31 Food & Beverage Analysis Water Activity Analyser for Food and Pharmaceutical Applications
The latest Series 4TE instrument from Labcell is an accurate, quick, simple and cost-effective way for food manufacturing and pharmaceutical companies to gain valuable information about gels, powders, pastes and tablets. New for customers is a live-demonstration service so that potential users can see the product in practice while talking to the key technical team - securely and confidentially. By using a video conferencing facility and using samples of your products, Labcell is able to offer a truly bespoke trial of the Aqualab 4TE.
The AquaLab Series 4TE produces accurate measurements of the water activity in active ingredients, excipients and formulations. Water activity measurements are essential when following due course and process as part of GMP (good manufacturing practice) because water activity has a significant bearing on product stability, as well as the handleability of materials in production and packaging equipment. AquaLab Series 4TE is a precise, easy-to-use instrument which enables lab-quality measurements of water activity to be made in the production environment. It is suitable for use by formulation and research and development teams, as well as those working on new packaging designs.
A feature of the AquaLab Series 4TE is temperature equilibration allowing users to set the sample temperature to anything from 15 to 50ºC; the analyser then maintains that temperature throughout the test. The instrument has a measurement range of 0.030 to 1.000 aw, an accuracy of +/-0.003 aw and a repeatability of +/-0.001 aw.
Users in the food manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries will appreciate the way in which the AquaLab Series 4TE handles data with a strong emphasis on traceability. Data is captured on the instrument and cannot easily be deleted; it can also be downloaded to a computer for archiving and more detailed analysis. Up to 8,000 data points can be stored securely on the AquaLab and the date, time and operator is logged for every measurement and calibration.
Labcell also supplies the AquaLab Series 4TEV which is identical to the Series 4TE in most respects yet benefits from an additional hygroscopic polymer capacitance sensor for analysing samples containing volatiles. Users can switch between this sensor and the standard dewpoint sensor via the instrument’s front panel menu. Accuracy with the volatiles sensor is +/-0.015 aw.
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Portable Conductivity Meter for Regulatory Testing of Drinking Water
Checking water quality, in applications as diverse as regulatory testing of drinking water and swimming pool maintenance, is easy with the CA10141 portable conductivity meter from Chauvin Arnoux. This compact, handheld instrument, which features a fully waterproof design with an IP67 ingress protection rating, offers fast and reliable measurement of conductivity, TDS (total dissolved solids), salinity and temperature with all results clearly displayed on a large backlit LCD screen.
Simplicity of operation and rugged construction combined with high accuracy make this novel instrument an ideal choice for use wherever it is necessary to monitor water quality. Typical applications include checking drinking water in compliance with the Drinking Water Directive 98/83/EC, checking salinity and conductivity of water used in food manufacturing processes, measuring the conductivity of water in industrial boilers, confirming water quality in swimming pools and monitoring water in natural pools and rivers as an aid to detecting pollution.
The CA10141 conductivity meter can measure conductivity over the range 0.050 µS/cm to 500.0 mS/cm, TDS from 0.001 mg/l to 499.9 g/l, and salinity from 2.0 to 42.0 psu. It also records the temperature at which the measurements are made over the range -10.0 to +120ºC. In addition to showing the results on its integral LCD screen, the instrument also records them in its internal memory. This can store up to 30,000 time and date-stamped measurements which can subsequently be transferred, via a standard USB link, to a PC for analysis, reporting or archiving.
Equally suitable for use in the laboratory or on site, the Chauvin Arnoux CA10141 portable conductivity meter is supplied as standard in a rigid padded carrying case, together with an XCP4ST1 Capec four-pole conductivity cell with built-in Pt1000 temperature sensor. Also included are a ready-to-use 1408 µS/cm conductivity standard, a plastic beaker, a wrist strap and a quick-start guide. Other conductivity standards are available as options, as are adaptors for using conductivity cells with DIN, BNC, S7 and jack connectors.
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Achieve Quality Assurance Within Your Food and Beverage Laboratory
Whether it’s the water quality, the product itself or the production process, the new Turb® 750 IR turbidity meter from Xylem’s WTW brand is equipped for a myriad of quality assurance tasks within the food and beverage laboratory.
Checking the turbidity of incoming water, especially from a local aquifer in order to prevent overuse, requires high performance measurement at low values. The intelligent IRPC check for best precision, reproducibility and plausibility supports this need.
The Turb® 750 IR cleverly uses infrared optics to avoid natural but disruptive absorption effects experienced by traditional ‘white light’ turbidimeters when measuring coloured concentrates or end products like juices or wine. Additionally, the many AQA options (such as the AQS key for proof standard) guarantees best data security with extensive data management from sample IDs to data filters for batch transfer to LIMS.
Using the Turb® 750 IR to measure the turbidity of washing water between batch runs in a production line is also proven to safeguard health as low suspended solids correlates to a risk reduction of spreading allergenic substances into the next product.
The Turb® 750 IR offers an excellent price/performance ratio; especially considering its simple operation, data handling and AQA functions. More information online:
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