Carl Zeiss Jena - Quality Analysis for Quality Food - Spectrometers and Measuring Systems

Quality and production control in the food and agriculture industries requires high levels of reliability, stability and reproducibility of measuring results – and thus the quality of the equipment used. Online monitoring of constituents like moisture, protein, fat or color improves plant productivity, minimizes waste, and reduces lab analysis.

We have spectrometer systems for:

• On-line, in-line and at-line QC in production and laboratory
• Monitoring of moisture, protein and fat in powder, liquids or solids
• Color measurements

Customer benefits include:

• Accurate, stable, reproducible results at high speed – even in harsh environments
• Increase productivity by reducing sampling errors, waste and laboratory costs
• UV / VIS / NIR measuring probes for different tasks
• Nondestructive, non-contact operation for in-line measurement of color and ingredients

DIODE ARRAY SPECTROMETER - CORONA AND MCS 600

Carl Zeiss has developed the MCS 600 and the CORONA systems for measurements in the UV / visible and NIR spectral range. MCS 600 is especially suitable for measurements in the UV range, a very high degree of flexibility can be fulfilled; CORONA systems will be used preferably where portable systems are needed, where 12 V power supply is required, and a maximum of sensitivity is necessary.

CORONA allows innovative food and agricultural applications for the continuous online monitoring of dryers and blenders during the manufacturing process, including installations on harvesting machines for online field analysis.

CORONA is available in a stainless steel housing for GMP needs and an explosion-proof, Exd version for hazardous areas. In case there is no window for an easy installation in a dryer or blender the CORONA FIBRE version allows the connection of a transmission fibre optic probe for in-situ monitoring.

Carl Zeiss is announcing two new solutions to make the MCS 600 and CORONA diode array spectrometer series even more attractive for different industries.

TURNSTEP AND ARMOR ACCESSORIES FOR MCS 600 AND CORONA

TURNSTEP on the CORONA spectrometer now permits large quantities of samples to be measured in the laboratory within a short timescale, leading to reduced sampling errors. This means that quality-critical constituent parameters for beverages and other foodstuffs can be measured with higher accuracy – essential for ensuring constant quality.

TURNSTEP is fully supported by the CORONA software. This permits automatic sample measurement at different speeds, and automatic starting and stopping of the measuring process.

ARMOR is the new automatic reference measuring head for contact-free in-line measurement on conveyor belts and manufacturing lines. It features an automatic reference system which permits precise measurement even if the measuring head and sample material are far apart. This allows measurements to be performed in areas where an even mound height of sample material cannot be ensured.

CUSTOMIZED MEASURING SYSTEMS - MEAT AND SPICE ANALYZERS

This system analyzes meat and sausages at-line in only 15 seconds. It can also be used as a spice analyzer. The meat analyzer allows product and batch inspection by comparisons via the absorption curve, quantitative information about ingredients via appropriate calibrations including % water, % collagenic connective tissue ("BEFFE") and color measurement.

MALT, GREEN MALT AND GRAIN ANALYZER

The malt and green malt analyzer can precisely analyze several parameters in malt, green malt and grain in less than ten seconds during the measurement. Typical parameters include water, extract, protein, soluble nitrogen, VZ45 and viscosity. Other parameters including boiling color, pH value and ß-Glucan are available on request.

FRIES ANALYZER

The fries analyzer rapidly analyzes water and fat content directly at line during the production process in just 15 seconds, and simultaneously determines the final color value of deep-fried fries, even before deep frying.