RaptIR FTIR Microscope

See it fast. Identify it faster.

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.

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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.

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The Nicolet RaptIR FTIR Microscope automatically ensures you can use it anywhere, anytime.

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Load samples up to 40 millimeters thick and 5 kilograms in mass with the open access and heavy-duty stage.

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The high-resolution camera and eyepieces display clear images, and the adaptive UI and comfortable joystick provide a nearly effortless user experience.

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The 4x and 15x objectives enable you to get a clear view of your entire sample and focus in on the smallest detail.

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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.

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Paradigm Software 64-bit operating system and UI simplify your entire analytical process.

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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.

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The Nicolet RaptIR FTIR Microscope automatically ensures you can use it anywhere, anytime.

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Load samples up to 40 millimeters thick and 5 kilograms in mass with the open access and heavy-duty stage.

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The high-resolution camera and eyepieces display clear images, and the adaptive UI and comfortable joystick provide a nearly effortless user experience.

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The 4x and 15x objectives enable you to get a clear view of your entire sample and focus in on the smallest detail.

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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.

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Paradigm Software 64-bit operating system and UI simplify your entire analytical process.

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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:

  • Basic analysis—Work to identify contamination in production materials to find the origin of embedded particles.
  • Pharmaceuticals—Collect high-quality IR data over an entire tablet to validate distribution/layering of a time-release dosage.
  • Environment—Examine a dense microplastic sample with a wide field of view, then target a specific particle with automated visible and IR features.
  • Art restoration—Validate the source of materials in a painting or ancient text to gain insights into provenance and plan preservation activities.
  • Forensics—Work to identify paints, inks, dyes, biomaterials in cloth, fibers, or paper to provide evidence of fraud, examine suspected documents, or link trace evidence from various sources.

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.


See samples with stunning clarity

10 micron beads embedded in an epoxy

10 micron beads embedded in an epoxy

Fibers finely resolved and analyzed

Fibers finely resolved and analyzed

Incredible detail of ink on a plastic surface

Incredible detail of ink on a plastic surface


Advantages in pharmaceutical analysis

Examine entire tablets

Examine entire tablets

Gain insight about API distribution

Gain insight about API distribution


Performance in analytical labs

Colors of complex images

Colors of complex images

Forensic sample details - auto part contamination

Forensic sample details - auto part contamination

Forensic sample details - paint chip analysis

Forensic sample details - paint chip analysis


Microplastics analytical capabilities

Analyze the environmental impact of microplastics

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:

  • Workflow automation helps save time and reduce errors by automating processes such as an SOP.
  • The ability to select multiple regions of interest in a sample for collection in one pass speeds up the overall workflow.
  • Autofocus and automated illumination allow you to get to data collection quickly and easily.
  • Fully customizable microparticles analysis workflow allows users of varying experience to click, get images, and move forward choosing what they want to show in tailored reports.

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

There’s no time for downtime in your lab

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.

World class expertise

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.

Service plans

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.

The Unity Lab Services Advantage — superior quality service to get you up and running faster

SpecificationsPremier service plan*Essential service plan & extended warrantyTech Direct service planCompared to no service plan
On-site corrective services
Priority on-site response time target †
2 business days

3 business days

5 business daysNo priority response
On-site corrective maintenance (includes factory-certified parts, labor, and travel)10% discountFull charges apply
Full charges apply10% discountFull charges apply
Replacements of malfunctioning computers purchased from Thermo Fisher Scientific and required for operation of the instrument   10% discountFull charges apply
Industry-exclusive requalification (RQ) included during corrective maintenance if OQ was added to service planFree of chargeFree of charge10% discountFull 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) toolsNot 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.

  • † Priority on-site response times apply to corrective maintenance repairs. Preventive maintenance events are pre-scheduled in advance and upon request.
  • ‡ Upgrades to new versions of software not included
  • § Monday through Friday during standard business hours

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Compliance services

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.

 Terms and conditions apply ›

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Featured services

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.

Installation Qualification (IQ)

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.

Operation Qualification (OQ)

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.

Requalification (RQ)

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.

Preventive Maintenance (PM)

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.

Recommendations for analytical instrument qualifications

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

Initial qualification for new instrument or change of service/statusI need my instrument qualified before I can use itIQ/OQ
Operational qualification at scheduled intervalsI need annual or periodic qualificationPM/OQ
Requalification following corrective maintenance or major change to instrumentI need my instrument qualified to ensure it still operates within OEM specifications after a repair or configuration changeRQ

Learn more about compliance services

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

Installation/OrientationInstallation/EducationOptional
  • Complete system install/initialization readings
  • Conduct functionality testing
  • Facilitate basic user orientation
  • Finalize customer acceptance

Includes all Standard options, plus:

  • Familiarize users with built-in diagnostics
  • Remove and install source and desiccant
  • Tackle troubleshooting and diagnostics
  • Review best practice for instrument relocation (internal and external)
  • Define use and purpose of the connectivity ports
  • Understand and practice on touchscreen monitors
  • Investigate Smart Background measurement
  • Explore database spectral storage
  • Decipher the various states of the LightBar, including demos
  • Research Knowledge Base
  • Demonstrate new PV and System Qualification workflows in OMNIC Paradigm software
  • Utilize functional speaker unit on back
  • Access live remote connect with technical support
  • Check for software updates
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.

Talk to a technical expert about how the Nicolet RaptIR FTIR Microscope can make a difference in your lab.