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Chemical analysis equipment
News Release from: Labcell | Subject: Milky Lab
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 12 June 2006
Instrument gives on-the-spot analysis of
milk
Ultrasonic measuring means the Milky Lab is affordable for use by dairies routinely checking the content of milk being produced, and users of milk wishing to analyse the contents before processing
Labcell has introduced the new Milky Lab benchtop milk analyser to the UK market By utilising an ultrasonic measuring technique, the Milky Lab is affordable for use by dairies routinely checking the content of milk being produced, as well as users of milk wishing to analyse the contents prior to processing
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 8 Jul 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Despite its relatively low cost compared with laboratory-grade infrared instruments, the Milky Lab is accurate enough to be used for on-the-spot daily inspections, meaning that samples need only be sent for laboratory analysis once per month or so, which can lead to substantial financial savings being made.
Another major benefit of the Milky Lab is its reliability.
The manufacturer, Astori of Italy, has designed the Milky Lab to be sufficiently rugged for use in a production or quality assurance environment, with robust ultrasonic measuring technology and a long-life pump that draws a 25ml sample into the instrument.
There are no wear parts, no consumables and no chemicals, so the instrument is extremely simple to use and has exceptionally low running costs.
Once the sample tube has been placed into the sample vessel, the user simply has to run the analysis by means of the three buttons on the front of the instrument.
In less than two minutes the instrument provides a detailed analysis of the fat, proteins, lactose and dry matter.
No pre-treatment of the sample is necessary, almost any sample vessel can be used, and the instrument operates in most environments (10-35C and 30-80% RH).
If required, the Milky Lab can be connected to a PC or thermal printer via an integral RS232 port.
Cleaning is extremely straightforward, as the user simply presses the 'clean' button on the front panel to start the instrument pumping clean water through the sample tube.
Three standard calibration curves are built into the instrument.
These can be adapted locally by a simple calibration using known milk meaning it can be used on cow, goat and sheep samples.
The Milky Lab is available for quick delivery and is fully supported in the UK by Labcell, the UK distributor, which has a detailed brochure.
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