Lower Cost Options for Modernizations?

Pricing of our modernizations can surprise some people who do not yet understand the nature of this work.

We are not ‘fixing’ an issue or two. We are not adding a Win 11 computer system to a 1970s instrument.

We are comprehensively changing the spectrophotometer from 100% of its 1960-70s technology to 2020s.

We start with an instrument built with superior construction and optics. We then separate its slow-aging optics from the fast-aging electronics and any primitive computerization.

The goal is use of an optical system that has decades of unequalled performance left to give.

Extending the lifespan of these top-performance optical systems is responsible, sustainable, smart, and economical.

Nothing new is superior to the classic Cary 14 or 17, PE 983 or HP 8453 in a similar price range. And nothing new has greater reliability or longevity than the OLIS upcycled system.

If you want to be part of the community of scientists who choose to continue utilizing the great classics for as long as possible, and you want the highest reliability from your equipment and the best user-experience as well as the best data, this is your right investment.

If your measurements are casual, and plus or minus some big error doesn’t matter, then no, you should not look at an OLIS upcycled Cary 14/17, HP 8453, or PE 983. But, if you need the final decimal place of precision and sensitivity, and want peace of mind that your data are as accurate as any obtainable, you will find our prices entirely reasonable.

Sure, it might be nice to have a lower-priced alternative. But a comprehensive modernization is not done piecemeal. There is just one option for removing and replacing all the electronics in order to use the modern instrument control & data acquisition software.

Modernizations extend the lifespan of exceptional instruments while adding capabilities that rival or surpass new models.

Modernizations preserve the excellence of great instruments while transforming them into efficient, cutting-edge tools for today’s research needs.

There is no downside to upcycling.