Status:
Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Buckeye Clinic
Great results.
Application Area: Toxicology. Analyze the drugs in the urine.
"The machine has a high quality. The results are always in window. It is easy to use it and after sale the quality is still good."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Eru
Ease of use, high quality and reproducible results,
Application Area:LC MS MS
"Ease of use, high quality and reproducible results,"
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: Food corporation of India
Great result
Application Area:Analysis of pesticide residues & mycotoxins
"The instrument is user-friendly and the service of the dealer is quite good."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Amneal injectable
This instrument is very precise , sensitive and accurate.
Application Area:LCMS
"This instrument is very precise , sensitive and accurate."
Status:
Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Buckeye Clinic
Great results, very reliable, a must have for any toxicology lab
Application Area:Drug analysis-Toxicology
"Reliable, easy to operate, and reproducible results. Good service with the service contract. Easy to replace guard column and columns. Low breakdown."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: eru
Great results but not indispensable.
Application Area:Biopharmaceutical/medicinal chemistry
"Shimadzu provides a broad range of analytical instruments indispensable for research, development, and quality control in a variety of fields. High-level, sophisticated instruments include chromatographs, spectrometers, and elemental and surface analysis systems. But they are very expensive. Shimadzu must provide free software for data analysis out of lab or equipment."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2018
Organization: Harrens Lab
Great results and very good precision.
Application Area:Food, cannabis
"Easy to use for daily testing, Low maintenance. High value."
Status:
Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Buckeye Clinic
Great results, can’t live without this instrument!
Application Area:Drug analysis
"Ease of operation, Easy maintenance, Reliable results. Good technical support. "
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: Innovatech
We look forward to achieving our goals with this instrument.
Application Area:Quality control
"We're using it in quality control for services that our laboratory supplies for our customers."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: Lipscomb University
Awesome performance with great value
Application Area:Quantitation of drugs in blood plasma
"This instrument was a good value when compared to other vendors when we purchased it. The LabSolutions software is better (or at least easier to use) than some others on the market. The instrument is six years old and is very reliable. Service is also good."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: University of Texas at Arlington
Great results - user interface needs some work!
Application Area:Extracted amino acids from complex matrices
"The product is extremely effective. The interface is where most people struggle, as it requires a baseline knowledge of tricks and tips from an experienced user to get the best experience. There can be a slight learning curve here. The other issue for chromatographers is the extra column band broadening as the modules for these instruments can require extensive tubing. In general, we have had a lot of success using the instrument with expert help for method development. I would definitely recommend."
Status:
Expert ReviewerMember since: 2011
Organization: INDOCO REMEDIES LTD
Great instrument for researcher
Application Area:Pharmaceutical
"Versatile application, good performance and rugged instrument"
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: University Of Texas At Arlington
Easy to operate, robust, sensitive enough for my research purpose.
Application Area:Scientific research - analytical chemistry
"Good for quantification of small molecules. Easy to operate, robust, sensitive enough for my research purpose."
Status:
Expert ReviewerMember since: 2011
Organization: INDOCO REMEDIES LTD
Great, simple and nice product.
Application Area:Pharmacetical
"The product delivers high quality result compared to other product. The instrument is easy to operate but software somewhat complicated and not advance. We surely would like to recommend this product."
Status:
Expert ReviewerMember since: 2011
Organization: INDOCO REMEDIES LTD
Great sensitivity
Application Area:Pharmaceuticals
"A very sensitive and high out put instrument used by the scientist. It finds application in pharmaceuticals for the trace level analysis and impurity profiling. Instrument is rugged and very user friendly."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2018
Organization: UMa
It doesn't work more than 2 months without a problem!
Application Area:Food chemistry
"In the short time that the equipment worked correctly it was possible to see that it is practical to use, has good sensitivity and is easy to use in general. The problem with this equipment is that it does not work for more than two months without appearing any problem and stop. In two and a half years it doesn't work more than 40 percent of the time. After the warranty period the problems are still accumulating without a guarantee that having enough budget will solve them. This also depends on the representation of the country and, if it is Portugal, I advise you to not buy. The lab's worst acquisition ever."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2004
Organization: Firmenich, Inc.
