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Issue 3 • 2010
Chemistry Product
Lines Include:
• Buchi
• Hanson
• IKA
• Memmert
• Carbolite
• Schmidt & Haensch
• Sibata
Life Science Product
Lines Include:
• Chart
• Corning
• Ibidi
• Micronic
• Syngene
• Nichiryo
• Infors
Focus On...
NIR in the Dairy Industry
A Newsletter for Chemists
Introduction
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Knowing nutritional values such as Fat and Protein hasChemistry
always helped
the dairy industry improve and
standardise processes and final products. Traditionally laboratories have relied on chemical analysis techniques to measure the components. These methods tend to be time consuming, expensive to run and
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Preparative
/ Flash
chromato
maintain and expose laboratory personal to toxic substances.
technique for
protein analysis
is the Kjeldahl
method- this method is now the internationally recognisedxas the
reference
Method
for
measuring
protein
in
Syncore Reactor
milk. The three steps in the Kjeldahl Method are digestion, separation and determination. Overall the Kjeldahl
x Melting Point
method is hazardous, lengthy and labour intensive. A safe and quick alternative to traditional methods is the
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implementation of FT-NIR instrument.
FT-NIR in the Dairy Industry
FT-Near-Infrared (FT-NIR) spectrometry and calibration are powerful tools for monitoring, regulating and
controlling processes that determine product quality within the dairy industry . It is possible to predict
chemical or physical characteristics of a milk sample, based on the comparison of its spectra to the spectra
of samples containing known characteristics.
Accuracy and Rapid Results
FT-NIR has been proven to provide accurate and rapid results and with little sample preparation and no
chemical usage. This makes FT- NIR suitable to be situated in the laboratory or near the production line thus
delivering the desire to improve efficiency in production.
Advantages
FT-NIR has advantages over other rapid instrumentation where samples do not require dilution, sample
preparation and usually FT-NIR instrumentation can accept any type of sample, whereas being liquid, powder
Syncore
reactorunits. FT-NIR also provides the
or solids on the one instrument eliminating the need to
acquire multiple
advantage over other rapid techniques is that once a calibration is carried out on a FT-NIR an instrument is
capable of operation over long periods of time with no further adjustments.
Syncore Reactor - High Efficiency and Maximum Flexibility
• Unique reactor: For parallel and combinatorial synthesis
• Highly versatile and modular
• Programmable temperature profile
• Performs reactions under vacuum and inert gas
• Suitable for reactions -20 to 150°C
• Includes reflux module and cover for reagent addition/
Perform filtration, washing , parallel dispensing and
Liquid – Liquids extraction.
Area of application
Multivapor™
Combinatorial chemistry, process optimisation, heterogeneous and
homogenous catalysis. Solid phase peptide chemistry.
(Application Notes available)
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Fractional distillation
of small amounts
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Speed Digestor
The ball tube oven is optimally
Flexibility, Speed, Reproducibility The revolutionary way of digesting
suited for the fractioned distillation
Using SpeedDigester IR digestion systems, new standards
of small amounts of solvents up
are set in speed of digestion, flexibility and reproducibility.
to 35ml and to a maximum
For the first time ever, a wide range of samples can be digested
temperature of 300°C.
faster compared to conventional digestion systems.
• Visual monitoring of the sampler
in chamber - observe process
• Graphic display easier to see &
intuitive to use
• Variable Rotation - control of
distallation process
• Vacuum and inert gas connection
allows flexibility of applications
Also Suitable for:
• Drying small amounts
• Freeze drying
K439 speed digestor is the worlds first IR digestion system
with temperature control offering the best reproducibility.
IR digestion offers quick digestion times, speeding up the digestion process and offers:
• High speed and throughput increasing the number of samples performed
• Excellent reproducibility and consistent results
• Ease of operation • Highest safety standards for end user protection
• Graphical LC display
• Accelerated digestion with H2O2 for even faster digestion
Focus On...
Sepacore
Sepacore prep. HPLC - High performance at low price
Buchi Sepacore® breaks up limits in preparative HPLC.
• Sublimation
If high back pressure makes a separation in flash
chromatography difficult, for example by running reversed
phase chromatography applications. Sepacore breaks up the
limits with its extended pressure range and guarantees a safe
and fast separation. Rapid, automated changes between
reversed phase and normal phase applications become
possible due to the ingenious software and high system
flexibility of Sepacore.
Transparent glass columns and hoses increase process safety
in preparative HPLC. Large columns with wide diameters make
it possible to clean up large sample amounts at high flow rates
and process costs are reduced as standard solvents can be used.
Its Sequential Module allows just that: a sequential run of up
to five pre-loaded cartridges or columns for high throughputs.
Break up limits in preparative HPLC:
For more info,
please email:
connections@invitro.com.au
• Easy to use at highest flexibility for straight forward separations
• Transparent columns and hoses for a high process safety
• High sample quantities and flow rates for a speedy separation
• High performance at low price and low running costs
• Easy to separate complex sample mixtures due to a wide column range
• Sample amount of up to 100g
Biological Oxygen Demand – Cost Effective & Space Efficient
Memmert Peltier cooled incubators
• No compressor
• Energy saving
• Cost saving
• Space saving
• Noise free
• Maintenance free.
Incubation for 5 days at 20°C if you have a lot of specimens
is not convenient in a water bath. Utilising Peltier cooling
technology Memmert have incubators from 32 litres
to 750 litres – perfect for BOD testing
The Peltier technology does not utilise a compressor. This
is how the system can save up to 90% energy usage
compared to a compressor cooled incubator. This is a
huge cost saving over time.
Elimination of the cooling compressor while still maintaining
temperature below room temperature means there is no noise
or vibration with the added benefit of space saving.
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NIR in the dairy industry
Buchi have developed a NIR solution for the Dairy industry.
The Buchi FT-N500 has been tested and proven to work on a
range of products.
Buchi offers a FT-NIR instrument that can perform Solids and
Liquids in the one instrument
Answering the dairy requirement for a one instrument
solution.
A brief overlook at the calibrations Buchi have developed include:
· Milk (Whole, Skimmed, Pasteurized, Sterilized)
· Milk powders
· Serum and Ricotta Cheese
· Butter
· Yogurt and Kefir
· Cheeses (Fresh, Soft, Hard, Industrial)
For more info, please email: connections@invitro.com.au
Buchi and In Vitro can offer one NIR instrument that can run liquids and solids,
without sample preparation and dilutions.
More on page 3
In depth look at the dairy industry
The fully automated chromatography system including UV-detection, fraction
collector, column valves and software amongst many more features.
More on Page 3.
Focus on Separation Techniques
Introducing the first Infra Red Digestion Block with temperature control. Allows
for quick digestions runs without compromising reproducibility
More on page 2
Focus on Digestion
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