Simply your lab with traceable workflows for microwave sample preparation

Digital traceability should begin at the sample preparation stage, not at the analytical instrument. Multiwave 5001 and AP Connect enable you to capture the data generated during sample preparation and connect it with subsequent analysis – creating a continuous digital record from sample to result. 

Reliable data starts with sample preparation

When laboratories discuss digitalisation, the focus often falls on analytical results. But reliable data starts earlier. Before a sample reaches an ICP-MS, ICP-OES, or another analytical instrument, its preparation influences the quality of the final result. Sample preparation is therefore an important step in this process and a key part of the digital laboratory, with information such as temperature, method, and run data that provide valuable context on how the sample was prepared. 

Anton Paar’s Multiwave 5001 microwave digestion platform delivers fast and reliable microwave digestion across a broad range of applications. When combined with AP Connect, Anton Paar’s lab execution system, it enables laboratories to integrate this preparation data into the wider digital workflow. 

By centralising results, metadata, and settings, AP Connect supports structured data export and integration with higher-level systems, including third-party analytical instruments. Together, Multiwave 5001 and AP Connect help fill the data gap between sample preparation and analysis, so preparation data remains part of the record as the sample moves through the analytical workflow.

Where traceability matters

The importance of traceability becomes particularly clear in laboratories where analytical results contribute to decisions about product quality and safety. Food laboratories, for example, analyse products such as infant formula for trace elements or contaminants, while pharmaceutical quality-control laboratories operate under strict requirements for reliable and traceable data.

Here, documentation is more than an administrative requirement: laboratory data can inform decisions that help protect consumers and patients. For testing laboratories, the challenge is to process large numbers of samples from different customers while maintaining confidence in how every result was generated.

Connecting sample preparation to the digital lab

Integration with AP Connect extends the value of Multiwave 5001 beyond the digestion itself by reducing manual data-transfer steps and the risk of transcription errors. At the Fresenius Kabi pharmaceutical company in Graz, Austria, this approach is already being used as part of the company's move toward a paperless laboratory. By connecting analytical instruments with its LIMS, the company helps streamline processes, support GxP requirements, and improve data traceability. 

Turning traceability into data value

Traceability is not the only reason to capture laboratory data systematically. As laboratories become increasingly data-driven, how that information is managed becomes just as important. AP Connect brings data from multiple instruments into one centralised source and provides a single point of integration to simplify data transfer and management across the laboratory.

Discover how Multiwave 5001 and AP Connect can bring sample preparation into your digital workflow.

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