Mass Spec Analytical demonstrated the Scentinel X500R as part of the Crowded Places Demonstrator at the UK Security Expo held at Olympia, London, November 30 – 1 December 2016. Designed for field and temporary deployments, Scentinel is a versatile trace detection system configured at the exhibition to demonstrate scanning 100% of admission tickets for explosives or other chemicals as part of the Crowded Places Demonstrator.
Detecting explosives or other chemical threats is a tremendous challenge for security personnel not wanting to disrupt the experience for the visiting public. The Scentinel X500R addresses this challenge using a compact, portable system that is highly reliable and rigorous in its ability to detect explosive and other chemical threats quickly and with very few false alarms. Used for many years by security forces to secure high-security VIP events, this new evolution of Scentinel – the X500R - adds further detection capabilities and quicker more convenient operation making it a powerful robust detection strategy for public events.
Dr. Richard Sleeman, Mass Spec Analytical Scientific Director explains: “The forensically acceptable results obtained from Scentinel provide laboratory-grade absolute accuracy in the field meaning that the rates of false positive and false negative are near to zero. The system is easy to use, reliable, uses few or no consumables and is so fast, it’s practical to test high quantities of samples in a continuous flow; like you see at large events or airport security stations. It’s also future-proof because it can be easily programmed to identify new threats (i.e., new substances) as they are identified.”
Scentinel’s technology is based on Mass Spec Analytical’s 20-years of extensive and proven techniques of analysis, developed in their UKAS ISO 17025-accredited laboratory.