Sugar Beet and Cane Mills often need to make multiple analysis from a single sample while reducing bench chemist involvement. Automating sample loading and instrument cleaning increases throughput, increases repeatability and allows for multiple tests in a single sample.
Rudolph Research Analytical knows that Sugar Technologists around the world demand 24 hour operation, 7 days a week. Regardless of the accuracy and budget demands, Rudolph Research has a solution. The reason we understand the sugar industry’s demands and requirements is because Rudolph has been serving the industry since 1940. Throughout those 75 plus years of service, Rudolph has dedicated itself to manufacturing quality instrumentation and providing superior technical and service support, both directly and through its worldwide dealer’s network. This dedication is demonstrated by Rudolph’s installed base of over 8,000 instruments worldwide, with many of those instruments still in operation after 30 years of service.
Reasons to Choose Rudolph
• Using a Rudolph AutoFlex® R817 Automation solution in the sugar laboratory minimizes sample
handling and measures: Brix, Purity, Density, SG, and pH in 2 minutes and with just 8ml of sample.
• Rudolph automation systems clean automatically with up to 3 choices of solvent
Typical Rudolph AutoFlex® Customers
Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative and Amalgamated Sugar use a Rudolph AutoFlex® with a 5 instrument package to handle their high sample throughput and multi parameter testing.
Tate and Lyle use Rudolph Automation and Refractometer, Polarimeter, Density Meter and a Colorimeter to perform QC measurements for High Fructose Corn Syrup
Streamline your sugar testing needs
Standard Features
• 3 rinses available
• Inside and Outside Needle Wash
• Low Solvent Level Detection
• Suction Mode
• Pressure Gas Displacement Mode
• Flexible Method Selection
• LIMS Compatible
• 5 Test Tube Racks Handling 50 Samples
• Rack Specific Method Selection
• SAP Compatible
• Variable Drying and Rinse Times
Optional Features
• Racks (customized to your bottles)
• Heated Racks
• Built in Bar Code / Label Reader with Vial Spinner
• Handheld Bar Code / Label Reader
• Automated Empty Vial Recognition
• Extra Racks
• Sample Return Feature: Allows 95% of sample
to be returned to sample vial
• Custom Programming
Specifications:
Sample Viscosity:
Samples up to 36,000 mPa-s (cP)
Sample Volume Requirements:
3.5ml typical, optional to 1.5ml or 1.5mL to 10mL config. dependent
Rack Sample Capacity:
50 – 16 x 100mm test tubes. 70 – 13 x 100 mm, or optionally dozens of sample vial configurations and capacities.
Cleaning Cycle:
1:45 minutes nominal – time varies by application
Full Measurement and Cleaning Cycle:
2:30 minutes nominal – time varies by application
Software Interface:
Compatible with Rudolph Research instruments
running Windows Embedded OS
Power Requirements:
100-240 volts – 50-60 Hz – 10 amps
Operating Dimensions:
L: 24” W: 24” H: 20.5”
L: 61 cm W: 61 cm H: 52cm
Weight: 42 lbs. / 19 kg
