly trained Unity Lab Services technical professionals globally. Our organization has been serving our customers for more than 50 years and our engineers have an average of 18 years of experience operating and maintaining instruments we service. Each field engineer who works on your instrument is OEM factory trained and certified on that specific instrument, so you can be confident in your audit-readiness with regular service. You will receive consistent, high-quality installation, maintenance and repair of your iS50 FT IR instrument and RaptIR Microscope with the world-class expertise of the Unity Lab Services team.
Your specific needs and expectations as you use your IS50 FT IR instrument and RaptIR Microscope require a level of service tailored to your laboratory. Our comprehensive service portfolio was designed to expertly address varied service needs and help you find the perfect fit. Unity Lab Services instrument service plans get you up and running faster, providing on average 50% faster response times and 30% less downtime compared to customers without a service plan.
In addition to faster service and reduced downtime, service plan customers have exclusive access to Enhanced Technical Support, which uses Digital Remote Support tools that enable resolution of issues to get you up and running faster. For repairs requiring on-site corrective services, we offer varied response targets to meet your needs as well as an industry-exclusive requalification (RQ) benefit for customers on qualified service plans. Finally, ensuring you receive annual preventive maintenance for all plans helps increase instrument uptime and gives you confidence that your instrument is running according to specifications.
Specifications | Premier service plan* | Essential service plan & extended warranty | Tech Direct service plan | Compared to no service plan |
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On-site corrective services | ||||
Priority on-site response time target †
| 2 business days | 3 business days | 5 business days | No priority response |
On-site corrective maintenance (includes factory-certified parts, labor, and travel) | ✓ | ✓ | 10% discount | Full charges apply |
Full charges apply | ✓ | ✓ | 10% discount | Full charges apply |
Replacements of malfunctioning computers purchased from Thermo Fisher Scientific and required for operation of the instrument | ✓ | ✓ | 10% discount | Full charges apply |
Industry-exclusive requalification (RQ) included during corrective maintenance if OQ was added to service plan | Free of charge | Free of charge | 10% discount | Full charges apply |
Preventive maintenance services | ||||
Pre-scheduled, on-site preventive maintenance (PM) and PM parts kit (1/system/year) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Full charges apply |
Software and firmware updates during preventive maintenance and repair visits, upon request ‡ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Full charges apply |
Digital Remote Support, diagnostic, and corrective services | ||||
Priority remote diagnosis and repair | ✓ (Highest priority) | ✓ | ✓ | Not available |
Unlimited access to remote support engineers through secure remote desktop control and augmented reality (AR) tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Not available |
Value-added services | ||||
Priority status technical support with targeted immediate phone response § | ✓ (Highest priority) | ✓ | ✓ | Not available |
Semi-annual service history and site management reviews | ✓ | Not available | ||
10% discount on training courses (where available, upon request) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Not available |
10% discount on other parts, accessories, and consumables unrelated to corrective maintenance (upon request) | ✓ | ✓ | Not available | |
Optional services available for purchase | ||||
Operational qualification (OQ) | ✓ (Includes RQ) | ✓ (Includes RQ) | ✓ (Discounted RQ) | Full charges apply |
Additional preventive maintenance (PM) | ✓ (Discounted) | ✓ (Discounted) | ✓ (Discounted) | Full charges apply |
* The Premier service plan may not be available in all locations. Please contact your Unity Lab Services sales representative for availability and more details.
Maintaining compliance with documented verification that systems are installed and operating according to the manufacturer’s intended use in regulated environments takes significant time and resources. Let our factory-trained, highly skilled field service engineers manage these tasks for you. Our comprehensive suite of compliance services can increase your lab’s performance by documenting system functionality, ensuring your critical analytical instruments meet global standards, and mitigating the risk of regulatory non-compliance. We support all major regulatory guidelines, including GxP (GLP/GMP, etc.), 21 CFR Part 11, and ISO 17205.
In addition, Unity Lab Services is the only original equipment manufacturer (OEM) service provider to offer an industry-exclusive requalification guarantee. If a key component fails while under a qualifying service plan or warranty, we will requalify your instrument at no charge to ensure it maintains compliance.**
** Our no-charge requalification guarantee applies only to instruments under a qualifying Unity Lab Services instrument service plan or warranty and includes requalification on covered corrective maintenance repairs at no additional charge.
Our suite of services provides a cost-efficient solution for compliance. Programs can be customized to meet your specific needs, so the right audit-quality data will be ready for you to share with the appropriate regulatory bodies. The following is a selection of services especially useful for analytical instruments.
We verify and document that your IS50 FT IR instrument and RaptIR Microscope is installed according to manufacturer’s recommendations and your lab’s requirements. The records we produce are traceable and ready for you to demonstrate compliance.
OQ services verify and document that once the IS50 FT IR instrument and RaptIR Microscope is installed, it is operating as intended according to manufacturer’s specifications. Our technical best practices help ensure that the instrument passes all qualification tests the first time, saving resources and maximizing uptime.
Operational tests performed one year after an initial IQ or OQ has been completed, after a corrective maintenance repair or any major change to the instrument, or according to your SOP requirements.
This set of standard procedures helps ensure that your instrument is operating at or near the same level as when it was installed, helping to achieve the best audit outcomes. A typical PM includes inspection, cleanup, replacement of worn parts, and tuning.
Our suite of services provides a cost-efficient solution for compliance. Programs can be customized to meet your specific needs, so the right audit-quality data will be ready for you to share with the appropriate regulatory bodies. The following is a selection of services especially useful for analytical instruments.
Application | Requirement | Recommended services |
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Initial qualification for new instrument or change of service/status | I need my instrument qualified before I can use it | IQ/OQ |
Operational qualification at scheduled intervals | I need annual or periodic qualification | PM/OQ |
Requalification following corrective maintenance or major change to instrument | I need my instrument qualified to ensure it still operates within OEM specifications after a repair or configuration change | RQ |
Save time, boost proficiency, and speed results by bundling services with the Nicolet RaptIR FTIR Microscope purchase. When time is on the line, busy QA/QC and research laboratories require accuracy and speed—no exceptions. That’s why adding Unity Lab Services Installation/Education Service augments your abilities and ignites results.
Standard | Premium | Validation |
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Installation/Orientation | Installation/Education | Optional |
| Includes all Standard options, plus:
| Required for regulated environments, our Validation Option is available for both Standard and Premium services and includes the necessary Professional Qualification Service with all Certificates and documentation. |
Reserve your installation/education services when you buy your equipment - it's as simple as adding a line to your purchase order. You can also add it separately up until your unit ships.
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