THE Series 9 gauge has been a best-seller in the potato industry for some years. Installed directly on the production line, it delivers unparalleled measurement performance while maintaining simplicity and versatility in design and operation.
It doesn’t require special operator skills or expert knowledge, yet it allows expert users to access the enhanced interaction capabilities as desired. In addition to the key constituents, the Series 9 can detect the change in brownness of the surface of a baked or fried product or measure the color of the product as a result of additive addition.
Building on the existing flexible, future-proof platform, Nordson has expanded the capability of Series 9 gauge to create a unique process sensor capable of simultaneously measuring the colour and the key constituents of potato products.
The new Series 9 colour gauge can detect the full-colour spectrum in a wide range of standard scales, including CIE (L*, a*, b*), Tristimulus (X, Y Z), RGB, CIELCH (L*, C*, h) ΔE* & ΔEcmc, and Degree of Roast (DOR). Application tests in leading companies have proven that repeatable numeric colour readings can be used for early detection of when the process is deviating out of specification which when combined with other critical measurements such as moisture, fat/oil, and protein, can be confidently used as part of a process control strategy to deliver consistent product quality every time.
The Series 9 colour gauge already counts numerous success stories in the industrial production of various foods, namely biscuits, cookies, nuts, snacks, dehydrated fruits, coffee, etc.
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