EntryScan3®
Explosives and Narcotics Detection and Identification System

Applications
• Airport Checkpoint Security
• Customs Checkpoints
• Embassies
• Government Buildings
• High-Security Events

• Military Bases & Installations
• Nuclear Power Plants
• Oil & Gasoline Storage
• Prisons, Jails & Correctional Facilities
• Petrochemical Facilities
• Public Utility Facilities

Ion Track’s revolutionary new walk-through vapour and particle detection portal rapidly examines individuals for concealed contraband in a non-intrusive manner.

The EntryScan3 utilizes the same patented Ion Trap Mobility Spectrometer (ITMS®) technology found in ITI’s ITEMISER@ and VaporTracer®. Microscopic traces of C4, nitro-glycerine, PETN, RDX, Semtex and TNT can be easily detected and identified. In addition, cocaine, heroin, marijuana and MDMA (ecstasy) can also be effortlessly detected and identified in a non-intrusive manner.

The EntryScan3 automatically signals each person — by means of a programmable visual indicator — to enter the portal. Once in the portal, vapours and particles from the person are collected from the natural flow of air generated by the individual’s body heat. This collected air sample is rapidly analyzed in the detection system for the presence of explosives or narcotics.

The collector mechanism consists of a highly efficient, single-stage pre-concentrator that traps vapour and particles from the sample and then desorbs them into the detection system, where they are selectively analyzed by the ITMS detector. This new technology provides up to 100 times more sensitivity than previous detectors.

Upon completion of the detection cycle, the EntryScan3 signals the person to exit. If the individual should leave the portal before the cycle is completed, an alarm will sound.

The EntryScan3 presents simplified controls and indicators to enable easy operation and monitoring of the system. In addition, it contains self-diagnostics and indicators to facilitate routine maintenance. The onboard computer provides complete data logging capability and is able to be networked for remote display and data acquisition.

TEMISER3
Explosives and Narcotics Detection

and Identification System

Applications
• Aviation Security
• Building/Facility Security
• Correctional Facilities
• Customs/Border Interdiction
• Forensic Labs
• Law Enforcement/Police
• Military

Next generation ITEMISER features breakthrough technology enhancing detection capability of explosives and narcotics

Ion Track Instruments’ (ITI) next generation ITEMISER3 desktop contraband detection and identification system is the first trace detector in the world to simultaneously detect traces of both explosives and narcotics on people, baggage, cargo, vehicles, containers, tickets and identification cards.

ITI’s Ion Trap Mobility Spectrometry (ITMS®), which had already surpassed conventional Ion Mobility spectrometers (IMS) in ionization efficiency and sensitivity due to its patented ion trap, has now been further enhanced by adding high-speed switching technology that allows identification of time-of-flight peaks for substances in both positive and negative ion modes. Unlike Ion Track Instruments’ patented ITMS detectors, conventional MS detectors are restricted to operating in only one mode per sample — making screening for explosives and narcotics with one instrument a complex and time consuming process.

By simultaneously monitoring both positive and negative ion modes for all substances, the detection capability of ITEMISER3 is significantly expanded since some explosives are better detected in narcotics mode (positive ions) and some narcotics are better detected in explosives mode (negative ions).

Extensive use of the latest computer technology and ITI proprietary software in the design of ITEMISER3 has produced an instrument that requires no user intervention or interpretation. Consequently, operators can concentrate on obtaining good trace samples of explosives or narcotics. An operator need only sample the surface of an item that is suspected of being contaminated with traces of explosives or narcotics and insert the “sample trap” in the slot located in the front of the instrument to trigger analysis.
An average response time takes 4-10 seconds per sample.

VaporTracer2
Explosives and Narcotics Detection

and Identification System
 

Applications
• Aviation Security
• Building Security
• Correctional Facilities/Prisons
• Customs/Border Crossings
• Forensic Labs/Research & Development
• Law Enforcement/Police
• Military

VaporTracer2 combines superb trace particle detection with unique multi-mode vapour sampling for unsurpassed detection capability


The VaporTracer2 Portable Contraband Detector is the latest technology available for detecting explosives and narcotics. Based on Ion Track Instruments’ patented Ion Trap Mobility Spectrometer (ITMS®), the VaporTracer2 is designed to be used in demanding security environments where fast and accurate analysis is essential.
Significant improvements to the VaporTracer have enhanced the detector‘s capabilities and raised the performance standard for handheld trace detectors.
Key to the VaporTracer2’s evolution is a pre-concentrator nozzle that fits on the end of the detector, which not only further improves vapour detection but also allows for superb trace particle detection.

The VaporTracer was originally developed and tested with support from the U.S. Department of Defence Counter-Drug Technology Development program, acting on behalf of a consortium of U.S. government agencies including the U.S. Customs Service, the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and the President‘s Office of National Drug Control Policy.

The VaporTracer2 easily adapts to different detection scenarios. Each application, as well as every contraband substance, has an optimum sample collection procedure.
Heroin, marijuana and PETN, for example, are detected much better by means of particle sampling (wiping a surface to collect particles of a substance). Dynamite, nitro-glycerine and meth-amphetamine, conversely, have a better chance of being detected by sampling the vapour emitting from the cracks or small openings of a container or vehicle in which they are packed.