Bringing Industrial Automation to Your Laboratory!
Imagine fitting most of your laboratory tests into one compact, fully automated solution.
Load sample bottles lids-on and watch the magic happen—the HF Compact Maxi TriboLab takes over from there, delivering fully automated results to your LIMS in record time. No uncapping, no mess, no manual steps. Just load, start and trust the system.
Up to just over 19 feet (5.8m) long, barely 3.5 feet (1m) deep, and just over 5 feet (1.55m) high, the HF Compact Maxi TriboLab is designed to save space without compromising performance. Ultra-compact yet powerful, it can process well over 1,000 samples per day, making it the ultimate solution for laboratories with high throughput and limited floor space.
The HF Compact Maxi TriboLab redefines laboratory efficiency. Combining advanced automation, modular flexibility and a small footprint, it integrates seamlessly with your existing instruments or new equipment to create a complete, high-performance lab. Every stage—from sample intake to analytical testing is optimized for speed, accuracy and reliability.
Dual hot-swappable trays ensure non-stop workflow. Customise with optional modules like Automated (PQ), advanced imaging for color and turbidity, FTIR analysis, viscosity testing at 40°C and 100°C, particle counting, density measurement, elemental analysis, and more. Prep samples for ICP, connect your ICP directly, or add an automated test tube sorter for ultimate flexibility.
Key Benefits
- Effortless, Hands-Free Intake Simply load sample bottles lids-on—no manual prep, no uncapping required.
The HF Compact Maxi TriboLab instantly takes over: - High-resolution side and bottom imaging captures bottle details for barcode reading, visual records, and instant assessment of color and turbidity (optical triggers for follow-up testing if anomalies are detected).
- Performs rapid Automated PQ analysis right at intake.
- Automatically unscrews lids, inspects for trapped debris under caps (critical wear indicator often missed).
- Precisely pipettes, mixes, and prepares samples in-line.
- Executes the full high-speed test suite: 40°C & 100°C viscometry, FTIR, particle counting, density, ICP prep (or direct connect to your ICP), plus auto tube sorting.
- Securely recaps bottles for safe storage or return.
Results stream automatically into your LIMS—ready for trending, alerts, and reporting.
Zero-touch from load to results. Drastically fewer test tubes (only for ICP steps). Maximum uptime, reliability, and eco-savings. Your lab just runs itself. - Ultra-Fast and High Throughput: Capable of processing over 1,000 samples per day.
- Major Consumables and Eco Savings: Drastic reduction in test tube usage—only required for ICP prep/direct connect. Cut plastic waste, slash recurring costs and support greener lab operations.
- Modular and Flexible: Plug in your current instruments or add new ones effortlessly.
- Space-Saving Design: Tiny footprint, massive capabilities.
- Continuous Workflow: Dual sample trays keep testing uninterrupted.
- Scalable: Expand capacity with additional tray magazine, instruments or HF Vault integration.
- Automated Analysis: Slash manual work for safer, more consistent results.
- High-Speed Sample Processing: Continuous, largely unattended operation with automated freeing up operators for other tasks.
- Advanced Imaging: Capture side and bottom images of bottles for barcode reading, record-keeping, and debris identification.
- Enhanced Diagnostics: Optional optical imaging measures color and turbidity, triggering follow-up testing automatically.
- Debris Detection Pro: automated under-cap imaging and analysis, a critical but often overlooked diagnostic signal.
- Fully Automated Viscosity and Density Testing: Integrate instruments from leading providers, including Dare, Omnitek, and SpectroVisc and others.
- Fully Automated Particle Counting: Integrate the patent-pending auto diluter with your favourite particle counter, including PAMAS, Klotz, Canty and Intelogen.
- Elemental Analysis and ICP Integration: Automated sample dilution for ICP, and tube sorting ensure uninterrupted testing.
- Hands-Free Sample Loading: Load bottles straight from the field—with lids securely on. The system automatically measures PQ, images the side and bottom of the bottle, determines color and turbidity, unscrews, inspects cap debris (critical wear indicator), pipettes precisely, and flows into high-speed testing: Automated, 40°C & 100°C viscometry, FTIR, particle counting, density, ICP sample prep or direct ICP connection, plus auto tube sorting.
- Watch It Work: Observe the entire process from intake to output—continuous, uninterrupted, and fully documented with imaging for every bottle and results transmitted directly to LIMS.
- Dual Hot-Swappable Sample Trays – Keep your workflow continuous and efficient.
- Automated PQ Testing – Detect total ferrous wear particles effortlessly.
- Advanced Imaging Systems – From standard side/bottom imaging to optical color and turbidity measurement.
- Lightning-Fast Uncapping / Recapping Lines – Unscrew lids, analyze recap—in a flash.
- Automated Pipetting and Sample Preparation – Accurate dilution for ICP, mixing and measurement for particle counting, FTIR, density, and viscosity tests.
- Modular Analytical Pathways – Flexible integration of sensors, visual systems, and instruments with all results reporting directly to your LIMS.
- Scalable and Expandable – Add tray magazines, HF Vault integration, or deploy multiple labs on-site.
The HF Compact Maxi TriboLab is your go-to for upgrading labs, fast low-cost expansion, rolling out new facilities, or deploying in remote sites. Ideal for high-volume testing in oil analysis, industrial fluids or diagnostics—anywhere space is tight and speed is king. The TriboLab can be delivered fully installed in a shipping container, lab-ready to be deployed anywhere.
- Oil Condition Monitoring Laboratories
Sorting oil samples to monitor machinery wear, contaminants, and oil degradation in industries like automotive, aerospace, and heavy machinery. - Coolant Condition Monitoring Laboratories
Used to sort coolant samples to check for contamination, pH levels, and overall coolant quality, often in automotive and industrial applications.
- Compact Yet Powerful: Achieve high-throughput testing in a fraction of the space required for traditional labs.
- Rapid Deployment: Fits inside standard shipping containers for immediate on-site lab operation.
- Customisable and Modular: Tailor your lab to your workflow, with options for advanced imaging, FTIR, viscosity, density, and ICP analysis.
- Automation and Safety First: Minimise manual handling, improve reliability, and enhance laboratory safety.
- Scalable for Growth: Expand capacity or deploy additional labs as your requirements increase.
- Trusted Results, Anywhere: Fully automated, precise, and reliable testing—anytime, anywhere.
- Minimal operator training required – All tests are automated, so minimal operator training is required.
- Standardized results – Once these are rolled out across all your labs, you will enjoy consistent, accurate, repeatable results across all labs.
HF Innovation – Smarter and faster labs. Safer work. A sustainable future.
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