Instrument Support

When you partner with us, you have access to laboratory instrument support, unmatched customer service, and comprehensive training from our expert team. 


Instrument Training

Your LECO instruments are powerful tools, but if you’re unsure how to use some features, you aren’t getting the full benefit of your investment. LECOLearn is our online, on-demand training site to help you maximize your laboratory. LECOLearn is included free-of-charge as part of our ongoing support past the sale of instruments and software.

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Instrument Service

Support is available at your facility or ours, by phone, online, or through our SmartLine Remote Diagnostics system, available on most of our instruments. 

Instrument Resources

Accreditations, Application notes, Approved Methods, Compliance, Reference Cards, SDS, Compliance, Posters and Presentations.

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LECO Software
Update software and developed methods to keep your instruments running smoothly.
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Application Support
Switching applications or facing a new challenge? Reach out to our support staff for answers.
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Instrument Training
Virtual or In-person training at one of our facilities.

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LECO offers verified consumables for your instrument.


LECO’s Pillars of Support

Our comprehensive laboratory instrument service program combines years of expertise, innovative technology, on-site service, and ongoing maintenance plans to minimize costly downtime for your equipment.

LECO Support Engineer works on location to repair and upgrade an instrument

Expert Technical Support

You’re never on your own. While competitors typically cut off phone support after 90 days, our team is here for you – by phone or email – to solve problems and answer questions fast.

Prompts
1- Sales
2- Technical Support

Once in the service menu
1- Elemental and Thermal instruments
2- GC MS 
3- GDS
4- Hardness testers

SmartLine Remote Diagnostics

With our SmartLine Remote Diagnostics tool, our support team can virtually connect to your instruments, diagnose issues remotely, and walk you through troubleshooting and solutions.

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Preventative Maintenance Plans

Our maintenance plans are built around your requirements, ensuring smooth operations with full coverage for labor and travel. Plus, you have the option to include spare parts for complete peace of mind. 

Benefits of a Maintenance Plan

Maintenance plans are a great way to secure ongoing support. Service records show instruments covered under maintenance plans last longer, tend to have less downtime, and perform better overall.

  • Quick response time
  • Annual Preventive maintenance (PM) included
  • Ability to budget the cost of operation for a pre-determined time in the future
  • No concerns about unexpected repairs or maintenance costs
  • No hassle waiting for a purchase order when service is needed
  • No delays on the approval process to initiate the repairs

Prevent Issues Before They Impact Analyses

Our extensive offering of training programs and maintenance plans will help you operate your lab equipment more efficiently, enhance analytical accuracy, and streamline lab workflows.

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In-Person Training
Send your team to one of our global training centers for hands-on, instructor-led training and guidance.
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Virtual Training
Virtual Training sessions provide everything from routine maintenance, application workflows, troubleshooting techniques.
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Maintenance Plans
When you purchase a LECO product, it marks the beginning of a partnership that lasts the lifetime of your instrument and beyond. 
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Service Calls
Much like an automobile, routine checks and maintenance need to be performed regularly on your instrumentation to keep them in peak operating condition.
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Preventive Maintenance Kits
Preventive maintenance visits are recommended annually to help prevent unexpected downtime and associated costs
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IQ / OQ – Installation
Installation Qualification (IQ) and Operational Qualification (OQ) ensures your instrumentation and software are installed correctly as well as functions according to LECO’s specifications.

Global, Yet Local

We have fully equipped service centers and demonstration labs around the world, ensuring access to local technical support in your own language and time zone. 

USA and Canada Service and Support Network

Guiding Your Analytical Success
With decades of experience working with labs across America (from FDA-regulated pharma facilities to EPA environmental testing centers), we know that to achieve powerful analytical results labs need reliable, ongoing support that grows with your regulatory needs.

Canada has a varied laboratory landscape, but through years of working with Canadian labs (from Health Canada-regulated pharma facilities to mining operations across the resource sector), we’ve discovered what really drives analytical success in the country.

What’s Always Included
Every instrument comes with support built on our extensive U.S. regulatory experience. You get expert help by phone and email from specialists who know the instruments inside and out. Plus, SmartLine Remote Diagnostics allows our experts to remotely connect with your instrument and walk you through solving any challenges that may arise.

When You Need More
Every lab’s path is different. We’ve built service programs around what we see most often. Preventive maintenance packages prevent costly downtime while keeping you compliant. On-site expert visits bring hands-on help right to your facility, including support during regulatory inspections. Our A2LA-accredited calibrations meet ISO 17025 standards for hardness testers, microscopes, and measuring systems. Full facility service backs everything with our ISO 9001:2015 quality system.

Our LECO service engineers work with labs like yours every day and can point you toward the right service approach for your goals and regulatory requirements. Contact us with your needs.

LECO European & MENA Excellence Programme

A Legacy of Precision Across Continents
From Stockholm forensic labs to Munich materials testing centers, we’ve got decades of experience working with Europe’s most demanding analytical environments. We’ve learned what separates exceptional analytical performance from stagnant labs with average results.

Our Middle East and North Africa presence adds another layer, working alongside Dubai business centers, Cairo research universities, and regional mining operations where precision data drives critical decisions in challenging regulatory environments.

Core Support
Experience direct consultation with certified specialists via phone and secure email. SmartLine Remote Diagnostics works across compatible instruments while meeting EU requirements to give you remote assistance when you need it.

Advanced Service Options
Drawing from extensive regional experience across the EU and emerging MENA markets, we offer predictive maintenance protocols developed from thousands of instrument lifecycles across diverse climates and conditions. Expert field deployment brings certified, multilingual technicians who integrate seamlessly with your protocols. Our accredited calibration services meet European standards while accommodating the varied regulatory requirements across MENA territories.

