Cdex, Inc. (fka CDEX)

[d4diddy]

No Paige, they don't "need to be used together". However, when combined they improve accuracy and reliablity by confirming a chemical from two different data sources.

Valimed uses only one data source and cannot identify chemicals that don't fluoresce. Had CDEx combined UV and NIR it would have been a much more powerful tool.

ASD's RxSpec combined NIR/VIS, had they combined NIR/VIS/UV it would have been a more powerful tool.

Now gathered on a single
platform, the Raman and infrared information is combined where
it undergoes additional analysis, with combined-search results in
hand within seconds. The entire process, from independent data
collection on each device to advanced search results, is complete
in less than 2 minutes. Because the HazMatID can store both the
Raman and infrared results, in addition to the combined search
results, the data can be sent to ReachBack. Summarizing, although
either instrument may independently identify the unknown
hazardous sample, the ability to automatically integrate multiple
data sources can be vital, and allows the emergency responder
to say to their incident commander “I verified the identity of the
unknown based upon the following multiple data sources…”.

http://www.sensir.com/Smiths/AppNotes/APP%2076%20-%20Combining%20Infrared%20and%20Raman.pdf