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 Agilent 1290 Infinity G1316C Thermostatted Column Compartment (TCC). Comes with CAN cable and warranty coverage. This module holds the column at a set temperature up to 100°C, with hardware tuned to reduce dispersion at low flow rates.
Every unit we sell 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 1290 Infinity Thermostatted Column Compartment to meet the rigorous thermal demands of high-throughput, high-pressure separations where structural column stability is paramount. Agilent highlights this module for its advanced Peltier cooling and heating architecture, which allows for rapid temperature transitions and excellent spatial uniformity across a broad temperature range. Incorporating ultra-low volume, high-pressure pre-heating capillaries, the G1316C eliminates the thermal mismatch between the mobile phase and the column packing that typically causes peak distortion at high linear velocities. It stands as an elite thermal management module featuring built-in leak protection, valve automation capabilities, and full compatibility with 1200-bar UHPLC workflows.
What this module does
Rather than a standard heated enclosure, the Agilent G1316C functions as a highly precise environmental and fluidic stabilization module within a Ultra-High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (UHPLC) stack. Positioned directly between the high-pressure autosampler and the detector, its primary job is to actively regulate column temperatures and pre-condition incoming solvents under extreme hydraulic pressures. This process executes several critical system-wide functions:
- Eliminates Thermal Gradients: It utilizes powerful dual Peltier elements and convective air circulation to maintain a completely uniform column environment, preventing peak broadening across long multi-vial runs.
- Minimizes Extra-Column Volume: It employs optimized 1.6 µL high-pressure pre-heating capillaries that match solvent temperature to the column setpoint, maintaining excellent peak capacity without adding system dispersion.
- Automates Method Development: It can accommodate internal high-pressure switching valves (up to 1200 bar), allowing operators to automatically toggle between up to eight columns for rapid method scouting.
- Protects Column Integrity: It features a smart electronic column tag reader that automatically records injection counts, max pressures, and operational history to prevent catastrophic column failure and simplify GLP auditing.
| In this listing | |
| Agilent 1290 Infinity TCC G1316C | Verified |
| Warranty Coverage Extended Warranty 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 100°C |
| Temperature Stability | ± 0.05 °C |
| Temperature Accuracy | ± 0.5 °C (with optional calibration ± 0.2 °C) |
| Column Capacity | Up to three 30 cm columns |
| Internal Pre-Heater Volume | 1.6 µL (standard high-pressure capillary) |
| Maximum Pressure | Up to 1200 bar (depending on installed capillaries/valves) |
| Safety Features | Dual leak sensors, door open sensor, electronic thermal fuse |
*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 1290 HPLC is method-compatible across the techniques most regulated and research labs run every day. These are the application areas buyers ask about most.
High-Throughput UHPLC Peptide Mapping and Stability Assays
Pharma discovery teams rely on the G1316C to maintain absolute retention time anchoring during sub-two-micron peptide separations. The ±0.05 °C stability ensures extreme peak-to-peak reproducibility across complex, high-pressure gradient sequences.
Sharp Peak Separation for Rapid Multi-Pesticide Screenings
Environmental labs use this 1200-bar compartment to drive rapid UHPLC separations of complex priority pollutants. Eliminating temperature drift ensures consistent retention windows, allowing automated data processors to accurately identify trace-level contaminants.
High-Resolution Chiral and Isomeric Content Assays
Food safety facilities deploy the 1290 column compartment to regulate spatial separation during high-pressure organic acid and lipid screenings. Precise solvent pre-heating prevents thermal peak distortion, ensuring definitive component quantifications.
Fast, Continuous Cannabinoid Potency Sequences
Commercial cannabis testing hubs leverage the G1316C to achieve high peak capacity during accelerated cannabinoid fingerprinting. Running columns at elevated temperatures lowers solvent viscosity, reducing backpressure and extending analytical runtime lifetimes.
Defensible Multi-Target Toxicology Screening Matches
Crime laboratories apply this high-performance column oven to guarantee strict fluidic and thermal consistency during extensive targeted designer drug batches. The ultra-stable temperature baseline delivers the legally defensible raw data needed for judicial validation.
| Weight | 25 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 24 × 24 × 24 in |
| Condition | Refurbished |
| Model | G1316C |
| OEM | Agilent Technologies |
| Financing | Financing Options Available |
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