NIRS™ DS3 Dairy Analyser
NIRS™ DS3 Dairy Analyser helps you to improve yield in your dairy powder and ice cream production. Designed for use in the laboratory or at the production line, the NIRS™ DS3 is a practical quality control tool ideal for routine production control and monitoring of final product quality.
Overview
Value
Routine production control. Monitoring of final product quality. More yield with reduced energy.
Sample Type
Dairy powders and ice-cream mix.
Parameters
Fat, Protein, Moisture, Ash, Lactose, Acidity and more
Features
Automated sample transfer
Automated sample transfer reduces time spent on transferring data to and from management systems
Smart Start
The Smart Start function ensures that your NIRS DS3 is ready to measure without having to wait for diagnostics. Just start the shift and start measuring.
FossManager™
FossManager™ software allows instruments to be connected in a network making it easier, quicker and more reliable to manage individual or multiple instruments from a desktop located anywhere.
Ready-to-use calibrations or tools to develop your own
FOSS global ANN calibrations are built on thousands of samples from a large variety of raw materials. Alternatively, develop your own calibrations with the easy to use FossCalibrator™ tool.
Versatile performance
Advanced and versatile solution for testing a range of parameters on ground or liquid material with no or very limited sample preparation.
Technical Specifications
| Products measured and product presentation | |
| Feature | Specification |
| Dimensions (WxDxH) | 375 x 490 x 300 mm |
| Weight | 27 kg |
| Degree of protection | IP 65 |
| Measurement mode | Reflectance or transflectance (for liquids) |
| Wavelength range | 400 – 2500 nm |
| Detector | Silicon (400 – 1100 nm), Lead Sulphide, PbS (1100 – 2500 nm) |
| Optical bandwidth | 8.75 +- 0.1 nm |
| Data resolution | 0.5 nm |
| Number of data points | 4200 |
| Number of subsamples | Default: 7 for small cup; 8 for large cup |
| Self test | 12 minutes (variable) |
| Analysis time | <1 minute for 32 scans (8 subsamples, 4 scans per subsample) |
| Network connections | FossManagerTM |
| Installation requirements | |
| Voltage supply | 100-240 V AC*, frequency 50-60 Hz, Class 1, protective earth |
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Ambient temperature |
5 – 40oC |
| Storage temperature | -20 to 70oC |
| Ambient humidity | <93% RH |
| Mechanical enviroment | Stationary during use |
| EMS enviroment | Laboratory use, industry requirements |
| *Mains supply voltage fluctuations not exceeding ±10% of the rated voltage. | |
| Optional services | |
| Digital Services | FossAssure™ |
| Digital Solutions | FossCare™, SmartCare™ |
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