The increasing demａnd on quality and production control in the area of food and agriculture requires high levels of reliability, stability and reproducibility of measuring results - and thus the quality of the equipment used. Online monitoring of constituents like moisture, protein, fat or colour improves plant productivity, minimizes waste, and reduces lab analysis.

For this Carl Zeiss has developed spectrometer systems for:

■ On-line, In-line and At-line QC in production and laboratory

■ Monitoring of moisture, protein and fat in powder, liquids or solids

■ Colour measurements

The benefits for the customers are:

■ Accurate, stable, reproducible results at high speed - even in harsh environments

■ Increase productivity by reducing sampling errors, waste and laboratory costs

■ UV/VIS/NIR measuring probes for different tasks

■ Nondestructive, non-contact operation for in-line measurement of colour and ingredients