The metals industry for many years has suffered from a lack of commercially available Laboratory Information Management Systems to suit their needs. Many users therefore developed their own system depending on these needs, often with high development and maintenance costs.
These systems were mainly written using 1980s technology, so these days support of these systems - particularly those using DEC computers
e.g. PDP series or the Microvax can be both difficult and costly. Dynalab has been designed around a Standard Microsoft® based User Interface
and is also based on well proven database systems such as SQL Server and Oracle.
We have over 25 years experience in laboratory instruments both in servicing and applications, a variety of
analytical instruments including Philips/Panalytical XRAY, Spectro Analytical, Thermo ARL and LECO. We
are able to connect almost any analytical instrument directly to Dynalab.
Scalable, modular system
The system can be configured from a very small system with a few instruments, one or two users and MS Access
as database to a large, distributed system with 10+ instruments, 10+ concurrent users and a SQL server (MS SQL
Server or Oracle) as central database.
A small system can be fitted on a single computer whereas a bigger system requires several client PC’s and
preferably a central server for the application server and the database
Standard interfaces to the most common instruments
Analytical instruments are connected to the instrument server via serial connections RS-232 or TCP-IP or file
scanning over the network using the instruments standard protocol.
Drivers for the most common XRF and OES instruments are standardly included and additional instrument
drivers or connection methods are continuously added and offered at the same fixed price per instrument.