// OUR HISTORY
Laboratory automation since 1989
Online LIMS Canada Ltd. has delivered laboratory automation since 1989 for mining, smelter and environmental laboratories. Our team implements OnLAB, OnWSH and OnQC in your laboratory, connects your instruments and supports the system after go-live.
1989
Founded
2
Continents
OnWSH
Electronic worksheet
EN / ES
User manual
Chemists, engineers and laboratory support
Based in Ontario, Canada, with a support hub in Santiago, Chile, our team includes chemists, engineers and data-automation specialists. For your laboratory, that means implementation starts from your own samples, tests, worksheets and instrument formats, not from a generic template.
Before go-live, we prepare the shared applications and database access, set up user roles and permissions, and check each instrument connection against readings with known values. Saving, reopening and reporting a controlled job and worksheet are part of the installation checks.
See what OnLIMS looked like in 1993
Workflows the analyst can review
Every result can be followed on the worksheet. The OnWSH template fixes working values, formulas, units and QC rows; each imported reading keeps its source; and a standard, blank or duplicate outside its limits opens the Control Chart before it can be locked.
- Laboratory configuration: Your jobs, sample identities, tests and units are set up in OnLAB, and your worksheet columns and formulas in OnWSH templates.
- Reviewable records: Every job keeps an audit of recorded events by date, user, sample and test, with previous and new values, exportable to Excel.
- Instrument connections: 150+ instruments from about 40 brands, including AAS, ICP-OES/MS, XRF, carbon/sulfur and balances; each connection is checked with an export of known values.
- Implementation: Templates and configuration follow your laboratory’s workflow, and saving, reporting and instrument capture are checked with the real user permissions.
- Manual in English and Spanish: Module-by-module procedures for OnLAB, OnWSH, OnQC, OnLQC, LabData and OnConfig, including administration and installation. Our OnSight dashboard is presented separately.
// PROVEN IN PRODUCTION
Trusted Across the Americas' Mining Industry
OnLIMS runs in production at major mining, smelter and commercial-terminal laboratories across the Americas — Canada, the USA, Peru, Chile and Mexico — spanning copper, zinc, gold, lead and coal, from exploration and mine-site assay labs to smelters and concentrate export terminals. That includes some of the world's largest copper and zinc operations.
// HOW WE WORK
Implementation, connections and training
We implement, connect instruments and support the system around your laboratory’s work, and your analysts and administrators get a manual in English and Spanish organised by module.
Implementation checks
Before routine operation, we confirm access to the shared applications and SQL Server, set each user’s role, and save and reopen a controlled job and worksheet.
Support that answers
Support covers your installed release, instrument readers and configuration, in English or Spanish. The team works from the module, version, connection and exact message involved, on your actual workflow.
Training by module
Training follows the modules each person uses: OnLAB for jobs and certificates, OnWSH for preparation and readings, OnQC/OnLQC for control records and charts, and OnConfig for users and permissions. The manual is available in English and Spanish.
Partner with LIMS Specialists
Discuss your laboratory roadmap with our technical leadership team.
The Company
Frequently Asked Questions
Who builds OnLIMS, since when and for which laboratories.
Who develops OnLIMS?
Online LIMS Canada Ltd., which has been delivering laboratory automation since 1989. The company operates from Ontario, Canada, with Latin American support based in Santiago, Chile, and supports customers worldwide.
What kind of laboratories use OnLIMS?
Mining, smelter and environmental laboratories. OnLAB handles batch and routine jobs, while OnWSH holds sample rows, instrument readings, preparation values, calculations and QC.
Where is OnLIMS in production?
At mining, smelter and commercial-terminal laboratories across the Americas — Canada, the United States, Peru, Chile and Mexico — covering copper, zinc, gold, lead and coal, including some of the world's largest copper and zinc operations.
What documentation and training are available?
Training and support are offered in English or Spanish. The user manual in both languages is organised by module, with procedures for entering jobs, importing readings, reviewing QC and publishing results.
What support is included?
The first year of maintenance is included after go-live. From then on, an annual agreement at 18% of licence cost covers software updates, instrument drivers and IT support.