Process Mass Spectrometry for Biotechnology
Process mass spectrometry in biotechnology

Our Thermo Scientific Prima family of process mass spectrometers allow for monitoring of gases and volatiles present in applications across biotechnology, including bioenergy, vitamin production, food additives, and calorimetry. Optimize biochemical processes at the forefront of the research lab with the Thermo Scientific Prima BT Benchtop Mass Spectrometer, or use the Thermo Scientific Prima PRO Process Mass Spectrometer to help ensure bulk production in industrial plants.


Maximize product yield and increase profits with the Prima PRO Process Mass Spectrometer. This online mass spectrometer & process gas analyzer is engineered to meet a number of challenging process applications in the petrochemical, iron and steel, and biotechnology industries. Highly reliable and easy-to-own, the Prima PRO online mass spectrometer delivers faster, more complete, lab quality online gas composition analysis. It features a rugged, fault-tolerant design that ensures availability that exceeds 99.7% and a simplified maintenance procedure and auto-tune capability to facilitate ongoing operation and enhance productivity.

Achieve high scanning speeds and reproducible measurements with the Prima BT Bench Top Mass Spectrometer. Specifically designed for process development laboratories, this process gas analyzer is a highly precise, multi-point magnetic sector gas analyzer.

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Gas Analysis Mass Spectrometer Applications in Fermentation and Cell Culture Process
Kevin Graham Lewis, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Winsford, Cheshire, UK

Discover how the Prima BT and Prima PRO Process Mass Spectrometers monitor the composition of gas streams into and out of fermentors and bioreactors with speed and precision. 

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Better Process Analytics

Thermo Scientific GasWorks Process MS software provides the unique and powerful interface for the Prima PRO, Prima BT, Sentinel PRO and APIX δQ Mass Spectrometers. Designed to ensure that the process analyzer is simple to configure, operate and maintain without any prior mass spectrometer experience for better process analytics.

Now available- eBook: How to Gain Process Understanding and Control: Highly Precise Mass Spectrometers with Easy to Use Software

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Product support and spares

Thermo Fisher Scientific Service Solutions are a vital component of your product’s lifecycle. These comprehensive solutions are exclusively created to drive optimal performance of your time-critical instruments.

When you partner with Thermo Fisher Scientific, you gain access to engineers trained within the same factory your instruments were manufactured. We only ship spare parts that were designed specifically for your instrument. Our expert service team is truly an integrated part of your product’s life cycle.