1 The world leader in serving science Proprietary & Confidential Sparking Performance in Metals Analysis ARL iSpark TM Series OES Metals Analyzers Innovative OES for reliable quality metals Dr. Hemant Warkari CII FOUNDRY CONVLAVE Coimbattore, February 2013

2 ARL iSpark Series Innovation - Quality system Installation Qualification and Operational Qualification (IQ/OQ) IQ performed by our service engineer Demonstrates that the spectrometer is properly installed in a suitable environment OQ certifies that the instrument is working as specified Automated procedure based performed during QA process inside the factory Repeated by our service engineer after the installation Can be repeated anytime by the user who wants to check the state of his instrument Used during Yearly Preventive Maintenance for Instrument Status Following values are compared over time All SUSs Elements Intensities All Routine and Preventive Maintenance Operation Counters All Instrument Statuses Instrument Optical Profile (PMT and CCD) Repeatability Comprehensive software procedures allow performing and documenting these two important steps of the instrument validation

3 Conclusions: Latest OES technology ARL iSpark series Most advanced and innovative OES Spectrometer for Metals Industry Provides versatility and performance thanks to Dual CCD/PMT optics Designed for current and future analytical requirements Economical, easy to use and maintain OES with built-in reliability