15-Day
Refurbishment cadence
OEM-Spec
Verified against OEM and published benchmarks; report included.
On-Staff
Solution Scientists
Since 1996
Three decades supporting labs
What you are buying
A refurbished and warrantied Agilent 1200 Series Thermostatted Column Compartment (TCC). It holds the column at a set temperature, which fixes selectivity and retention time.
Every unit moves through the GenTech Certified process. Solution Scientists disassemble and inspect each module, replace all consumables and degraded wear components, then tune and calibrate the instrument and verify performance against OEM and published benchmarks using known reference chemicals. The instrument ships with its verification report. A certified-refurbished system gives you that performance without the capital cost or the lead time of a new purchase.
What Agilent says about this platform
Agilent engineered the 1200 Series Thermostatted Column Compartment (TCC) to eliminate temperature fluctuations as a variable in high-performance liquid chromatography. Agilent highlights this module for its advanced Peltier cooling and heating elements, which allow for rapid temperature changes and ultra-stable thermal environments. Equipped with built-in solvent pre-heating capillaries, the G1316A ensures that mobile phases match the exact internal temperature of the column before entry, drastically reducing thermal shock and peak distortion. It stands as a rugged, compliance-ready benchtop module featuring integrated column identification modules and dual independent heating zones to support high-throughput walk-up configurations and multi-method testing schedules. The unit connects to the rest of the stack over a CAN cable, with RS-232C available. An optional column switching valve adds automated column selection on the G1316A and G1316B SL.
What this module does
Column thermostat
As a standalone column oven, the Agilent G1316A manages the critical task of regulating the physical temperature of the analytical columns, executing several vital tasks:
- Peltier Thermal Regulation: It utilizes solid-state Peltier elements to continuously heat or cool the column environment, maintaining strict temperature control even when operating below ambient laboratory conditions.
- Active Solvent Pre-Heating: It passes incoming mobile phases through integrated heat-exchanger capillaries before they reach the column, ensuring absolute temperature uniformity across the stationary phase.
- Multi-Column Capacity: It easily accommodates up to three full-sized 30 cm analytical columns, allowing automated column switching valves to transition between different methods without manual replumbing.
- GLP Column Tracking: It features an internal electronic sensor system that reads integrated column identification tags, automatically documenting column history, injection counts, and maximum pressure exposure for compliance tracking.
| In this catalog listing | |
| Agilent 1200 TCC G1316A | Verified |
| Warranty Coverage Extended Options Available | Included |
| Each module is individually serialized and performance-verified before the stack is assembled and tested as a complete system. | |
Technical detail
| Temperature Range | 10°C below ambient to 80°C operational limit |
| Temperature Sstability | ±0.15°C variance over continuous runtime |
| Temperature Accuracy | ±0.8°C (with calibration correction up to ± 0.5 °C) |
| Column Capacity | Up to three 30 cm analytical columns simultaneously |
| Internal Volume | 3 µL internal volume left/right built-in heat exchangers |
| Warm-up/Cool-down | 5 minutes from ambient to 40 °C; 10 minutes from 40 °C to 20 °C |
| Safety Features | Integrated leak sensor and electronic door-open power cutoff |
| Column Identification | Dual-channel tag readers for digital tracking of column metrics |
| Software Control | Agilent ChemStation, OpenLab, MassHunter, or Waters Empower via Agilent ICF |
*OEM specifications for brand new instrument.
What “GenTech Certified” means
Refurbishment at GenTech is a defined process, not a wipe-down. Every system moves through the same specific stages.
1. Disassembly and rebuild. Solution Scientists strip the instrument down, clean each module inside and out, and rebuild it from the frame up. They replace pump seals, pistons, and check valves to specification.
2. Configuration and new parts. Solution Scientists install the options and modules you selected and fit new wear parts throughout. They replace the detector lamp with a new one and reset the lamp hours.
3. Diagnostic and performance testing. Solution Scientists tune and calibrate the instrument, run system diagnostics, and confirm detector wavelength accuracy. They test full-system pressure and gradient performance against OEM and published benchmarks using known reference chemicals.
4. Delivery and installation. The instrument ships in protective packing with a one-year warranty option and professional installation available from a GenTech Solution Scientist.
Labs that run this system
The 1200 HPLC is method-compatible across the techniques most regulated and research labs run every day. These are the application areas buyers ask about most.
Regulatory Retention Time and Peak Verification
Pharma QC labs rely on the G1316A to enforce absolute temperature stability during critical impurity assays and cleaning validations. Precise Peltier heating prevents retention time drift, ensuring strict compliance with tight regulatory peak identification limits.
Complex Multi-Residue Pesticide and Herbicide Tracking
Environmental monitoring labs deploy the G1316A to lock in exact thermal columns conditions during extended multi-residue gradient sequences. This thermal isolation guarantees reproducible retention times when matching tracking windows for hundreds of pesticides.
Temperature-Driven Carbohydrate and Organic Acid Resolution
Food safety facilities utilize the 1200 TCC to heat specialized carbohydrate columns up to 80 °C. Operating at elevated temperatures lowers mobile phase viscosity, enabling the sharp peak resolutions required to accurately profile complex sugars.
High-Throughput Cannabinoid Routine Potency Sequencing
Testing facilities deploy this module to run back-to-back potency and terpene profiles without baseline shift. Active solvent pre-heating eliminates peak distortions, allowing high-throughput labs to deliver reproducible cannabinoid quantifications day after day.
Controlled Substance Screening and Adulterant Profiling
Forensic crime laboratories use this column compartment to maintain unchanging analytical climates during seized drug screenings. The resulting baseline reproducibility ensures highly defensible retention time data required to support strict legal chain-of-custody tracking.
| Weight | 25 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 24 × 24 × 24 in |
| Condition | Refurbished |
| Model | G1316A |
| OEM | Agilent Technologies |
| Financing | Financing Options Available |
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