Bruker HelioSmart Solutions
Sustainable Solutions for your Lab
Highlights
At Bruker, we prioritize sustainable practices in all aspects of lab operations, including the handling of cooling liquids.
Helium is a scarce, non-renewable resource. To protect this resource in a socially responsible way and make lab operations more sustainable, we have developed the HelioSmart® Recovery solution. This compact, easy-to-site system enables you to reduce your demand for helium when operating and maintaining your magnetic resonance instruments.
The HelioSmart Recovery system caters to varying helium consumption levels, local conditions, and personal preferences, allowing you to choose the most suitable option for your needs. By leveraging our deep understanding of magnetic resonance technology, we offer a tailored helium recovery solution that not only meets your specific needs but also enhances the performance, safety, and sustainability of your lab operations. Consequently, it allows you to focus on your research without concerns about helium management while ensuring artifact-free results.
Benefit from Bruker's expertise and turnkey solutions integrated with our magnetic resonance instruments, offering a safe and economical option for your analytical or scientific applications.
Features
HelioSmart Recovery
A very compact, easy to-site helium collection unit solution. It collects helium boil-off from magnets and stores the gas in high-pressure cylinders.
Ideal for customers with access to local or regional helium reliquefication facilities to utilize the recovered gas. Also suited for customers with one or a few magnets and limited lab space.
Benefits
Key Benefits
Easy to Operate: No expert personnel in your team required and minimal maintenance effort.
Cost Savings
- Lowering operational costs by recycling helium boil-off from your systems
- Stable Pricing: Insulate against helium price fluctuations and supply shortages
Environmental Impact
- Sustainability: Storing a non-renewable resource by recycling helium, reducing environmental footprint
- Promote Circular Economy: by reusing the helium, you help minimize the environmental impact caused by resource depletion and waste generation
Bruker Expertise-Driven Benefits
Customized and Flexible Solutions with Comprehensive Consulting Services: Based on your specific needs, we identify and provide you with the optimal solution for your lab, considering:
- Volume of evaporated helium
- Availability of liquefaction facilities
- Alternative applications for helium gas
- Energy and helium cost efficiency
- Laboratory’s infrastructure
Seamless Integration: Solutions that meet your technical requirements and align with your operational needs and sustainability goals in the most economical way
Safety: Expertise in magnets to ensure connections that meet the highest standards of personal and instrumentation safety
Reliability: Easy integration with existing magnetic resonance systems ensuring artifact-free operation
Certified Installation: Performed by Bruker certified service specialists
Turn-key Solutions: Fully integrated with your lab environment
Additional Services: Combine the HelioSmart Maintenance with LabScape Maintenance Agreements
Specifications
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| Max. annual liquid helium equivalent consumption per unit | 1,200 l |
| Recovery collection lines | Plastic hoses |
| Recovery rate | ≥ 80 % |
| Full installation by Bruker experts | ✓ |
| Cylinder supply | Optional by Bruker |
| Local and remote monitoring system | Locally on the unit |
| Availability | Currently available in the US and Europe |
Testimonials
Perry J. Pellechia, Director of NMR Services and Professor
University of South Carolina"We are pleased to be the first lab in the US that benefits from a successful HelioSmart Recovery installation. Thanks to this new concept for helium recovery, we plan to save 80% of the helium that evaporates from our NMR magnets and to convert it into liquid helium using the liquefaction facilities at our university. We look forward to the outcome of this investment allowing us to progress in more sustainable and cost-effective lab operations."
News & Events
June 26, 2024
Inauguration of the new Helium Recovery Center in Ettlingen
On June 26, the new Helium Recovery Center was officially inaugurated at the Bruker Ettlingen Campus in Germany in the presence of representatives from the city, research, science, and industry partners, demonstrating Bruker's deep commitment to sustainability.
August 27, 2024
Inauguration of the new Helium Recovery Center in Billerica
On August 27, we officially held an internal inauguration for our Helium Recovery Center in Billerica, MA, marking a significant milestone in our journey towards sustainable technology.
Interested in visiting our Helium Recovery Center in Ettlingen (DE) or Billerica (USA)?
Please let us know by filling out the "Contact Sales" webform at the bottom and mentioning your interest in the "Additional Comments" field. We look forward to meeting you in person!
