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News Release from: Spectroscopic and Analytical Developments
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 25 April 2003
When no standard instrument will do the
job
Spectroscopic and Analytical Developments specialises in the development of non-standard analytical and process control instrumentation
A considerable number of manufacturing and quality control processes rely on ultra violet, visible, or infra red spectroscopy (including colour measurement) as a method of monitoring or detecting process changes or the presence of contaminants In most cases this requires taking a sample to a laboratory in order to run the test, whereas it would be much simpler, faster and more convenient, either to monitor the process continuously on-line or to take a portable instrument to the sampling site
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 6 Oct 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Unfortunately the vast majority of laboratory instruments are too large, insufficiently robust, and require mains power, so are unsuitable for this type of application.
Spectroscopic and Analytical Developments specialises in the development of just such non-standard analytical and process control instrumentation.
The directors and staff of Sad combine expertise in the different disciplines necessary for the successful design and manufacturing of robust, self contained, instruments.
Expertise such as knowledge of the basic chemical and physical principles of the desired measurement, extending through the physical, optical and electrical techniques to be used, to the electronic and software used to calculate, present and communicate the results.
For large companies with their own in house research and development facilities the company provides a prototype and specialised instrument manufacturing facility.
As companies reduce the technician support to R and D, it says it can provide a valuable and responsive extra resource.
For smaller companies with limited technical resources it can provide a complete service from initial market and competition studies before a project is started, through design concepts, prototype construction and testing, productionising of the prototype, and finally manufacture of the production instrument or sub assembly.
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