A Good Reliable Instrument
Application Area:small molecule quantification
"A very sensitive, easy to maintain workhorse triple-quad for low-level quantification of small molecules. Like most software for complex instruments, it takes a while to get used to but it is very powerful and logical. The local technical support team have been great, very responsive and knowledgeable. We have had only one year of experience with this instrument, but it has met our expectations in all but one area. It does not have a heated ESI source, so we have had to modify some methods that were transferred from an instrument that does have a heated source. In the future, I would not purchase an instrument without a heated ESI, which is not available on this model."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2017
Organization: Cleveland State University
Great
Application Area:Small molecules
"Good more robust if and rugged. Need more sensitivity"
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: Exacte Labs
System is "working horse" for labs. Reliable ms-system.
Application Area:bioequivalence of pharmacy drugs
"This LCMS is reliable and reproducibility for bioequivalence analysis. LC-system one of the best system. But the software is not easy to use. Cheap for a mass-spectrometer."
Status:
Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2013
Organization: National Institute Of Nutrition (nin)
Great instrument with sensitive data.
Application Area:clinical diagnostics
"Shimadzu is a high profile company providing very good instruments. We use LCMS-8040 at our institute and the results are always good. I recommend for it."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2015
Organization: Federal University of Ouro Preto
Excellent value for money, very reliable
Application Area:Environmental Analysis
"We have been working with Shimadzu LC-IT-TOF mass spectrometry system since 2007. We have acquired a LCMS/MS model 8040 system last year. The mass spectrometer is connected to a Nexera series 30 UHPLC. The performance and reliability is quite impressive. With this instrument we have done several research works at master and PhD. level analysis of emerging contaminants of concern and also routine benzene exposure biomarkers (uSPMA and uTTMA). "
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2006
Organization: Purificacion y Analisis de Fluidos Ltda.
"Complete LCMSMS solution, this instrument includes a complete method package that speed up the application start-up, a user friendly software and robust HPLC instrument and MSMS detector makes this package the best option for pesticide residual lab and governments lab."
Consumer demand for higher quality products has led to the implementation of stricter government regulations and oversight in order to ensure safety and product conformity. The food safety community is just one sector requiring lower minimum residue levels with greater testing frequency for a broader number of compounds. The triple quad LCMS-8040 has stepped up to the challenges of high-throughput sensitive routine analysis. As shown, the LCMS-8040 can analyze a 226-pesticide mixture in less than two minutes, making it an ideal instrument for meeting a laboratory’s demanding requirements.
Key Features:
By incorporating newly improved ion optics and collision cell technology, the LCMS-8040 provides higher multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) sensitivity. A five-fold increase in sensitivity (reserpine, S/N ratio), as compared with that of LCMS-8030 has been achieved by improving ion focusing and minimizing ion losses between multi-pole lenses. These improvements also yield higher sensitivity for scan mode measurements. This higher sensitivity expands the potential range of LC/MS/MS applications.
The LCMS-8040 was designed to provide significantly higher sensitivity while maintaining the high speed offered by the LCMS-8030. Ultrafast MRM transition speeds, up to 555 MRMs per second, are achieved by Shimadzu’s UFsweeper collision cell technology, proprietary high-precision quadrupole machining capabilities, and unique high voltage power supply technology. In addition, the LCMS-8040 features the fast polarity switching at 15 msec. With this high-speed performance, the LCMS-8040 can dramatically improve analytical throughput.
MRM optimization in Shimadzu’s LCMS systems is based on a rapid series of automated flow injection analyses, requiring only minutes to perform. Multiple compounds can be optimized in an unattended sequence, freeing the analyst from tedious work. MRM parameters optimized for the LCMS-8030 can be transferred to the LCMS-8040, making it possible to transfer methods between systems. The LCMS-8040 offers the same ease of maintenance benefits as the LCMS-8030, and all consumables, such as desolvation lines (DL) and ESI capillaries, are interchangeable as well.
Manufacturer Shimadzu Corporation | Available Worldwide
4.3 / 5.0 | 22 reviews