Regional Intelligence
Our European and MENA specialists know regional compliance frameworks intimately. This regional intelligence enables globally informed, locally appropriate service recommendations.

Connect with our European and MENA team to explore how decades of regional experience can support your laboratory goals.

Service and Support Across Southern Africa, Asia, & the Pacific Rim

Real Solutions for Real Challenges
Working with labs from Cape Town to Singapore, Mumbai to Tokyo, Sydney to Jakarta—we’ve learned something important. Every region has its own analytical headaches. Singapore’s biotech centers deal with HSA regulations. Mumbai’s pharma operations navigate complex compliance frameworks. Tokyo’s materials labs demand precision. Sydney’s mining consultancies need reliability. Jakarta’s environmental facilities face unique local challenges. There’s no one-size-fits-all solution. What works in a climate-controlled Singapore facility won’t necessarily work in a monsoon-prone Jakarta lab. Success comes from matching global expertise with local know-how.

Basic Support Offerings
You get direct access to our global team through phone, email, and digital resources. SmartLine Remote Diagnostics connects you with experts in real-time, no matter where you are. We handle the documentation requirements for whatever regulatory framework you’re working under.

Service That Fits Your Lab
We’ve seen labs operating in everything from brand-new facilities with backup generators to remote sites where power comes and goes. That’s why our service adapts. Maintenance schedules account for local climate patterns—we know what humidity does to instruments and plan accordingly. Our technicians work across different languages and cultures.

Calibration support works with established standards or emerging frameworks. Training programs help your team get better while learning from other regional labs.

Our people understand the real challenges
Supply chains that stretch across oceans, regulations that change overnight, technology adoption journeys that have ups and downs. Whether you’re running an established pharma operation or working in a developing regulatory environment, we’ve undoubtedly seen something similar and can help you navigate it.

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The Power of Working Together
From copper mines in Chile to São Paulo pharma labs, from Colombian agricultural research to petrochemical facilities along Mexico’s Gulf Coast, we’ve seen how real analytical success comes from genuine partnership between the instrument provider and the lab team.

What Every Partnership Includes
Your investment connects you directly to our worldwide analytical network through phone, email, and digital resources. SmartLine Remote Diagnostics creates an instant bridge between your lab and our experts.

Local Knowledge, Global Expertise
Our Latin American team knows regional challenges intimately—like Brazil’s pharma regulations and Mexico’s environmental standards—while also tapping into LECO’s worldwide expertise. This combination lets us recommend solutions that work within your specific workflows and economic reality.

Building Success Together
Effective partnerships start with listening. Our regional specialists invest time to understand your lab’s role, analytical challenges, and your industry environment. From there, we design service approaches that could include specialized maintenance for regional conditions, strategic calibration timing aligned with regulatory cycles, and technical consultation for your specific applications.

Our Latin American service specialists understand what affects labs throughout the region—seasonal changes, supply chain realities, regulatory shifts, and economic factors influencing equipment decisions. This regional insight, combined with LECO’s global resources, creates world-class service that perfectly fits your environment.


Frequently Asked Questions

At any point during the life of your LECO Instrument, please contact us for support or guidance.

Every laboratory is unique with individual needs and challenges. We have a dedicated team of applications chemists available to help test your samples to ensure proper machine configuration and evaluation.

Our application notes library has a wide variety of examples of the robust work that LECO instruments handle every day.

If you don’t find an applicable application note, our application chemists may be able to help assess your sample, helping you to create the perfect methods for your laboratory needs.

Reliable consumables keep your instruments running smoothly, which LECO offers. Unsure what consumables your instrument needs? Our reference cards provide lists of specific consumables and replacement parts.

Update software and developed methods to keep your instruments running smoothly.

Consumable catalogs provide detail of the consumables and replacement parts for LECO instrument lines.

The serial number is located on a sticker on the instrument panel. Some models may also have a sticker on the front panel behind the door.

To find the software version, tap the Information tab or navigate to the About section under the Help menu.

Instrument training is vital to instrument success. LECO service engineers will provide you laboratory technicians with initial training after installation, but we understand it might not be enough. We offer additional training options to ensure maximum familiarity with our instruments.

In-person and virtual training options are available around the globe to familiarize you with LECO instruments. In these multi-day sessions, you will meet with LECO experts and get hands-on training.

LECOLearn offers free online training resources for LECO mass spectrometry instruments. Courses and helpful videos cover a variety of topics that let you learn your new instrument on your own schedule.

We try our best to ensure your instrument experiences the least amount of downtime possible. Through user-serviceable designs, we offer replacement parts that you can easily install. If you can’t get it alone, we offer remote diagnostics through our SmartLine interface. Many issues can be repaired this way.

For those that can’t, we have a dedicated global team of support technicians who can come to your laboratory to make on-site repairs.

The latest manual is embedded within the instrument software—another reason to keep your software up to date.

If you prefer not to upgrade, please contact our Service Support team for a link to download the appropriate manual.

Visit https://www.lecosoftware.com and follow the prompts to access software updates.

Use your electronic manual within the instrument software to identify the required part. You can then call the Order Desk, where our Sales team will verify the part number and consult with the Service team if needed.

Alternatively, you may contact the Service team directly for confirmation.

Visit the Training section of our website. Use the event registration link to sign up for sessions.

Yes. Regional training details are available on our Training site.

Visit the Training page on our website. Use the registration form to sign up. These sessions are online, last one-two hours, and include training specific to one part of an instrument such as leak troubleshooting, shutter loader, furnace troubleshooting, etc.

Yes. Visit the Contracts page on our website for details.

Register for Product Information Bulletins (PIBs) to receive updates on improvements and software modifications.


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