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Request for Sole Service / Sole Brand Justification TruDefender FTX
The following information is provided to assist you in determining if the foliewing products
manufactured by Thermo Fisher Scientific - Portable Analytical instruments qualify for soie
purchase justification status as a brand specific item.
Thermo Fisher Scientific, is the sole manufacturer of the TruDefender FTX FTIR handheld
spectrometer, from its sole manufacturing iocation at 2 Radciiff Rd Tewksbury, Massachusetts
USA. This system is unique as the a ruggedized, waterproof and self contained FTIR
spectrometer, only product on the market in its class to meet Mli-Spec 810F ruggedness specs
and iP67 Waterproof specs. It uses proprietary Chemometric routines to identify unknown
chemicais that are not available on any other FTIR spectrometers,
The TruDefender FTX is the oniy Spectrometer avaiiabie on the market that will run the
DecisionEngine 2.0 MX mixture analysis software for identifying and anaiyzing mixtures of
chemical compounds. There is no other system on the market that uses this combination of
Chemometrics and software routines. The TruDefender FTX is the only commercial handheid
spectrometer that contains signatures of chemical weapons and expiosives as weil as millions of
other toxic chemical combinations. These chemicals are aiso linked to chemical hazard screens
that provide information on the properties of the chemical that has been Identified. This aliows
field personnel to rapidiy deal with the hazardous chemical. These requirements make it ideally
suited to use to identify unknown materiais in the field. No other hand held FTIR spectrometers
are available commercially that meet these fieid requirements. Thermo Scientific holds a number
of patents on the components and chemometric routines that are used to make this system.
Thermo Fisher Scientific is the only company qualified to provide 24/7 support, provide product
warranty support, provide user specific training, and conduct any kind of service on any of the
devices manufactured by Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Please refer to FTX System Specifications for more information.
Dave Massingham
TFS PAI
Portable Anaiytcal instruments 46 Jonspin Road Wemngton MA 1878) 657-5555
OMET 4878) 657-6971 fax
