System components

System components
Topic LCI-USG-0053, Last Updated 11/21/2025

The system's core modules are a sample manager, pump, and column compartment.

The following figure depicts a system that includes core modules and a detector.

Figure 1: Alliance iS system components
Bottle tray
Touchscreen
Detector
Sample manager
Column compartment
Pump
External detector (optional)
Caution: The (optional) external detector needs to be installed on the laboratory bench to the left or right of the system. Due to the length of tubing, Waters recommends installing the external detector to the left of the system.

The system includes specifically these core modules:

Note: The area inside the system's chassis that houses the sample manager and pump is referred to as the Integrated Fluidics Module (IFM) assembly.

In addition to the core modules, the system includes a tunable ultraviolet (TUV) or a photodiode array (PDA) detector and can support an optional external detector. See TUV detector features, PDA detector features, and Installing an (optional) external detector.


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